WHO: Bird Flu Pandemic Expected
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According the World Health Organization, the biggest threat facing the world this winter may be the spread of Asian bird flu which may cause as many as two to seven million deaths before it is over.
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BANGKOK: An influenza pandemic is likely to affect every country in the world leaving millions dead with no vaccines available until at least next March, the World Health Organisation has warned.
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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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The World Health Organization, fearing a  killer flu pandemic may be on the way, is stepping up efforts  to ensure governments around the globe are ready to fight it, a  top official said on Wednesday.
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The bird flu virus endemic in Asia  appears to be evolving in ways that increasingly favor the  start of a deadly human influenza outbreak, the World Health  Organization (WHO) warned on Thursday.
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The World Health Organization has called an unprecedented summit next week of flu vaccine makers and nations to expand plans for dealing with the growing threat of a flu pandemic.
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The World Health Organization warned Monday that countries should be on alert for bird flu because it is again on the move, with Pakistan reporting South Asia's first human infections and Myanmar logging its first human case.
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Aventis-Pasteur and Chiron Corp are due to start human testing of a vaccine against bird flu as early as this month, a World Health Organization official said on Saturday, to try to prevent a pandemic that could kill millions of people.
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The World Health Organization is warning countries experiencing outbreaks of bird flu (H5N1) in poultry to be aware that domestic ducks may be infecting humans, as well as other poultry with the bird flu virus.
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The spread of bird flu may be waning but the world must keep up its guard against the threat of a human influenza pandemic, which is almost certain in the longer term, senior health experts said on Thursday.
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Fears of a flu pandemic originating from the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus were overblown, the head of the World Organization for Animal Health said Thursday.
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The World Health Organization is warning Asian nations that its current struggle with bird flu could lead to the next deadly human flu pandemic across the globe.
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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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Asian nations have vowed to work together to combat bird flu after warnings it could lead to a human influenza pandemic that could kill millions and make nearly a third of the world ill.
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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 is closer to the next flu pandemic &quot;than we have ever been before&quot; and it may kill two million to seven million people, a World Health Organization expert said Thursday.
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BANGKOK - An influenza pandemic is likely to affect every country, leaving millions dead and more than a quarter of the world&#39;s population ill, the World Health Organization (WHO) said yesterday.