Summary Box: Call for New Bird Flu Shot
Posted on: Monday, 6 March 2006, 18:00 CST
By The Associated Press
NEW VACCINE? Flu viruses - whether in people or birds - are always evolving. The current bird flu in Asia, Europe and Africa is now different from the virus sample that was used to make a vaccine to protect people, so a new second vaccine is needed.
WHO'S DOING IT? Once U.S. researchers come up with a new recipe that matches the second version of virus, the government will contract with manufacturers to produce it.
OLD VACCINE? Experts think the first vaccine will be at least partially protective, but they aren't sure. So far, bird flu does not spread efficiently between people, so no vaccine based on the current virus is likely to be entirely protective.
Source: Associated Press/AP Online
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