09/15/2009
https://www.congress.gov...
"Yet virulent strains of influenza are still a major threat."
"It has been almost a century since the 1918 Spanish influenza virus infected one-fifth of the world's population."
"I do want to apologize that I will, however, have to leave early due to a markup in the Appropriations Committee that begins at 10:30."
"The H1N1 strain, more commonly known as the Swine Flu, claimed more than 18,000 lives during the 2009 outbreak."