Scientists see this flu strain as relatively mild

Published April 30, 2009 at 7:00 a.m.
Genetic data indicate this outbreak won't be as deadly as that of 1918, or even the average winter...

...As the World Health Organization raised its infectious disease alert level Wednesday and health officials confirmed the first death linked to swine flu inside U.S. borders, scientists studying the virus are coming to the consensus that this hybrid strain of influenza -- at least in its current form -- isn't shaping up to be as fatal as the strains that caused some previous pandemics.

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