Study: New flu inefficient in attacking people

July 2, 2009, 3:30 am by Associated Press Healthwire

WASHINGTON (AP) -- With swine flu continuing to spread around the world, researchers say they have found the reason it is - so far - more a series of local blazes than a wide-raging wildfire....

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