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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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Public health preparedness:

Obama takes a science test

We grade Obama on four of his answers to 14 questions about science and provide the link to the rest.

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?

Why should the military get a scarce pandemic flu vaccine before almost everyone else?

A weird outcome to an "open and transparent" process.

Tamiflu and 1984 Newspeak

The government's private strategy for public health.

Why fever screening at airports is unlikely to work

Assessing the accuracy and predictive power of IR devices to screen out passengers with fevers.

Indonesia's public health apostasy

Don't ask, don't tell, don't pursue.

Beware: Indonesian Health Minister at the wheel

What a nut job.

Public health: broken and needs fixing

Mowing the lawn but not fixing the roof.

The biodefense boondoggle

Business as usual.

Preparing for roadside bombs in Massachusetts

More idiocy from the Bush administration, courtesy Michael Chertoff.

Childhood vaccinations: how long do they last?

For many of us, long ago and far away. Still effective?

Computers and public health: as the worm turns

A computer worm takes down Health Canada.

Disease mongering

Even when concern is appropriate it can be exploited.

Pandemic flu no worse than seasonal flu?

Pointless but not harmless.

The lesson of the 2006 mumps outbreak

A vaccine failure combined with a public health failure elsewhere.

Missouri: the scam me State

Taxing people to support religion.

New Relenza warning

Canada requires new warning label on inhalable antiviral.

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.

Flu preparedness and pregnancy

There's more to flu prepping than flu.

Flu in dogs again, but not H5N1

Dog to dog transmission of a bird flu virus.

Penalties for health care workers who don't show up in a pandemic?

Doctors and nurses who don't show up and what to do about it.

Yi Guan on stopping a pandemic before it starts: trust isn't transitive

Why I don't believe Yi Guan is right.

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.

A patch for flu vaccine production

Frenzied activity on the flu vaccine front

How not to deny a rumor about bird flu

Canadian hospital denies they have bird flu cases. They almost certainly don't. But they could have done a better job denying it.

Indonesia bird flu: still critical

The world's bird flu hot spot and what makes it hot.

Pandemic flu and the best laid plans

Are we there yet?

Pandemic on a table top at CDC

DemFromCT sees a pandemic unfold at CDC's Emergency Ops Center.

Biotech wants more money for flu prep. So do I. But not for them.

The headline seemed to say it all: "Funding Issues Stymie Pandemic Preparation." Right, I thought. All the money is going in to procurement, too little into shoring up a failing public health system. Little did I know:...

Pandemic flu "lockdown" nonsense

Coping with pandemic flu with computer models

On not beating back the flu

What happens when you adopt a devil may care attitude toward our public health system.

How to test for counterfeit Tamiflu

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

The heart of bird flu season coming up

This year looks like last year.

Does Tamiflu work for bird flu?

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

Indonesian virus sharing and "God's Plan"

Indonesian virus starts to move again as Siti Supari self-destructs.

Does the flu virus know where the 49th parallel is?

Is it surprising that flu isn't flu isn't flu?

Indonesian virus sharing by the book

Did Health Minister Supari's self-immolation shake bird flu sharing loose.

US readiness for a health emergency

Is that a light at the end of the tunnel or an onrushing train?

New bird flu cases: reading the tea leaves

What does the other shoe dropping sound like?

Flu rolls into town

Worst season since 2003 and getting worse still

USDA bird flu program not Grade A

Protecting the US from bird flu in poultry. USDA reports "erroneously." That is, they lied.

Toughening a community for a pandemic

Will current pandemic preparedness efforts make things worse?

Seasonal flu vaccine mismatch

Got a match?

Preparedness and predicaments

It's all about priorities.

Bush responds to my plea to shore up the infrastructure

The slasher is a serial killer.

Failure of pandemic preparedness: look in the mirror [rant alert]

Getting what you pay for. Or not.

The Indian peoples' lying eyes

Bird flu doesn't cause panic. A lying government causes panic.

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?

Marketing preparedness, Effect Measure style

Say it again, Sam.

Was bird flu better in 2007 versus 2006?

The more things change the more they stay the same.

WHO releases information on viral sharing and disposition

Share but not share alike.

Bird flu: good news is always bad news

No "good news" is sometimes good news.

Will the Bush administration lock you up in a pandemic?

Civil liberties in a pandemic? No problem.

Why trust the government about bird flu?

What a tangled web we weave . . .

Director General of OIE speaks. Too bad.

Think first. Then talk to the press.

The Egyptian bird flu conundrum

Lots of "suspect" bird flu cases reported in Egypt. What does it mean?

The Rumsfeld School of Planning for Bird Flu

Preparing for the unknown knowingly.

Pandemic influenza subtypes: end of the year musings

Influenza pandemics happen. But which subtype will it be?

Bhutto, birdflu and WHO bashing

Risking your life for the ungrateful.

Bird flu: betting, insuring or investing?

Flu season. Place your bets? Pay your premiums? Or just invest.

Useless advice for public health officials

Handwaving criticism doesn't cut it.

WHO's new spin on human to human bird flu transmission

The "close contact" explanation.