Bird flu vaccine has short shelf life
(AP)


<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061117/ap_on_he_me/bird_flu_vaccines"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061114/capt.jak10211141049.indonesia_bird_flu_jak102.jpg?x=82&y=130&sig=VC_tClTSgWnhLCtC4jBftw--" align="left" height="130" width="82" alt="A women cleans chickens at a traditional slaughter house in Jakarta, Indonesia, Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2006. A 35-year-old bird flu patient was in intensive care in an Indonesian hospital on Tuesday and has not died, as a senior Health Ministry official mistakenly said earlier. Health Ministry official Nyoman Kandun apologized for the mix-up and said Indonesia's death toll from bird flu remains at 56. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)" border="0" /></a>AP - Some of the first doses of bird flu vaccine in the nation's stockpile are growing weaker with age. If the shots are needed anytime soon, there will be enough for a million fewer people than previously thought.</p><br clear="all"/>