New Thriller Highlights Public Health & National Security Connection
By Mat Trachok, HLS 2012 NSJ Staff Writer According to surgeon and best-selling author Robin Cook, the world is at risk from an imminent, serious pandemic. Cook has written a new medical thriller entitled Plague, which he hopes will raise consciousness about this potential threat. In his recent article “Plague: A New Thriller of the Coming Pandemic,” Cook explains the science behind the novel. According to Cook, the world is currently under threat from two relatively benign strains of the influenza A virus: H1N1 (known commonly as swine flu) and H5N1 (the strain of avian flu that appeared in 2006 […]