Debate Rages Over Flu Research
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
The February 9, 2012 issue of Nature includes a series of articles, commentaries and insights focusing on whether two research papers that described mutant forms of avian influenza virus H5N1 should be redacted.
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Additionally, there is an abridged version of a video showing a debate between scientists and public-health officials which took place at the New York Academy of Sciences on February 2.
H5N1 influenza viruses: Facts, not fear from the Proceedings of the National Academies of Sciences.
On February 17, a group of public health experts announced that they had agreed to delay the publication of new research on the H5N1 influenza virus following a meeting convened by the United Nations World Health Organization (WHO).