Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Eggs have been crucial to vaccine production for decades. In recent months, Americans looking for eggs have faced empty shelves in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Eggs have been crucial to vaccine production for decades. Bettmann/Getty Images In recent months, Americans looking for eggs have ...

A past pandemic was narrowly avoided—can the U.S. dodge another as a new strain spreads? Alexandra M. Lord, Curator of Medicine and Science In recent months, Americans looking for eggs have faced ...

* Pandemic "as severe as 1957 and 1968" -- top expert * Chairman says committee not influenced by drug industry By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA, April 14 (Reuters) - The H1N1 flu pandemic is as severe as ...

Hilleman was born a year after the notorious 1918 influenza pandemic swept the world, killing 20 million to 100 million people. By 1957, when Hilleman began worrying about the egg supply, scientists ...

In recent months, Americans looking for eggs have faced empty shelves in their grocery stores. The escalating threat of avian flu has forced farmers to kill millions of chickens to prevent its spread.

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(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Alexandra M. Lord, Smithsonian Institution (THE CONVERSATION) In recent months, ...