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This page is an experiment. As I find interesting stories online about microbes, I'll post them here. The idea came from Dave Winer - more information at Scripting News.

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Wednesday, February 22, 2012 Link to this date in the archive.

JGH Podcast #1: Should Science be Censored? ghjournal.org Permanent link to this item in the archive.

Saturday, February 18, 2012 Link to this date in the archive.

Research on Deadly Bird Flu to Be Published in Full. nytimes.com Permanent link to this item in the archive.

Friday, February 17, 2012 Link to this date in the archive.

Mutant Bird Flu Studies Should Be Revealed in Full, Experts Say. livescience.com Permanent link to this item in the archive.

Thousands of families refuse anti-polio drops. thenews.com.pk Permanent link to this item in the archive.

Eulogy for a brilliant mentor and teacher - The Answer Sheet. washingtonpost.com Permanent link to this item in the archive.

Wednesday, February 15, 2012 Link to this date in the archive.

Biosecurity experts fear UW's bird flu findings could fall into wrong hands. host.madison.com Permanent link to this item in the archive.

Tuesday, February 14, 2012 Link to this date in the archive.

NIH Statement on H5N1 - The NIH Director - National Institutes of Health (NIH). nih.gov Permanent link to this item in the archive.

CIDRAP >> Undetected H5N1 cases seem few, but questions persist. cidrap.umn.edu Permanent link to this item in the archive.

Monday, February 13, 2012 Link to this date in the archive.

Scientists Take Cautious Tack On Bird Flu Research : NPR. npr.org Permanent link to this item in the archive.

Thursday, February 09, 2012 Link to this date in the archive.

Norton D. Zinder, Researcher in Molecular Biology, Dies at 83. nytimes.com Permanent link to this item in the archive.

"Dual Use Research: H5N1 Influenza Virus and Beyond" Panel Sparks Lively Debate. nyas.org Permanent link to this item in the archive.

Tuesday, February 07, 2012 Link to this date in the archive.

ANOTHER STEP TOWARD A WORLD BEYOND POLIO. utsandiego.com Permanent link to this item in the archive.

Friday, February 03, 2012 Link to this date in the archive.

The Limits of Avian Flu Studies in Ferrets. sciencemag.org Permanent link to this item in the archive.

Thursday, February 02, 2012 Link to this date in the archive.

Recovery of a Patient from Clinical Rabies, California, 2011 cdc.gov Permanent link to this item in the archive.

Censorship Hinders Influenza Research. nytimes.com Permanent link to this item in the archive.

Monday, January 30, 2012 Link to this date in the archive.

Experts Weigh in on Bird Flu Research. pbs.org Permanent link to this item in the archive.

Sunday, January 29, 2012 Link to this date in the archive.

Sunday Dialogue: Bird Flu Experiments nytimes.com Permanent link to this item in the archive.

Friday, January 27, 2012 Link to this date in the archive.

Who's Afraid of the Big, Bad Bioterrorist? alandove.com Permanent link to this item in the archive.

Bird flu: 10,000 ducks to be put down. theage.com.au Permanent link to this item in the archive.

Thursday, January 26, 2012 Link to this date in the archive.

Has bird flu biology opened bioterror box? -- USATODAY.com. usatoday.com Permanent link to this item in the archive.

H5N1: Flu transmission work is urgent : Nature : Nature Publishing Group. nature.com Permanent link to this item in the archive.

A Central Researcher in the H5N1 Flu Debate Breaks His Silence - ScienceInsider. news.sciencemag.org Permanent link to this item in the archive.

Wisconsin Scientist Says H5N1 Flu Strain He Created Is Less Dangerous. nytimes.com Permanent link to this item in the archive.

Friday, January 20, 2012 Link to this date in the archive.

The Day the Science Died. alandove.com Permanent link to this item in the archive.

In Dramatic Move, Flu Researchers Announce Moratorium on Some H5N1 Flu Research, Call for Global Summit - ScienceInsider. news.sciencemag.org Permanent link to this item in the archive.

