In this issue of The Journal of Infectious Diseases ( JID), 3 short articles by leaders in influenza virus research and/or biosecurity discuss current controversies regarding experiments with bioengineered H5N1 influenza virus. Sander Herfst and colleagues, the creators of an H5N1 virus strain with increased transmission among ferrets, present their case for freedom of expression unhindered by ...

As this edition was going to press, the news broke that the executive vice president of the American Medical Association (AMA), E RatcliVe Anderson, had sacked George Lundberg, who had edited the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) for 17 years. Because we see this as of great importance for public health, we have taken the unusual decision to publish a joint editorial that will ...

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