In On Science Blogs this week, Tabitha M. Powledge goes viral, wrapping up comments and insights into the H7N9 virus, the new SARS-like coronavirus, the seasonal flu in the U.S., and even a bit about why these viruses cause such alarm.
She points to a useful guide on how to read the news about these bugs, posted by Maryn McKenna at her Wired magazine blog, Superbug.
If all of that is too much for you, she also sends you to a post with instructions for making a model of DNA out of licorice whips and jelly babies–and if you don't know what they are, you haven't been watching Dr. Who.
-Paul Raeburn
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