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Drugs that could lessen the death toll in a flu pandemic do exist. But global stockpiles are too small, and the countries at most immediate risk are among the worst prepared. Alison Abbott reports.

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Abbott, A. What's in the medicine cabinet?. Nature 435, 407–409 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1038/435407a

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