Bird flu vaccine could take months, U.N. says (Reuters)


<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20051011/hl_nm/birdflu_vaccines_dc"><img src="http://us.news3.yimg.com/us.i2.yimg.com/p/rids/20051011/i/r3778805515.jpg?x=130&y=79&sig=DTXY4r5mBb51gafLZ9T.xA--" align="left" height="79" width="130" alt="Poultry farmer, Sumali Srinual, tends to her chickens on her property in Saraburi province, about 120 east of Bangkok, on October 11, 2005. REUTERS/Sukree Sukplang" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Drug firms could take six months to
manufacture adequate stocks of bird flu vaccine, far too long
to stem damaging fallout if the virus triggers a human
pandemic, a top United Nations official said on Tuesday.</p><br clear=all>