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.

Laurie Garrett and Steven A. Cook discuss the threats of Avian flu and foot and mouth disease in Egypt.

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.

Peter Orszag argues that Greece should raise tobacco taxes to provide much-needed revenue and reduce its sky-high smoking rate.

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..."

Laurie Garrett discusses the FRONTLINE documentary, "The Anthrax Letters."

Yanzhong Huang says countries need to work together to deal with food safety challenges in the era of globalization.

Yanzhong Huang examines the different strategies with which the United States and China responded to the 2009 H1N1 pandemic.

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.

Stephen E. Flynn and Irwin Redlener argue that the United States would fail a pandemic preparedness stress test.

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.

A Council on Foreign Relations media conference call about the current state of the swine flu outbreak.

David Dobbs examines why the swine flu seems to be more deadly in Mexico.

China increasingly asserts itself as an emerging economic superpower, but the country also continues to face high-profile setbacks that tarnish its brand.

Don Oberdorfer, an expert on the two Koreas, says the recent street protests ostensibly against the import of U.S. beef are much more political protests against the new conservative government in Seoul.

As China rebuilds from the great quake, a changed country is emerging with some surprising winners and losers.