Children's hospital on frontline in bird flu war
15th Sep 2005, 15:25 GMT
MEMPHIS (Reuters) - It seems an unlikely place to launch a war against a bird virus that health officials believe could soon mutate into a human pandemic that will kill millions -- a hospital filled with children fighting devastating genetic diseases and rare cancers.
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