Xinhua WHO’s Chan “will not shy away” from pandemic alertReutersBy Laura MacInnis GENEVA (Reuters) – The head of the World Health Organization said on Thursday she would not hesitate to raise the global pandemic alert to the top of the six-point scale if the new H1N1 flu is spreading globally.Video: H1N1 virus at Lawrence University [...]
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H1N1 flu must be global before Phase 6: WHO chief (Reuters)
Reuters – The head of the World Health Organization said Thursday she would not hesitate to raise the global pandemic alert to the top of the six-point scale if the new H1N1 flu is spreading globally.
H1N1 Vaccine Supply for Poor Countries
Last Friday , we shared about the meeting among key stakeholders that discussed the production of H1N1 vaccine at the headquarters of the World Health Organization. In that feature, we mentioned in passing how the WHO is working on ensuring that poor countries are able to purchase H1N1 flu vaccines once it is produced and in the event of a pandemic. This is to protect the interest of poorer countries that will not be able to afford to pay the prices those rich countries such Canada, Denmark
10,200 confirmed H1N1 flu cases, according to WHO
Reuters:GENEVA (Reuters) – The number of confirmed cases of the new Influenza A (H1N1) flu has risen to 10,243 and the death toll has edged up to 80, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday.Most of the new cases are in the United States, which has seen 5,469 outbreaks of the virus so far, the WHO said as it focuses on the H1N1 virus that has brought the world to the brink of a pandemic.Tags: H1N1 Flu
Are We Lumberjacks?: H1N1 Flu
GENEVA (Reuters) – The number of confirmed cases of the new Influenza A (H1N1) flu has risen to 10243 and the death toll has edged up to 80, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday. Ummmm, so this panic is about a flu that …