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A Bus Driver in Southern China Dies of Bird Flu. Could the Deadly Virus Strike Again?
News that a bus driver from the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen died of the H5N1 bird flu virus on Dec. 31 was greeted with a shrug in the nation that serves as the breeding ground for some of the world's nastiest viruses. The death of a 39-year-old bus driver surnamed Chen on Saturday was the first reported human death from bird flu in 18 months. The World Health Organization says that China ...