U-S sends antiviral medicine to Asia as bird flu precaution (KLAS)

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Date: 2006-07-01 07:55:02

U-S sends antiviral medicine to Asia as bird flu precaution (KLAS)

WASHINGTON The U-S has stashed flu medicine in Asia just in case it's needed to help contain a potential worldwide flu pandemic.A government report says Washington has sent an undisclosed amount of the antiviral medicine Tamiflu to a secure location.The report explains what the U-S has done to prepare in the event the H-five-N-one virus mutates into a form easily passed from person to person. The virus has been found in 53 countries, and more than half of 228 people who've caught it have died.Copyright 2006 Associated Press. ...

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