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Nature 432, 544-545 (2 December 2004) | doi:10.1038/432544a; Published online 1 December 2004
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Bad news travels fastest. Or so the scientists fighting disease hope. Since 1994, ProMED-mail has been reporting outbreaks as soon as they happen. Erika Check meets the team behind the 24-hour service.
Eleven years ago, a small group of scientists met in Geneva, Switzerland, to try to solve a life-or-death problem. They were facing up to a frightening fact: in a race against any outbreak of disease, they would lose.
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