A seventh patient succumbs to a deadly, drug-resistant superbug terrorizing the National Institutes of Health Clinical Center.
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Opponents of a new law requiring government researchers to publicly disclose personal financial information claim it is an invasion of privacy.
The head of a US infectious disease funding body urges researchers to continue the voluntary cessation of research on avian influenza.
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