Origin: Hanoi

Bird Flu, Patient in Hanoi

Lynn Johnson

Part of the Women of Vision: National Geographic Photographers on Assignment Exhibit

Origin: Hanoi

Comatose and on a ventilator, a bird flu patient in Hanoi who was not expected to live made a remarkable recovery.

About Lynn Johnson

A Knight Fellow and passionate advocate for visual arts education, Lynn Johnson has covered a wide range of assignments for NGM, producing images for 21 stories on subjectsincluding vanishing languages and challenges facing human populations in Africa and Asia. Johnson has also participated in photo camps in Chad, Botswana and the Pine Ridge reservation. She has received several awards, including the Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award for Coverage of the Disadvantaged.