Analysis: Preventing avian flu from creating a pandemic

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JOE PALCA
Talk of the Nation Science Friday (NPR)
01-28-2005
Analysis: Preventing avian flu from creating a pandemic

Host: JOE PALCA
Time: 3:00-4:00 PM

JOE PALCA, host:

This is TALK OF THE NATION/SCIENCE FRIDAY from NPR News, and I'm Joe Palca.

Later in the hour, we'll talk science words with the editor of a new science dictionary.

But first, the 20th century saw three influenza pandemics including the 1918 Spanish flu that claimed the lives of nearly 20 million people worldwide. Overcrowding and urbanization combined with greater international travel make it likely that another pandemic ...

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