WHO: Flu Pandemic Inevitable, Plans Needed Urgently
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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
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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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An influenza pandemic is being predicted to affect every country leaving millions dead and make more than a quarter of the world's population ill with no vaccines available until at least next March, according to the World Health Organisation.
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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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TORONTO (CP) - The World Health Organization, key countries and major flu vaccine makers agreed Friday there is an urgent need to push forward with production and licensing of trial batches of pandemic influenza vaccine.
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A senior World Health Organization official warned Monday a deadly pandemic of avian flu could easily and quickly kill as many as 100 million people worldwide.
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The World Health Organization has called a summit meeting of flu vaccine makers and nations for dealing with the growing threat of a flu pandemic.
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If history is anything to go by, the key to surviving a flu pandemic is to act quickly and decisively, researchers told a conference on Tuesday.
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The World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday pressed drug makers to accelerate work on a vaccine against a dreaded influenza pandemic which could kill millions of people.
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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 (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 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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Top virologists called on Monday for a greater effort in developing effective vaccines against a potential flu pandemic and warned that all contingency plans would be in vain without them.
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The World Health Organization (WHO)   urged small Pacific islands nations on Tuesday to do more to   prepare emergency plans for a possible birdflu outbreak and   human influenza pandemic, warning no nation could be immune.
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The World Health Organisation says international drug companies and governments must speed up production of bird flu vaccines or risk a pandemic which could kill thousands of people.
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BANGKOK : An influenza pandemic is being predicted to affect every country leaving millions dead and make more than a quarter of the world&#39;s population ill with no vaccines available until at least next March, according to the World Health Organisation.