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Stories about: viral strains

Swine Flu Vaccine: Take It or Leave It While the World Health Organization (WHO) is painting a dire image of the new influenza outbreak, there are voices that say the situation is not nearly as bad as official announcements would have it. Regardless of where the truth lies, the main question on everybody's lips now is whether they should be getting t... 29 October 2009 10:38 GMT The Swine Flu Is but the Last of a Century-Old Pandemic Era As the World Health Organization (WHO) recently announced the swine flu outbreak to be a pandemic, it has brought more attention than ever before to the dangers that the influenza virus holds. Although it's generally regarded as a mild disease, which does not cause any real damage to humans, from time to time it... 30 June 2009 03:35 GMT