The phrase "a possible flu" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing symptoms or conditions that may indicate the presence of influenza but are not confirmed.
Example: "After experiencing a fever and body aches, I decided to see a doctor to check for a possible flu."
Alternatives: "a potential flu" or "a likely flu".
Our governments are mobilising to give us the best chance of countering a possible flu pandemic and rightly so.
The review revealed that Britain spent £654 million preparing for a possible flu pandemic, and £587 million responding to last year's H1N1 outbreak - a total of £1.24 billion.
Saying it wants to accelerate preparations for a possible flu pandemic, the venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins is setting up a $200 million fund to invest in companies developing products to battle influenza and other infectious diseases.
On Sunday, Senator Charles E. Schumer, Democrat of New York, called for a temporary suspension of the patent on the anti-influenza drug Tamiflu to allow more of the drug to be produced in preparation for a possible flu pandemic.
[C7.] Roche has agreed to meet with four generic drug companies to discuss allowing them to manufacture the anti-influenza drug Tamiflu, which is in short supply as countries stockpile it to prepare for a possible flu pandemic.
A new review of medical evidence continues to raise questions about the safety and effectiveness of the influenza drug Tamiflu, which the United States and other nations have spent billions of dollars to stockpile for use in a possible flu pandemic.
After the international community pledged $900m in grants and slightly more in very soft loans to combat the spread of bird flu globally and to help nations prepare for a possible human flu pandemic, Indonesia put in a request for the full $900m all of it in grants.A national bird-flu commission was created in March to co-ordinate the country's response but it has yet to be given a budget.
At Gatwick airport in west Sussex, Britons arriving back from Mexico were questioned by a doctor on board about possible flu symptoms before leaving the aircraft.
In the midst of the alarm over a possible avian flu outbreak, people around the world were taking the imminent 2004 05 flu season very seriously, and unprecedented numbers sought flu-vaccination shots, the best protection available.
[Page C1.] Concern Over Production Limits of Avian Flu Drug Roche, the maker of the main drug that would be used against a possible bird flu epidemic, is under growing pressure to allow production of generic versions of the medicine.
As Henry Porter noted on Thursday, challenges range from terrorism, major floods and even current concerns over a possible swine flu pandemic.
