Bird Flu: A Virus of Our Own Hatching

From age-old scourges such as smallpox and tuberculosis to emerging threats like AIDS and SARS, our interactions with animals have always played a pivotal role as a source of human disease. Bird flu is the latest such menace coming home to roost. Leading public health authorities now predict as inevitable a pandemic of influenza, triggered by bird

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Hong Kong: Swine Influenza Virus reassorted with Pandemic H1

URGENT! Hong Kong: Swine Influenza Virus reassorted with Pandemic H1N1 Virus isolated from Pig (2/26/10) Hong Kong H1N1 Tracking

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24/02/101: WHO: A/H1N1 pandemic flu yet to pass peak

GENEVA, Feb. 24 -- The A/H1N1 pandemic influenza has not fully passed its peak yet despite decling transmission of the virus in many parts of the world, the

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WHO: Still Premature to Declare End Peak of A/H1N1 Flu

GENEVA -- Experts from the World Health Organization (WHO) have decided following Tuesday's assessment that it was still early to announce that the influenza A/H1N1 pandemic as having peaked across the globe.

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