Prominent Virologists Want U.S. Advisory Board to Take a Second Look at Controversial Flu Papers - ScienceInsider. news.sciencemag.org Permanent link to this item in the archive.

Pause on avian flu transmission studies : Nature. nature.com Permanent link to this item in the archive.

Thursday, January 19, 2012 Link to this date in the archive.

The Real Danger Is to Research - Commentary - The Chronicle of Higher Education. chronicle.com Permanent link to this item in the archive.

Wednesday, January 18, 2012 Link to this date in the archive.

Virus nearly wipes out local bug business. visaliatimesdelta.com Permanent link to this item in the archive.

Tuesday, January 17, 2012 Link to this date in the archive.

Key Protein May Give Ebola Virus Its Opening nytimes.com Permanent link to this item in the archive.

Monday, January 16, 2012 Link to this date in the archive.

Killer flu doctors: US censorship is a danger to science - Science - News - The Independent. independent.co.uk Permanent link to this item in the archive.

Worry over flu virus experiments was unwarranted - latimes.com. latimes.com Permanent link to this item in the archive.

Friday, January 13, 2012 Link to this date in the archive.

From the Jungle to J.F.K., Viruses Cross Borders in Monkey Meat. green.blogs.nytimes.com Permanent link to this item in the archive.

India on vigil for new enemy from LoC: Poliovirus - The Times of India. timesofindia.indiatimes.com Permanent link to this item in the archive.

Thursday, January 12, 2012 Link to this date in the archive.

Studies of deadly H5N1 bird flu mutations test scientific ethics - Los Angeles Times. articles.latimes.com Permanent link to this item in the archive.

Flu research sparks debate over censorship. stanforddaily.com Permanent link to this item in the archive.

Killer bird flu? What's behind the controversy over bird flu research. chicagotribune.com Permanent link to this item in the archive.

Bottom falls out from under PRSP's polio initiative. pakistantoday.com.pk Permanent link to this item in the archive.

One Year of Polio Free India pib.nic.in Permanent link to this item in the archive.

After years of effort, India is poised to enter club of polio-free nations - Winnipeg Free Press. winnipegfreepress.com Permanent link to this item in the archive.

Wednesday, January 11, 2012 Link to this date in the archive.

Scientist: Killer flu virus threat over-hyped - Europe - Al Jazeera English. aljazeera.com Permanent link to this item in the archive.

UT expert assails calls to suppress research on flu strain. statesman.com Permanent link to this item in the archive.

Don't censor life-saving science : Nature News & Comment. nature.com Permanent link to this item in the archive.

Flu virus fatal, but the debate reaches epidemic proportions. heraldsun.com.au Permanent link to this item in the archive.

Tuesday, January 10, 2012 Link to this date in the archive.

Herpes Vaccine Falls Short in Clinical Trial. nytimes.com Permanent link to this item in the archive.

Monday, January 09, 2012 Link to this date in the archive.

As a biological weapon, H5N1 is for the birds. blogs.reuters.com Permanent link to this item in the archive.

N.Y. Times Slams Air-Borne H5N1 Research. egmnblog.wordpress.com Permanent link to this item in the archive.

In vitro evolution of H5N1 avian influenza virus toward human-type receptor specificity. ncbi.nlm.nih.gov Permanent link to this item in the archive.

A flu virus risk worth taking. washingtonpost.com Permanent link to this item in the archive.

Sunday, January 08, 2012 Link to this date in the archive.

Paper denying HIV--AIDS link secures publication : Nature News & Comment. nature.com Permanent link to this item in the archive.

Congress wants to limit open access publishing for the US government's $28B/year subsidized research. boingboing.net Permanent link to this item in the archive.

CDC Online Newsroom - Iowa Reports Novel Influenza Infections in Three Children. Permanent link to this item in the archive.

CIDRAP >> HHS orders novel H3N2 vaccine for clinical trials. cidrap.umn.edu Permanent link to this item in the archive.

An Engineered Doomsday. nytimes.com Permanent link to this item in the archive.

Saturday, January 07, 2012 Link to this date in the archive.

