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Waiting for the big one: A new flu pandemic is a matter of time

2 January 2018

At least two flu strains are only a few mutations away from developing deadly human-to-human transmission. So how do we minimise the impact?

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Why a nasty surprise lurks 100 years on from the lethal 1918 flu

1 January 2018

As the centenary of the great flu epidemic looms, we are right to be pessimistic – especially with H7N9 bird flu virus quietly circulating in China

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