Swine Flu: The Science of Pandemics

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Swine Flu: The Science of Pandemics

As news of the recent so-called "swine flu" outbreak grabs headlines around the world, we are once again confronted with the possibility of a flu pandemic. In 1918, as many as 100 million people perished from the Spanish flu worldwide -making it one of the greatest natural disaster of all time. NGC goes inside the science of how a superflu virus develops and mutates, and the quick but complex decisions that must be made when trying to contain a new flu virus on the run.

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