New model of disease contagion ranks U.S. airports in terms of their spreading influence
Monday, July 23, 2012 - 07:01
in Health & Medicine
Public health crises of the past decade such as the 2003 SARS outbreak, which spread to 37 countries and caused about 1,000 deaths, and the 2009 H1N1 flu pandemic that killed about 300,000 people worldwide have heightened awareness that new viruses or bacteria could spread quickly across the globe, aided by air travel.