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Searchers map the global spread of drug-resistant influenza

In the new movie "Contagion," fictional health experts scramble to get ahead of a flu-like pandemic as a drug-resistant virus quickly spreads, killing millions of people within days after they contract the illness.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Sep 14, 2011 | not rated yet | 0 |

UN agency warns on mutant bird flu in China, Vietnam

The UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) on Monday warned about a new mutant strain of the deadly bird flu H5N1 virus in China and Vietnam, saying there could be a "major resurgence" of the disease.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Aug 29, 2011 | not rated yet | 0