Fatal Strain

In 2009 Swine Flu reminded us that pandemics still happen and award- winning journalist Alan Sipress reminds us that far worse could be brewing. When a highly lethal strain of avian flu broke out in Asia in 2003 and raced westward Sipress as a reporter for The Washington Post tracked the virus across nine countries watching its secrets elude the world's brightest scientists and most intrepid disease hunters. A vivid portrayal of the struggle between man and microbe The Fatal Strain is a fast-moving account that weaves cultural political and scientific strands into a tale of inevitable pandemic.