The titles are pithy — just one evocative, slightly unsettling word. "Coma." "Outbreak." "Contagion." "Pandemic." And now, "Viral." The stories are page-turners from the "How could it get worse?" ...

CANBERRA (Reuters) - Robin Cook, credited as the inventor of the medical thriller, was a doctor who never set out to be a writer but he just wanted to find a way to explain medical issues to people in ...