Will swine flu be the next global pandemic?

New G4 flu strain has jumped from pigs to humans

Spanish flu nurses
Red Cross volunteers working to halt the Spanish flu epidemic in the US in 1918
(Image credit: Getty Images)

Researchers in China have discovered a new type of swine flu that has spread to humans and could cause a global pandemic.

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