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Pandemic Scares in the 20th Century
www.hhs.gov/nvpo/pandemics/flu3.htm
categories: flu pandemic virus
“History suggests that influenza pandemics have probably happened during at least the last four centuries. During the 20th century, three pandemics and several “pandemic scares” occurred.”
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Center for Disease Control - Avian Flu
categories: flu pandemic virus
Updates information on the spread of Avian flu.
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Center for Disease Control - Flu
www.cdc.gov/flu/about/qa/disease.htm
categories: flu pandemic virus
What is the flu and how is it spread?
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WHO Disease Outbreaks
categories: flu pandemic virus
The official World Health Organization sites about current disease outbreaks.
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In a Pandemic, Authorities Face Daunting Tradeoffs
www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=10012460
categories: flu pandemic virus
“Should most effort be directed at containing the spread of domestic flu cases? Or should the main emphasis in the early days be to prevent more infected people from bringing the virus in?”
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Avian Flu Fears Grow
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www.2facts.com/wae/search/xn12430.asp?Library=DLC&Opt=Dv65dl43M
categories: flu pandemic virus
“On occasion a potent new form of the flu virus emerges that may hike the fatality rate. If it is capable of spreading rapidly, the virus might even cause a pandemic—a wave of disease and death embracing entire regions of the globe.”
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Where's the Money? (The answer may predict the next pandemic)
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categories: flu pandemic virus
“Using a website called www.wheresgeorge.com that tracks dollar bills, a team of researchers has used the flow of money to develop a model to predict the spread of a pandemic.”
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A Fatal Flu Virus, Raised from the Dead
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categories: flu pandemic virus
“The 1918 influenza virus, one of the most lethal viruses of all time, has been raised from the dead—literally.”
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