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H1N1 Cases: Healthy to Death's Door in One Week

On one floor of the University Hospital Case Medical Center in Cleveland, the H1N1 virus is showing just how random, powerful and destructive it can be, even for healthy adults in the prime of their lives. Walter Savitts, 44, depends on a machine for every breath. His wife, Margaret, is constantly at his side. Nearly three weeks ago, he came down with what seemed an ordinary case of the flu. "I just figured you're going to get the 24 hour bug or something like that. I never thought that it...Full Story
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