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W.H.O. Says It Is Closer to Declaring Flu Pandemic
Wednesday, June 3rd, 2009The H1N1 virus has reached 64 countries, and there have been dozens or hundreds of cases in several nations outside North America. (Source: NYT > Health)
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Scot is first ‘healthy’ person in UK to become critically ill with swine flu
Wednesday, June 3rd, 2009Sun to invest Rs 332 cr on R&D of low-cost copies
Wednesday, June 3rd, 2009New Lothians case as swine flu spreads
Wednesday, June 3rd, 2009Swine flu ‘getting closer’ to pandemic level, WHO official says
Wednesday, June 3rd, 2009The spread of swine flu in Australia, Europe and Asia has nudged the World Health Organization closer to considering declaring a pandemic. (Source: CBC | Health)
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News in Brief
Wednesday, June 3rd, 2009Nature Reviews Drug Discovery 8, 441 (2009). doi:10.1038/nrd2918
Pandemic highlights challenges to anti-influenza drug and vaccine developmentThe recent swine-associated H1N1 flu pandemic emphasizes the need for new antiviral drugs, better vaccine manufacturing facilities and the use of new vaccine technology, such as adjuvants.The lowdown: The recent H1N1 flu pandemic, which (Source: Nature Reviews Drug Discovery)