WHO backs away from 150 million flu deaths (Reuters)


<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20050930/hl_nm/birdflu_dc"><img src="http://us.news3.yimg.com/us.i2.yimg.com/p/nm/20050930/2005_09_30t093808_450x325_us_birdflu.jpg?x=130&y=93&sig=wscdx51qcA5jWls4vldbAw--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="Japanese experts on bird flu enter a room in the Sulianti Saroso hospital in Jakarta where Indonesian patients suffering bird flu symptoms are being treated on September 30, 2005. (Crack Palinggi/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - The World Health Organization (WHO) said
on Friday 2-7.4 million deaths was a reasonable working
forecast for a global influenza pandemic -- distancing itself
from a top U.N. official's figure of up to 150 million.</p><br clear=all>