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The Editors of Effect Measure are senior public health scientists and practitioners. Paul Revere was a member of the first local Board of Health in the United States (Boston, 1799). The Editors sign their posts "Revere" to recognize the public service of a professional forerunner better known for other things.

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Influenza treatment:

Flu as child killer

MRSA and flu. Deadly combination for children.

Antibodies from survivors of 1918 era pandemic

Fascinating paper on harvesting antibodies produced by a 90 year old pandemic.

What killed people in the 1918 flu?

And will the future be like the past?

Bird flu test saves Australian horses

The threat of bird flu was a lucky break for the nags.

Do flu vaccines really work in the elderly?

We take a detailed look at a new study in The Lancet.

Summary of last year's flu season

Worst year since 2004.

Important new flu paper in Cell: part III

Oxidative stress, SARS and H5N1

Important new flu paper in Cell: part II

Paying the Toll-like receptor.

Important new flu paper in Cell: part I

For Whom the Toll receives.

Disease mongering

Even when concern is appropriate it can be exploited.

Bird flu: staying calm about panic

Person to person transmission of bird flu in China.

Flu season is winding down but still with us

Flu this year was the worst in four years.

Natural history of influenza infection in human volunteers

What happens when you give volunteers the flu?

Indonesia and collateral damage of their flu policy

Indonesian Health Minister is just another version of George W. Bush

A grandpa looks at pediatric flu

Flu shots for a 6 month old? You bet.

Pandemic flu "lockdown" nonsense

Coping with pandemic flu with computer models

How to test for counterfeit Tamiflu

A simple color change test can measure Tamiflu quantitatively in the field.

Does Tamiflu work for bird flu?

The maker of Tamiflu reports data suggesting the drug works for bird flu.

Flu rolls into town

Worst season since 2003 and getting worse still

Seasonal flu vaccine mismatch

Got a match?

Flu shots: a tale of two cities

No cost shots, know nothing nurses and Mississippi.

Tamiflu resistance in seasonal flu: the devil is in the details

No surprise. It's more complicated than we might think.

Encouraging critical employees to get seasonal flu vaccine

Twisting arms or asking please?

Bird flu: testing, testing . . .

False negatives, false positives, false reassurances and false alarms

Pneumonia in and out of the hospital

Treating serious bacterial pneumonia at home -- if your home is Pakistan.

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