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China battles surge in swine flu

China tries to control spread of swine flu inside country instead of stopping it at borders as more people fall sick ...full story at BBC News

from BBC News on Tue, Nov 03 2009

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27 Apr 09 visit Swine Flu is not here! Swine flu is not here!  »  Shanghaiist The next big epidemic is here and this time around it didn't come out of China! Swine flu, a respiratory disease in pigs, has somehow spread to humans - infecting a total of 20 people in the U.S. so far and allegedly killing more than 103 in...
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