The Next Pandemic?

Two people in northern Vietnam have contracted “bird flu” according to officials, bringing the number of victims in Asia to over 40.

The last influenza pandemic was in 1968, and experts think that the next one is slated to appear in the very near future – will it be avian flu? For more information go here.

I think we all need to keep up to date on this virus, known officially as H5N1.

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