Flu hunter’s career spent tracking down a virus
Researcher Dr. Robert Webster, who has been with St. Jude Children's Research Hospital since 1968, recently published a book titled "Flu Hunter," which follows his career studying influenza. Webster is credited with connecting the spread of the flu virus in humans to migratory birds. (Jim Weber/Daily Memphian)
The 86-year-old scientist who linked the origin of the flu virus to migratory birds still comes to work at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital to prepare for a possible pandemic should bird flu ever learn to spread among humans.
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Flu Robert Webster St. Jude Children's Research HospitalMichelle Corbet
Michelle Corbet covers business for The Daily Memphian. Prior to, she was a reporter at the Memphis Business Journal. A native Memphian and University of Memphis graduate, Michelle covered business in Conway, Arkansas after college. Michelle got her start covering business as an intern at The Commercial Appeal.
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