Bird Flu Claims 50th Life

Posted on April 6, 2005

The BBC reports that fifty people are now dead from the bird flu outbreak that has plagued Southeast Asia since January, 2004. The bird flu is of special concern to CDC and WHO scientists who feel that the disease has the potential to adapt and gain the ability to pass easily from human to human. Should this occur the world could see a dangeous flu outbreak similar to the Influenza pandemic of 1918 which killed tens of millions. This entry from last month has more details about the potential threat from Bird Flu.

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