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China downplays threat of new swine flu strain

There was confusion over how much threat a strain of swine flu discovered in China posed.

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China downplays threat of new swine flu strain

There was confusion over how much threat a strain of swine flu discovered in China posed. A report compiled by Chinese agricultural and medical scientists said the G4 virus, which is descended from...

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