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Shanghai health officials today reported another death from H7N9 flu, in a man whose wife was among the city's first H7N9 victims.

A report on H7N9 cases that were found by routine surveillance reveals younger patients and milder infections.

A lull in the number of H7N9 cases in China has given experts a chance to sift the data to fine-tune the clinical picture of the disease.

Intensive federal deliberations are under way on whether to stockpile a vaccine against the H7N9 flu virus that emerged this spring in China.

The CDC's recently modified advice suggests that clinicians test only suspected H7N9 influenza patients who require hospitalization.