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and we move on here this evening to another major world headline. rising fear over an outbreak. a new and dangerous strain of the bird flu. so far, contained to china. but tonight, right here in the u.s., top scientists are now racing to develop a vaccine and if they re concerned, how concerned should the rest of us be? abc s chief medical editor dr. richard besser tonight. reporter: across asia, travelers are being warned. a new flu has arrived. the target of technicians today in has hazmat suits? birds. shutting down the poultry markets of shanghai. officials suspect the new flu, called h-7n9, which normally spreads from bird to bird, is now spreading from birds to people. so far, 16 have fallen ill and six have died. the real fear? the new flu mutates again and learns to pass from human to human. because it s brand new, people would have no natural immunity and there s no vaccine to fight it. if one infected person with that mutated virus flew from shanghai to los angele