Scientists see this flu strain as relatively mild (Chicago Tribune)

Genetic data indicate this outbreak won’t be as deadly as that of 1918, or even the average winter. As the World Health Organization raised its infectious disease alert level Wednesday and health officials confirmed the first death linked to swine flu inside U.S. borders, scientists studying the virus are coming to the consensus that this hybrid strain of influenza — at least in its current …

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