Published in Vaccine Weekly, October 13th, 2004 The $13 million
purchase, from Aventis Pasteur Inc., is part of work to prepare
for the next flu pandemic, the Department of Health and Human
Services said September 21, 2004. Three flu pandemics have
occurred in the last century, the worst the 1918 outbreak that
killed more than half a million Americans and 20 million people
worldwide. Flu specialists say it's only a matter of time before
another such worldwide outbreak strikes, and there's concern
that the recurring bird flu in Asia could... Want to see the
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