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Scientists studying H5N1—or bird flu—recently developed a mutated virus that can spread through the air between mammals. Now biosecurity and safety experts are urging the researchers not to publish their methods.
Scientists studying H5N1, or the bird flu, recently discovered something big: a strain of the virus that can spread through the air between animals. Dr. Michael Olsterholm, director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota, tells host Bruce Gellerman why his concerns for biosafety and security led him to recommend limiting the publication of this new research.