In short, I wanted to create a parents' guide to dealing with the swine flu that is based on the best science and my interviews with experts all over the country.

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Only when Centers for Disease Control and Prevention scientists sent a suspect sample to the mass spectrometer did they discover the new variety of swine flu, according to an article describing the techniques in Science magazine.

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