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May 04 06 09.40a Gommunity Development 2UU941127U p.8 NPR :Health Officials Keep Close Watch on Bird Flu - Page 3 of 3 � eriri�enta�Sird F'lu_Vacc�,e . Mixed.R"UIts:from Exp_ __ -.. - _.- -- March 30,2006 An expeiiinental bird flu vaccine has potential to-offer protection from a.pandemic,according to a study in Thursday's New LnglandJournaI of Medicine.But the research also suggests the effective dose is' much greater than.origiziri]ly thought, and it works in only half of all patients. - ---.. Y ._Is Avian F'lu_5�_Hard t0 Cateb? March z4,2006 view studies show that the avian flu virus doesn't pass easily between humans.Two different teams A scientists think they know why.Their studies appeared this week in Nature and Science and detail what makes this disease different from human flu viruses. sn Study;Hu mn-to- r . A7nrRP :9 Rare , March 23, 2oo6 A new study finds that the much-feafl red avian u is rarely=if ever--transmitted from human to human. But some experts don't think the question is if there will be a human-to-human avian flu epidemic, but when.Alex Chadwick talks with Dr. Pau] Offit,chief of infectious diseases at Children's Hospital in the virus will mutate into a form deadly to humans. Philadelphia, about the chances Health News Briefs i Bird.Flu.Kips.Fiv__e in Azerbaij an March 22, 2o06 Asian bird flu has infected as many as eight people in adjacent villages near the Caspian Sea in Azerbaijan. Study: Human-to.._-Human third Flu.Transm ssi0n..94TC March 23, 2006 •A new study finds that the much-feared avian flu is rarely--if ever--transmitted from human to human. But some experts don't think the question is if there will be a human-to-human avian flu epidemic, but when.Alex Chadwick talks with Dr.Paul Offlt,chief of infectious diseases at Children's Hospital in Philadelphia, about the chances the virus will mutate into a farm deadly to humans. More in this Report »