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BusinessWeek September 19, 2005 Catherine Arnst	A Hot Zone In The Heartland Little could be done to contain a deadly avian flu outbreak. Right now, the U.S. has no national pandemic preparedness plan, either for treating large numbers of patients or for dealing with the resulting economic and social disruptions.
AskMen.com Jacob Franek	Avian Influenza 101 Here is everything you need to now about avian influenza so that you can better protect yourself.
The Motley Fool November 30, 2006 Brian Lawler	Happy (Sniffle) Holidays (Cough) It's flu season again, and the market for influenza vaccines is hot. Pharma investors, take note.
The Motley Fool March 16, 2006 Rich Duprey	Avian Flu Ruffling Feathers Roche Pharmaceuticals boosts anti-flu drug production to quiet calls for generics. While the situation bears watching for now, it's not necessarily something for investors to get their feathers ruffled about.
BusinessWeek February 9, 2004 Catherine Arnst	What You Need To Know About Avian Flu The current avian flu outbreak in Asia is the fifth since 1997 to infect humans. This has raised a red flag for infectious disease experts, who fear the strain could mutate and spark a devastating flu pandemic.
Searcher June 2006 Eva C. Perkins	Is the Price of Cheap Chicken Bird Flu? Information professionals are faced with a situation in which our skills are called upon to soothe the public with reassuring data about the avian flu.
BusinessWeek October 11, 2004	Bird Flu In Thailand: New Fears The death of a 26-year-old Bangkok woman is raising fears that the deadly avian flu may be "learning" how to spread among people -- a step towards a potentially devastating epidemic.
AskMen.com	Drug-Resistant Swine Flu Surfaces Health officials have confirmed a case of swine flu that is resistant to Tamiflu, the leading pharmaceutical weapon against the new virus.
AskMen.com Jacob Franek	Swine Flu: The Good, The Bad And The Ugly Here is a short list of what we do and don't know of swine flu.
BusinessWeek January 9, 2006 Carol Matlack	Preventing The Pandemic France's Sanofi Pasteur is already signing contracts for an avian flu vaccine.
American Family Physician September 1, 2006 Gregory Juckett	Avian Influenza: Preparing for a Pandemic Preparing for a new influenza pandemic involves increasing global influenza surveillance and developing practical strategies for containing outbreaks at the source.
Pharmaceutical Executive December 1, 2005 Anthony Tao	The Avian Few: Is it Too Late for Pharma to Re-enter the Vaccine Fray? Small profit margins and high litigation risks drove most companies out of the vaccine business decades ago. As a possible pandemic looms, pharma re-enters the fray. Is it too late?
Chemistry World August 25, 2011 Holly Sheahan	New Source of Tamiflu Japanese scientists have discovered a new way of obtaining shikimic acid, the compound needed to make the influenza drug Tamiflu.
Chemistry World December 6, 2006 Jessica Ebert	Structure of Key Influenza A Protein Revealed The crystal structure of a molecule important for the replication of the influenza A virus has been solved. Now that scientists know what the protein looks like they can design drugs that block its action and prevent viral spread through the body.
The Motley Fool April 27, 2009 Brian Orelli	A Capitalist Pig's View of Swine Flu So you want to make money from the swine flu? Here's how to do so.
The Motley Fool October 28, 2005 Rich Duprey	Chiron's Bird Flu Contract As Asian bird flu becomes the crisis du jour, this flu vaccine biotech is awarded a hefty contract.
Chemistry World October 29, 2007 Simon Hadlington	Forging Ahead of the Counterfeiters Scientists have demonstrated a suite of analytical techniques that can be used to distinguish genuine from fake antimalaria tablets. The problem of counterfeit drugs is growing in many parts of the world, posing a serious health risk.
Popular Mechanics July 31, 2007 John Galvin	Spanish Flu Pandemic: 1918 The influenza pandemic of 1918 killed an estimated 50 million people around the world -- 34 million more than died from the First World War in progress alongside it.
Smithsonian January 2006 Michael Rosenwald	The Flu Hunter For years, virologist Robert Webster has been warning of a global influenza outbreak. Now governments worldwide are finally listening to him.
Scientific American May 2005 Christine Soares	Cooping Up Avian Flu Buying time to arm for a pandemic is possible--maybe.
Geotimes May 2007 Kathryn Hansen	On the Path of Bird Flu U.S.G.S. biologists are tracking the migration of bar-tailed godwits and other wild migratory birds via satellite to find out if they are likely vectors of H5N1 bird flu.
Chemistry World December 17, 2012 Jessica Cocker	Helping the fight against flu Scientists from Australia and the US have developed a synthesis for a drug that gives higher yields and antiviral activity than currently used commercial drugs, such as Relenza (zanamivir) and Tamiflu (oseltamivir), they claim.
American History December 2006	Letter : Coming Home to Roost Remembering 1918 and recognizing the catastrophe that could unfold in an age when a virus can cross the globe in a matter of hours has spurred unprecedented international cooperation and planning.
Chemistry World April 16, 2009 Simon Hadlington	Mass spec pinpoints flu virus types Researchers in Australia have shown that exquisitely accurate mass spectrometry can be used to distinguish between different sub-types of the influenza virus
The Motley Fool March 30, 2006 David Compton	Glaxo's New Flu-Fighting Ammo The FDA certifies the drugmaker's Relenza for defense as well as offense. For investors seeking to give their portfolios a shot in the arm, now might be the time to take a closer look at Glaxo.
