Bad behavior in the world of flu science
Many top flight flu scientists are acting unethically and unprofessionally.Posted on May 15, 2008 3:26 PM • 7 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
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Genetic sequences:
Naming a bird flu virus
Politically correct terminology.Posted on April 25, 2008 7:07 AM • 5 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Indonesian virus sharing by the book
Did Health Minister Supari's self-immolation shake bird flu sharing loose.Posted on February 23, 2008 7:19 AM • 14 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Bird flu: Bangladesh behaving badly
Bangla is not divulging genetic sequences. They can and they should.Posted on February 5, 2008 7:23 AM • 9 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Tamiflu resistance in seasonal flu: the devil is in the details
No surprise. It's more complicated than we might think.Posted on January 29, 2008 7:26 AM • 43 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Now I'm the one complaining about WHO (again)
Wherein I give the WHO spokesperson a biology lesson.Posted on December 30, 2007 4:03 PM • 14 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Declan Butler's interview with Indonesia's health minister, Siti Fadilah Supari
Nature's senior correspondent, Declan Butler, was one of the first to raise the profile of a pandemic threat in the scientific community and has had done some superb reporting since, including several stories on sharing gene sequences. The problematic actors...Posted on December 20, 2007 7:06 AM • 16 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Birds, bird flu, bird brains and scientists behaving badly
A Nature Commentary that makes sense and is a Call to Action. Again.Posted on December 10, 2007 7:41 AM • 11 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Indon's Supari says "no". Is this the bottom line for Geneva?
Does "no" mean failure?Posted on November 26, 2007 7:54 AM • 13 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Flu virus sharing summit: wrap up
What was and wasn't accomplished at a critical meeting in Geneva.Posted on November 24, 2007 5:25 PM • 9 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
(Final) Day 4 of flu virus sharing summit: meeting ends in qualified success
Interim agreement on virus sharing fashioned at important summit in Geneva.Posted on November 24, 2007 7:16 AM • 6 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
H5N1 sequence release: patent absurdity
Are H5N1 sequences "property"? Should they be?Posted on July 17, 2006 7:20 AM • 21 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
