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Health Officials Sound Warning on Bird Flu

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Published February 23, 2005 at 12:00 AM EST

International health officials meeting in Vietnam Wednesday express concern about the potential for a bird flu pandemic in Asia. The disease has killed some 45 people in the region.

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