Bird Flu Research at Rochester

John Treanor, M.D., Interview

An interview was recorded by public relations staff at the University of Rochester Medical Center on Wednesday, March 29, 2006 with John Treanor, M.D., and was focused on the study published in the March 30 edition of the New England Journal of Medicine. The following audio files are available for download for use by media in production of news broadcasts.   

John Treanor M.D., should be identified as Dr. John Treanor, professor of medicine and director of Rochester’s Vaccine and Treatment Evaluation Unit. 

Sound bites are available for the following questions; most are between :20 - :50 seconds long.

  1. Briefly, give us an overview of the study results. (26 seconds)
  2. Would you characterize the study results as good news in the fight against bird flu? (27 seconds)
  3. Why do we still have a long way to go in developing a vaccine? (26 seconds)
  4. Are the study results surprising to you? Why or why not? (33 seconds)
  5. Why is it so difficult to make an effective vaccine against bird flu? (22 seconds)
  6. What steps are being taken to increase the effectiveness of the vaccine? (40 seconds)
  7. Would a vaccine against bird flu be given like the annual flu vaccine – one shot per person? (32 seconds)
  8. How far are we from having a vaccine available to prevent bird flu? (22 seconds)
  9. Is bird flu a real threat to people living in the U.S.? (49 seconds)
  10. Talk of the Nation, March 31, 2006

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