While trying to dispel fears that the outbreak of avian influenza A (H5N1) in Asia could lead
to a pandemic, the World Health Organization (WHO) is also scrambling to produce a …

Picture what a pandemic might look like at health care institutions. Imagining an increased
number of patients or even a bed shortage merely scratches the surface. What would …

Background and epidemiology: On August 5, 2005, the World Health Organization (WHO)
posted its 27th update on the situation with avian influenza, 1 along with a table of the …

Worried about the spread of avian influenza in Asia and the potential for a human pandemic,
United Nations agencies called on the international community for funds and technical …

ANGKOK, Sept. 29-With Thai and international experts confirming the first probable human-
to-human transmission of a virulent strain of avian influenza in this country, public health …

… Richard Reeves The spirit of the speech of Director-General LEE Jongwook at the
International Conference on Avian Influenza at Beijing, on 18 January 2006 was not …

Experts have warned that the widespread occurrence of the highly pathogenic avian
influenza virus, H5N1, could ignite a pandemic capable of killing millions of people around …

Why devote an entire issue of the Annals to pandemic influenza when there are so many
other pressing health needs around us? With a potential mortality comparable to …

MORE THAN a year and a half ago, Foreign Affairs published three articles that sounded a
clarion call to prepare for the next pandemic. They warned that another pandemic could …

■ ABSTRACT While we are facing the threat of an emerging pandemic from the current
avian flu outbreak in Asia, we have learned important traits of the virus responsible for the …