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February 17, 2012 11:05 pm

Deadly H5N1 Flu Studies To Stay Secret... For Now


Edsj writes "A spokesman for the World Health Organization announced that an agreement had been reached, after a debate, to keep details secret of the controversial work about the highly pathogenic H5N1 avian flu virus until deeper risk analyses have been carried out. The scientists who made the study, led by Ron Fouchier, still want to release the full paper at some future date for public viewing, but for the time being, the NSABB got what it wanted."The moratorium will be extended "probably for several months."

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