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When H5N1 first came to the attention of infectious disease professionals 20 years ago, there was concern it could mutate and ...

Hilleman was born a year after the notorious 1918 influenza pandemic swept the world, killing 20 million to 100 million people. By 1957, when Hilleman began worrying about the egg supply ...

Pet owners probably shouldn't be afraid their cats will give them bird flu but taking precautions is good for pets ...

Hilleman, however, needed eggs not for his breakfast, but to make the vaccines that were key to stopping a potential influenza pandemic. Hilleman was born a year after the notorious 1918 influenza ...

The Emergence - Between 3 and 6 percent of the world's population died in 18 months when the flu first tried to take over the ...