Word: influenza
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...before the flu hit, life expectancy in the U.S. was 51 years. In 1918, it was 39 years-a drop that was due almost entirely to the flu. Worldwide, 100 million or more may have died from the Spanish flu, including 20 million in India alone. And with avian influenza, it could happen all over again...
With this question in mind, Edwards looked to create a solution that used physical rather than chemical means to prevent the spread of infections such as tuberculosis, the common cold, influenza and SARS...
...Every hundred years there have been three or four pandemics and there's no reason to believe we will be spared." DR. KLAUS STOHR, head of the World Health Organization's Global Influenza Programme, on the possibility that the avian-flu virus, which has killed 32 people in Thailand and Vietnam so far this year, could lead to a worldwide outbreak...
...million Number of Americans at risk of catching potentially fatal influenza this year...
...another company pick up the slack? Not right away. Flu vaccines differ from year to year, depending on which influenza strains are circulating. It takes three to four months to culture the right flu viruses in chicken eggs. Aventis may ramp up production, but the next batch wouldn't be available until February or March...