Experts: US can&#39;t handle pandemic
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The United States is unprepared not just for flu season, but for a worldwide pandemic or bioterrorism attack, say researchers outside the government.
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By Malcolm Moore, Economics Correspondent (Filed: 28/08/2004). The US may not be able to fund its pensions and healthcare commitments, and must make changes soon, Alan Greenspan, chairman of the Federal Reserve, warned yesterday.
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New York City's health care system is not prepared for a major disaster such as a large-scale attack, hurricane or pandemic, health care and disaster planning experts said.
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The level of concern about a possible avian flu pandemic appears to be waning in the U.S., leaving many IT organizations unprepared for the disruptions that a pandemic could cause.
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The threat of animal diseases  spreading to humans is increasing and governments must improve  coordination to prevent them from becoming pandemic, world  health officials and vets said on Thursday.
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Bird flu will trigger an influenza pandemic among people that could kill up to 7 million, experts from the United Nations&#39; World Health Organization predict.
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The Centers for Disease Control can't show how the $5 billion given to public health departments after Sept. 11 has prepared the country for a bioterrorism attack or flu pandemic. By the Associated Press.
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Health News, 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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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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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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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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Doctors have expressed concerns about the government's plans for a flu pandemic.
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Medical experts have said the United States&#39; flu shot shortage could have been prevented, the New York Times reported Sunday. &quot;We&#39;re in the middle of a crisis that could have
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A panel of US public health experts says the country&#39;s epidemic of childhood obesity threatens to set back the medical advances that have decreased child mortality and extended life spans in the past century.
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Drug companies will not be able to make enough vaccine to prevent the next global flu pandemic, which health officials fear may be triggered by a viral strain originating in birds, a senior World Health Organisation official said today.
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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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Experts urged governments on Thursday to do more to prepare for a possible influenza pandemic and beef up surveillance on the spread of bird flu in all animals and humans.