The Long and Winding Road to a PhD. onlinephdprograms.net Permanent link to this item in the archive.

Nigeria: 22 States in Nigeria Are Polio Free - NPHCDA. allafrica.com Permanent link to this item in the archive.

Wednesday, January 04, 2012 Link to this date in the archive.

Rule of 6ix: Why you should be at this Spring's Society for General Microbiology conference in Dublin. ruleof6ix.fieldofscience.com Permanent link to this item in the archive.

Science and Security Clash on Bird-Flu Papers - Research - The Chronicle of Higher Education. chronicle.com Permanent link to this item in the archive.

Tuesday, January 03, 2012 Link to this date in the archive.

Bird Flu's Deadly Threat: A Policy Perspective. consults.blogs.nytimes.com Permanent link to this item in the archive.

An Explanation of How Avian Flu Spreads. nytimes.com Permanent link to this item in the archive.

Friday, December 30, 2011 Link to this date in the archive.

Retraction for Lo et al., Detection of MLV-related virus gene sequences in blood of patients with chronic fatigue syndrome and healthy blood donors. pnas.org Permanent link to this item in the archive.

Virus sickens 110,000 in Vietnam, kills 166. news.yahoo.com Permanent link to this item in the archive.

Wednesday, December 28, 2011 Link to this date in the archive.

A Message from CII Director W. Ian Lipkin Regarding the XMRV/MLV CFS/ME Study. cii.columbia.edu Permanent link to this item in the archive.

Carol Greider: American science losing ground. baltimoresun.com Permanent link to this item in the archive.

Tuesday, December 27, 2011 Link to this date in the archive.

Scholars Retract Another Study Linking XMRV to Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. nytimes.com Permanent link to this item in the archive.

Monday, December 26, 2011 Link to this date in the archive.

Another shoe drops as authors retract PNAS chronic fatigue syndrome-virus paper - Retraction Watch. retractionwatch.wordpress.com Permanent link to this item in the archive.

Sunday, December 25, 2011 Link to this date in the archive.

Update: Influenza A (H3N2)v Transmission and Guidelines - Five States, 2011. cdc.gov Permanent link to this item in the archive.

Friday, December 23, 2011 Link to this date in the archive.

U.S. Biosecurity Panel Calls for Asilomar-Style Moratorium on H5N1 Papers . news.sciencemag.org Permanent link to this item in the archive.

Thursday, December 22, 2011 Link to this date in the archive.

Scientist Spotlight: Meet David Wentworth blogs.jcvi.org Permanent link to this item in the archive.

In a Rare Move, Science Without Authors' Consent Retracts Paper That Tied Mouse Virus to Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. news.sciencemag.org Permanent link to this item in the archive.

Chronic fatigue syndrome-XMRV paper retracted by Science, completely this time. retractionwatch.wordpress.com Permanent link to this item in the archive.

Nature News Blog: XMRV paper withdrawn. blogs.nature.com Permanent link to this item in the archive.

Wednesday, December 21, 2011 Link to this date in the archive.

Small Things Considered: Retrospective, December 2011. schaechter.asmblog.org Permanent link to this item in the archive.

Man-made bird flu: Call to suppress information about mutant virus censorship, scientists say. news.nationalpost.com Permanent link to this item in the archive.

When it comes to bird flu, nature is the greatest bioterrorist. guardian.co.uk Permanent link to this item in the archive.

Security in H5N1 Bird Flu Study Was Paramount, Scientist Says. nytimes.com Permanent link to this item in the archive.

MicrobiologyBytes: The Polio-Eradication programme and the end game. microbiologybytes.com Permanent link to this item in the archive.

Grudgingly, Virologists Agree to Redact Details in Sensitive Flu Papers - ScienceInsider. news.sciencemag.org Permanent link to this item in the archive.

Should the new flu stay secret? Or does secrecy kill? blogs.discovermagazine.com Permanent link to this item in the archive.

A bad day for science. virology.ws Permanent link to this item in the archive.

Welcome to Radio2! static.scripting.com Permanent link to this item in the archive.