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Chinese health officials have confirmed that a father caught H5N1 bird flu from his son last December, according to a report released Tuesday. This marks at least the fourth instance in which many authorities now believe there was limited inter-family H5N1 transmission.
China's State Food and Drug Administration approved production of the country's first human vaccine for the H5N1 virus last week (2 April).
One of the biggest questions surrounding the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games is whether China’s fast-growing but seriously stretched commercial aviation system will be up to the task of handling the 2 million visitors expected to pack the Chinese capital for the Games this summer.

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