AskMen.com Jacob Franek	Swine Flu Update With the fall flu season rapidly approaching, a swine flu update is warranted.
Chemistry World February 11, 2011 Elinor Richards	Thirty minute flu gene detector Scientists in Japan have developed a portable influenza testing kit with better accuracy than current methods, which can give a result in 30 minutes.
AskMen.com	Swine Flu: The Game Dutch researchers have created a free, online-only game that challenges players to control a new pandemic -- swine flu.
BusinessWeek October 31, 2005 Gene G. Marcial	Why Biocryst Has Wings Shares of the pharmaceutical are on fire, soaring from $4.39 a share in early April to $15 on Oct. 19.
Chemistry World February 21, 2013 James Urquhart	New direction for flu drugs Researchers have developed a new class of anti-flu drug that could prevent new virus strains developing resistance and help control future pandemics while more effective vaccines are prepared.
Entrepreneur August 2006 Chris Penttila	The Hot Zone Prepare your business for the outbreak of bird flu or any other possible pandemic before you're really in trouble.
AskMen.com Jen Woodward	False Pandemic Scares While nobody can say for sure if or when another pandemic will strike, these historic false alarms might soothe your fears.
The Motley Fool July 20, 2007 Andrew R. Vaino	BioCryst Is for the Birds Fears of bird flu resurrected a drug for this small pharma, and it has some other promising compounds in the pipeline. Based only on its pipeline size, BioCryst should be valued higher. But make no mistake: This is a risky stock.
American Journal of Nursing July 2007 Victoria J. Davey	Questions and Answers on Pandemic Influenza Striking a balance between risk and preparedness.
The Motley Fool July 18, 2006 Ryan Fuhrmann	Bird Flu Planning Isn't for the Birds Buffalo Wild Wings discusses its strategy for dealing with the threat of avian flu. It's impossible to completely eliminate some risks, but it's quite possible for an astute firm to effectively manage any adversity that may come down its path. Investors, take note.
Popular Mechanics March 2006 Jeff Wise	Fighting Fire With Fire By recreating an extinct virus that killed as many as 50 million people, scientists race to defeat avian flu before it evolves into a deadlier form.
Reactive Reports Issue 71 David Bradley	Five Firsts in Chemistry Advances in personal security, cardiovascular disease, environmental contamination, renewable energy, and genetic disease.
Food Engineering May 1, 2006	Regulatory Watch The USDA has set up a toll-free number for poultry producers to report any suspicious deaths or illnesses in their flocks that could be the deadly H5N1 virus, or "bird flu."
Health June 19, 2009 Ginny Graves	How to Combat the Latest Supergerms While some germs may be outpacing our ability to kill them, we're not completely defenseless. In fact, there are plenty of things we can do to slow their spread.
The Motley Fool October 21, 2009 Brian Orelli	Double-Digit Growth in a Recession The strong double-digit growth at Gilead shouldn't be much of a surprise; HIV patients need their medication even in a recession.
Managed Care February 2005 Jack McCain	Managed Care (and Everyone Else) Unprepared for the Next Killer Flu Could avian flu give rise to a pandemic that might rival the fearsome Spanish flu? Is the nation ready? Health plans may be called upon to administer vaccinations and identify high-risk patients, but what about he millions of Americans who lack health insurance?
Wired January 2006 Thomas Goetz	The Battle to Stop Bird Flu The Bird Flu pandemic has hit New Mexico. Inside the Los Alamos weapons lab, massive computer simulations are unleashing disease and tracking its course, 6 billion people at a time.
Pharmaceutical Executive September 1, 2005 Patrick Clinton	From the Editor: It Never Changes (Until It Does) Change is bubbling around through the industry, its customers, and its regulators. Should pharmaceutical companies be doing the equivalent of taking two aspirin and calling in the morning or building an ark?
InternetNews March 24, 2008	STMicro Launches Microchip to Detect Bird Flu STMicroelectronics, said it has developed a portable chip to detect influenza viruses, including bird flu in humans.
Chemistry World July 6, 2012 Steve Down	Flu fighters are wired Scientists from Peking University and the University of Science and Technology, Beijing, China, have devised a test which uses a biosensor made from a grid of silicon nanowires which have been functionalized with influenza A antibodies to trap proteins from the virus.
Managed Care December 2005 Jack McCain	Flu's Other Cost If the next pandemic is anything like the 1918 outbreak, hospitals could be overburdened, while some small regional health plans might see their membership decimated, or worse.
BusinessWeek September 19, 2005	The "Horrific" Economics of Avian Flu A new study looks at what a pandemic could do to the global economy, and it isn't pretty. The lesson: Prepare well -- now.
Chemistry World November 11, 2011 Phillip Robinson	Functionalized fiber catches flu before you do Scientists in China have developed a fibre that can trap the flu virus, which could be used in face masks and air filters to help to control the spread of the disease.
The Motley Fool October 19, 2006 Brian Lawler	No Gilded Quarter for Gilead The company's recent acquisition may help it become a diversified drug giant. Investors, take note.