While the world stands transfixed by the specter of a pandemic flu, a very different threat, bioterrorism, remains largely unaddressed.

Vaccine development requires partnership between government and industry because of the different resources, perspectives, and skills that each brings to the table.

Efforts to limit the commercial use of data on physician prescribing could have broad implications for regulatory programs that promote drug safety. At issue are a series of laws pursued by state legislators that would restrict access to information on the prescriptions written by individual doctors.

A lesson from 9/11 is that therapists must find a balance between letting people know help is available and suggesting that they need help when they do not.