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Keyword - WHO
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Vaccine venture boosts health hopes - Premium content
Industry and academia join forces to develop cheap jabs against diseases that afflict the poorest.
16 September 2009
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Pandemic flu: from the front lines - Premium content
Researchers describe the scientific and public-health challenges they face in battling the H1N1 virus.
2 September 2009
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IN BRIEF: Step-by-step rating system set to improve African labs - Premium content
29 July 2009
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US puts flu vaccines on trial - Premium content
NIAID director Anthony Fauci explains testing strategy.
28 July 2009
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Regulators face tough flu-jab choices - Premium content
Rich countries' pandemic strategies may cause vaccine shortages elsewhere.
21 July 2009
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Malaria drug-makers ignore WHO ban - Premium content
Health agency calls for clampdown on artemisinin monotherapy.
14 July 2009
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Patchy pig monitoring may hide flu threat - Premium content
Experts call for increased surveillance of animals.
16 June 2009
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IN BRIEF: Rotavirus vaccines win global recommendation - Premium content
10 June 2009
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Briefing: US ramps up swine flu protection - Premium content
New technologies may help boost H1N1 vaccine production.
3 June 2009
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Swine flu attention turns to the tropics - Premium content
New flu strains are more likely to arise in equatorial countries, where influenza is present the year round and surveillance is poor.
27 May 2009
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MUSE: When is a pandemic not a pandemic? - Premium content
Arguments about the pandemic status of swine flu are a distraction from tackling the outbreak, warns Declan Butler.
21 May 2009
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Q&A: The virus grower - Premium content
Immunologist Doris Bucher talks about cultivating the swine flu virus.
14 May 2009
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Q&A: Marie-Paule Kieny - Premium content
The vaccine research director of the World Health Organization, on swine flu.
13 May 2009
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Swine flu spread matches previous flu pandemics - Premium content
New analysis supports pandemic designation.
11 May 2009
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How severe will the flu outbreak be? - Premium content
Epidemiologists race to pin numbers on the global H1N1 spread.
5 May 2009
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Q+A: German virologist's race for swine flu test - Premium content
Christian Drosten talks to Nature about tackling the threat of a pandemic.
30 April 2009
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$630-million for push to eradicate polio - Premium content
Gates Foundation leads donors promising cash for vaccination and research.
21 January 2009
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IN BRIEF: Polio eradication battle is bolstered by $630 million - Premium content
21 January 2009
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Drug-resistant tuberculosis on the rise - Premium content
Health officials had underestimated the problem, observers say.
27 February 2008
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Disease monitors 'looking in the wrong places' - Premium content
Health leaders need global strategy for spotting disease threats.
20 February 2008
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Q&A: Siti Fadilah Supari - Premium content
Indonesia has been hit by more human deaths from the H5N1 bird-flu virus than any other country, yet it refuses to share its virus samples with the World Health Organization (WHO). Declan Butler talks to Indonesia's health minister.
19 December 2007
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Health officials fear Nigeria polio setback - Premium content
Outbreak linked to vaccine may hit immunization rates.
12 October 2007
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Health summit drives at road safety - Premium content
Traffic accidents set to rank third in causes of death.
25 May 2004
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Health summit drives at road safety - Premium content
Traffic accidents set to rank third in causes of death.
21 May 2004
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Health summit drives at road safety - Premium content
Traffic accidents set to rank third in causes of death.
20 May 2004
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Polio defence plan back on track - Premium content
Rumour-mongers bow to vaccination campaign.
18 May 2004
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Bird flu spreads to China - Premium content
The World Health Organization warns that a safe cull of birds is needed.
28 January 2004
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Fears of the return of SARS - Premium content
Quarantines and animal culls in China aim to stop the disease.
8 January 2004
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'Reverse genetics' could offer forward-thinking flu vaccine - Premium content
Early influenza surge has highlighted shortfalls in current jab.
18 December 2003
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Parasite protein shows promise for Ebola treatment - Premium content
Anti-clotting agent boosts survival of virus-infected monkeys.
13 December 2003
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SARS vaccines speed towards clinic - Premium content
Researchers urge caution to avoid jabs pitfall.
5 December 2003
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New drug campaign launched for World AIDS Day - Premium content
More HIV patients to receive anti-retrovirals as epidemic worsens.
1 December 2003
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Polio vaccine may spawn disease - Premium content
Study highlights need for polio eradication exit plan.
17 November 2003
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SARS sources widen - Premium content
Labs brace for disease comeback.
30 October 2003
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New head takes office at World Health Organization - Premium content
Big diseases and less bureaucracy high on new leader's agenda.
19 July 2003
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Polio eradication strategy revised - Premium content
Cash crisis forces mass vaccination campaign to focus.
14 May 2003
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Malaria is killing one African child every 30 seconds - Premium content
Experts meet around world to discuss report of "impending crisis"
25 April 2003
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Flu evolution modelled - Premium content
Mathematics may boost vaccine development.
27 March 2003
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TB medic wins global health post - Premium content
New director-general elected for World Health Organisation.
30 January 2003
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Europe declared polio free - Premium content
Major virus milestone reached but battle far from over.
21 June 2002
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Dengue virus: Break-bone fever - Premium content
The dengue virus exacts a devastating and growing toll on public health in the tropics, yet remains little studied. Tom Clarke talks to the scientists who are intent on raising dengue's profile.
18 April 2002
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WHO vaccinates 16 million - Premium content
Live days work could help rid central Africa ofpolio.
5 July 2001
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