Flu pandemic &#39;could kill millions&#39;
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HEALTH experts warned today that an outbreak of bird flu mixed with a human influenza virus could kill millions worldwide. The World Health Organisation said the outbreak had the potential to be worse than the Sars virus.
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The avian influenza virus known as H5N1 has killed millions of poultry in east Asia. Now researchers fear it may be tougher and more dangerous to humans than previously suspected.
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MIAMI - The world is at great risk of a new pandemic of deadly bird flu, but is ill-prepared to handle it, a top World Health Organization official said at an international conference in Miami on Monday.
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Another influenza pandemic similar to the one that killed between 20 and 40 million people in 1918 could be controlled by vaccinations and preventing new infections, American scientists said Wednesday.
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Asia faces an outbreak of unprecedented proportions as it grapples with avian influenza, which the World Health Organization warns could develop into a pandemic unless detection and prevention methods are improved.
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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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INTERNATIONAL health authorities have warned that the world is overdue for a major influenza pandemic, which could strike Australia and kill thousands.
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TORONTO - Not enough work is being done to create a vaccine to fight a pandemic influenza that could kill millions of people, the World Health Organization warns.
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Hong Kong - Up to 100-million people could die in weeks if a bird flu pandemic broke out, a senior World Health Organisation (WHO) official has warned while urging countries to make urgent preparations to mitigate its spread.
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The top World Health Organization (WHO)  influenza expert said on Friday drug companies and governments  had to speed up production of bird flu vaccines or risk a  pandemic which could kill thousands of people.
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Bird flu could be more deadly than the SARS virus, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO). The WHO is warning that the H5N1 flu strain could infect up to 30 per cent of the world&#39;s population, possibly killing millions of people within weeks.
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The global spread of the influenza virus will threaten the health of nearly everyone on Earth, but very little is being done to prevent its potential devastation, according to World Health Organization experts.
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The World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday urged governments to provide funds to drug makers developing vaccines against a feared influenza pandemic, which could kill millions of people.
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Every country in the world must come up with a plan urgently 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 bird flu virus that rampaged across much of Asia this year is the most likely cause of the next human flu pandemic, which could hit up to 30 percent of the world's people, a top international expert said Thursday.
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likely to be triggered by the bird flu virus that hit Asia this year, says a top global health expert. &quot;No country will be spared once it becomes a pandemic,&quot; he told a news conference on Friday.
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The top World Health Organization (WHO) influenza expert said on Friday drug companies and governments had to speed up production of bird flu vaccines or risk a pandemic which could kill thousands of people.