CDC may ship killer virus to U.S. labs

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CDC may ship killer virus to U.S. labs --Millions around the world

died from Spanish flu in 1918 09 Nov 2005 Federal scientists say they

will consider requests to ship the recently recreated 1918 killer flu

virus to select U.S. research labs. Last month, U.S. scientists

announced they had created — from scratch — the 1918 virus. It was the

first time an infectious agent behind a historic global epidemic had

ever been reconstructed.

 

 

http://news./s/ap/20051109/ap_on_he_me/pandemic_flu

 

09 Nov 2005 Federal scientists say they will consider requests to ship

the recently recreated 1918 killer flu virus to select U.S. research

labs. There are 300 non-government research labs registered to work

with deadly germs like the Spanish flu, which killed millions of

people worldwide.