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The article discusses how the U.S. National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity asked the science journals "Science" and "Nature" not to publish a study on the virus A(H5N1), which causes bird flu and is highly transmissible. The article says that although the government cannot regulate the journals, scientists are monitoring their own work to avoid disseminating information that might be useful to terrorists. The original study was conducted in the U.S. and the Netherlands.

The article presents information on the March 30, 2012 decision by the U.S. National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity panel on the publication of research papers on the bird-flu virus. The author looks at the H5N1 avian influenza virus, lead researchers Yoshihiro Kawaoka and Ron Fouchier, and infectious-disease expert D.A. Henderson.