Report: World unprepared for major flu outbreak
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The world is teetering on the verge of a massive influenza outbreak, and even wealthy nations such as the United States are unprepared for the next pandemic, according to a report released Tuesday.
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SHANGHAI, China Sept. 14, 2004 - More countries need to enact preventative measures and boost preparedness for a possible renewed outbreak of SARS or avian flu among humans, a top World Health Organization official said Tuesday.
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Health officials warned Monday that the world was close to its next pandemic - a powerful and highly contagious mix of avian influenza and flu virus that would likely be centered in Asia.
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TORONTO - The alarm now sounds with increasing frequency and urgency: the world could be on the brink of an influenza pandemic sparked by the highly virulent avian flu strain ravaging poultry stocks in Southeast Asia, experts fear.
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The federal government's voluminous plans for dealing with pandemic flu do not adequately account for the overwhelming strain an outbreak would place on hospitals and public health systems trying to cope with millions of seriously ill Americans, some public health experts and local health officials...
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For years, the government has failed to prepare adequately for an influenza pandemic and has no concrete plans for distributing scarce vaccine to people at high risk in such an emergency, a federal health care analyst said yesterday.
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WASHINGTON - Closing schools, restricting travel and rationing scarce medications may be the nation's first protections if a powerful new flu strain spurs a worldwide outbreak because it will take months to brew a vaccine, say government preparations for the next pandemic.    Specialists say it's only a matter of time before the next one strikes, and concern is rising that the recurring bird flu in Asia could be the trigger since it is mutating in a way that lets it spread easily among people...
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TORONTO (CP) - The alarm now sounds with increasing frequency and urgency: the world could be on the brink of an influenza pandemic sparked by the highly virulent avian flu strain ravaging poultry stocks in Southeast Asia, experts fear.
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Health officials warned Monday that the world was close to its next pandemic -- a powerful and highly contagious mix of avian influenza and flu virus that would likely be centered in Asia.
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A global influenza pandemic isn&#39;t something that most people think about on a day-to-day basis. But it could soon become front-page news, if the fears of the World Health Organization are realized.
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The world is unprepared for an inevitable flu pandemic that could kill tens of millions of people, but profit-driven pharmaceutical companies are putting too little
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The World Health Organization says government officials should be preparing for the next global influenza pandemic, which could cause two to seven million deaths.
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Every country in the world must come up  urgently with a plan to deal with an inevitable influenza  pandemic likely to be triggered by the bird flu virus that hit  Asia this year, a top global health expert said on Friday.
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The world is closer to the next flu pandemic that may kill up to 7 million people, a World Health Organization expert warns. A worldwide outbreak is closer than ever because of bird flu, says Klaus Stohr, coordinator of WHO&#39;s global influenza program.
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Health experts have warned that the world is closer to its next pandemic -- a potent mix of bird and human influenza. &quot;We are getting closer, but when it&#39;s going to happen, I don&#39;t know,&quot; said Francois Xavier-Meslin of the World Health Organization.
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Saying the world is nowhere near ready to fight a global epidemic of influenza, a panel convened by the World Health Organization demanded yesterday that there be greater international cooperation and financing to develop a vaccine.
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With worries growing about a possible flu pandemic, the World Health Organisation has called an unprecedented summit meeting for Nov. 11 in Geneva, Switzerland, to draft response plans in the event of a global