selected newspaper stories
Avian influenza and pandemic flu
“Lab ready to fulfill bird flu mission,” Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 30 May 06
“America’s disease sentinels overtaxed,” Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 29 March 06
“Ghosts of vaccines past,” Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 18 December 2005
“U.S. ill-prepared for pandemic,” Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 23 Oct 05
“Southeast Asia braces for the worst,” Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 22 Feb 05
“Smuggled birds may harbor avian flu,” Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 6 Dec 04
“China’s bird flu claim suspect,” Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 15 Feb 04
“Hong Kong case recalls ’97 outbreak,” Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 21 Feb 03
“Still battling the ‘bird flu’,” Atlanta Journal-Atlanta Constitution, 25 Jan 98
“Rare Hong Kong virus could bring worldwide epidemic,” Atlanta Constitution, 17 Dec 97
“Virus common to birds kills boy in China,” Atlanta Constitution, 21 Aug 97
The search for the 1918 flu virus
For complete coverage of the two scientific teams who competed to recover
the viral cause of the 1918 flu - one in the lab and the other in the Arctic - follow this link
“We will take them home,” Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 06 Feb 05
“Tsunami strays get help,” Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 30 Jan 05
“From despair, hope rises,” Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 26 Jan 05
“Carnage haunts hardened disease sleuths,” Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 16 Feb 05
“Dreaded disease has new life,” Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 12 June 05
“Partners track stubborn disease's crippling resurgence,” Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 28 April 05
“Warm Springs artisans fought polio's damage,” Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 25 April 05
“Ethnic strife halts polio war,” Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 16 May 04
“Polio eradication impossible,” Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 27 Oct 02
“Outbreak forces rethinking of polio fight,” Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 15 March 02
“Warm memories of a dark time,” Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 13 April 01
PERTUSSIS: “Long-ago bane making stealthy resurgence,” Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 26 Sept 04
WEST NILE: “Some who survived battle paralysis,” Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 13 Sept 04
SARS: “Doctor who warned public lost his life,” Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 2 April 03
WEST NILE: “West Nile’s grim realities hit patient,” Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 21 Sept 02
BIOTERROR: “Inside CDC anthrax investigation” Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 4 Nov 01
WEST NILE: “CDC’s race against time,” Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 11 August 02
WEST NILE: “Birds bring virus, unease to Southeast,” Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 22 July 01
“Pains, problems arise when polio strikes again,” Atlanta Journal-Atlanta Constitution, 25 June 00
“Stamping out polio: Millions line up,” Atlanta Journal-Atlanta Constitution, 20 Dec 99
AIDS: “Medical sleuth fought AIDS early,” Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 5 June 01
KIDNEY DISEASE: “A life on hold,” Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 11 Feb 01
E. COLI: “Ontario town battling bacteria, fear,” Atlanta Constitution, 30 May 00
FETAL SURGERY: “Photo changes family for life,” Atlanta Journal-Atlanta Constitution, 8 April 00
VIOLENCE: “Emergency: Inside Grady’s E.R.,” Atlanta Journal-Atlanta Constitution, 8 Aug 99
AIDS: “I’ll do this as long as I can humanly stand it,” Atlanta Journal-Atlanta Constitution, 30 Nov 97
Hurricane Katrina, 2005
“Wounded psyches will be tough to fix,” Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 25 Sept 05
“Animal victims find refuge,” Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 19 Sept 05
“Emerging land is tainted,” Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 18 Sept 05
“Medical system strains to cope in Louisiana,” Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 15 Sept 05
“CDC stalks disease on Gulf,” Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 12 Sept 05
“CDC flies in to deal with health crisis,” Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 5 Sept 05
