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Published online 9 July 2008 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news.2008.945
News: Briefing
Whatever happened to bird flu?
The media frenzy over bird flu has receded, but the threat of a global epidemic still looms large.
Is bird flu affecting fewer people now?
Yes and no. The 88 cases and 59 deaths reported last year are lower than the 2006 peak of 115 cases and 79 deaths, when the virus first arrived in Turkey and Egypt and sparked a large number of cases there.
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