Many people in Europe and North America are sick from flu This illness came much earlier in the season than usual. Also, more people are sick than usual. The most common flu virus this year is influenza A. This is not the virus that the experts expected. The medicine to prevent the flu was made [...]
At least three people in Vietnam died of the disease. Six more deaths may be caused by bird flu. The people caught the flu by coming in contact with bird feces. If the virus causing the disease is able to spread by human contact, it could be worse than SARS. There is no defense against [...]
Dr. Shigeru Omi of the World Health Organization said that avian influenza (bird flu) is `very, very likely` to spread across the whole world. Dr. Omi warned that up to 30% of everyone on earth may catch bird flu. Between 2 million and 100 million of these people may die from the flu. Many influenza [...]
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