epidemic

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epidemic

Fighting the flu

With an estimated 3 to 5 million cases of the flu reported each year and more than 250,000 of those resulting in death, the flu virus remains a must-know topic. While each patient's body fights the invading virus, scientists are looking for ways to boost immune systems and even eradicate strains.
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Pandemic

Facing AIDS
2003
Essays on AIDS by Secretary General of the United Nations Kofi Annan, Nobel Prize-winning novelist Nadine Gordimer, filmmaker Rory Kennedy, publisher Nan Richardson, and renowned economist Jeffrey Sachs.
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