Flu
The Coming Influenza Pandemic? Weblog.
http://influenzapandemic.blogspot.com/
"The Coming Influenza Pandemic. Is a global influenza pandemic on the way that could kill millions of people? Are we going to relive the horror of 1918? If it happens, are we even remotely prepared to save ourselves? Scientists from around the world are concerned...our site will track news of influenza from around the world."

Wikipedia and the Next Pandemic, by Stephen O'Grade. tecosystems (weblog), June 3, 2005.
http://www.redmonk.com/sogrady/archives/000736.html
"Against this mess of red tape and conflicts of interest, researchers are choosing to employ...Wikipedia? Well, at least one researcher is. ... Citing the impact that Wikipedia had post-Tsunami, Dr. Lucas Gonzalez of the Canary Islands in Spain is attempting to use the publically authored and edited site to help prevent, slow and survive an outbreak. I find this fascinating not simply because it's an illustration of the growing public awareness of the power of things like Wikipedia, but because of how different a world we live in." [More]

Avian influenza. Wikipedia.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avian_influenza


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