How Industrialized Farming Could Facilitate Pandemic Swine Flu
With cases of H3N2v influenza on the rise, a look at where we stand and the key role of our system of food animal production in strengthening viruses More »
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Dr. Robert S. Lawrence is professor of Environmental Health Sciences, Health Policy, and International Health at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, and founding director of the Center for a Livable Future.
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