Bird flu hot topic at disease conference
abc.net.au     May 11, 2008            

Australia's readiness to deal with an outbreak of bird flu will be one of the key areas under discussion today at a conference of infectious disease experts. ... As the nation's stockpile of antiviral drugs for flu nears its use-by date, delegates at the second Pandemic... [read full story]                

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typepad.com     12 hrs ago   3 related          

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typepad.com     12 hrs ago          

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