The H7N9 virus, a new strain of the bird flu in China, has so far claimed twenty-two victims and officials are watching its spread closely.
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Laurie Garrett outlines inconsistencies in the Chinese government's reports about the ongoing H7N9 outbreak.
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Yanzhong Huang responds to a China File conversation on the recent bird flu outbreak in China.
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Laurie Garrett explores the possibility of a new pandemic in China.
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Council on Foreign Relations President Richard N. Haass writes that John Kerry has only one chance to make a first impression on his first trip abroad as secretary of state, and what is said and not said on this visit will have repercussions for years to come.
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Ahead of the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Discovery Channel's "Shark Week," Micah Zenko counts down ten things that kill more people than sharks.
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Laurie Garrett and Steven A. Cook discuss the threats of Avian flu and foot and mouth disease in Egypt.
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The Council of Europe's Convention on the Counterfeiting of Medical Products and Similar Crimes Involving Threats to Public Health was adopted on October 28, 2011.
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Peter Orszag argues that Greece should raise tobacco taxes to provide much-needed revenue and reduce its sky-high smoking rate.
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Laurie Garrett discusses the tenth anniversary of the post-9/11 anthrax attacks and argues, ""If 9/11 marked the single most powerful moment of American unity since Pearl Harbor, the anthrax mailings ushered the opposite..."
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Laurie Garrett discusses the FRONTLINE documentary, "The Anthrax Letters."
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Yanzhong Huang says countries need to work together to deal with food safety challenges in the era of globalization.
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Yanzhong Huang examines the different strategies with which the United States and China responded to the 2009 H1N1 pandemic.
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Peter Navario and Scott Rosenstein discuss how enhancement of global vaccine access to low and middle-income countries is in the interests of the United States.
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Stephen E. Flynn and Irwin Redlener argue that the United States would fail a pandemic preparedness stress test.
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Swine flu has already shaken markets. While the scope of the current outbreak remains unknown, experts say a severe pandemic could drive productivity losses, dampen trade, and lower product demand at a time of preexisting economic frailty.
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A Council on Foreign Relations media conference call about the current state of the swine flu outbreak.
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What is the effect of U.S. domestic political gridlock on international relations?
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