Flu pandemic
The world remains unprepared to handle a major epidemic, a new book warns
In a new book, “The End of Epidemics: The Looming Threat to Humanity and How to Stop It”, global health expert Dr. Jonathan Quick focuses on the need for a universal flu vaccine and ways to prevent and contain the next pandemic.
Powerful computer models help researchers react to pandemic spread
Researchers at Virginia Tech University have created a high-tech computer model that will allow them to model that effects of a pandemic outbreak on the American population. It’s a new tool that can help scientists and doctors plan a counter-attack on the disease.
