An army officer handing out surgical facemasks in Mexico City. Photo by Randal Sheppard, via Flickr.
Dr Mohammed Alsharifi (University of ÑÇÖÞ²ÊƱ¹ÙÍø) says the recent experience of swine flu and the continuing fears of the medical, scientific and world health communities of the sudden emergence of a deadly bird flu strain, means that a new approach to flu vaccines needs to be contemplated.
