The recent revelations that Soviet-era scientists might have passed on a genetically modified strain of the smallpox virus to Iraq probably surprised everyone.

The development of antivirals for pandemic flu provides important insights into the pharmaceutical industry's ability to advance public health.

The proliferation of low-quality and counterfeit drugs is one of the most pressing problems in delivering life-saving medicines to the world's poorest patients.

More public education would help stem the problem of fake pharmaceuticals--restricting Internet trade would not.

The plans Bush released last weekaboutpreparing for an outbreak of avian flu arecommendable; the challenge will be putting them into effect.

The Food and Drug Administration must use rigorous drug trials, but these tests should not be so strict as to deny cancer patients access to potentially lifesaving drugs.

The Food and Drug Administration must use rigorous drug trials, but these tests should not be so strict as to deny cancer patients access to potentially lifesaving drugs.

The president's ability to rapidly deploy a series of bioweapons sensors provides evidence why the development of appropriate antidotes could take much longer.