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Archive -- GENEVA -- JUNE 2009

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UPDATE  JUNE 11, 2009

WHO Declares Global Swine Flu Pandemic

The World Health Organization on Thursday declared a swine flu pandemic, marking the first worldwide flu epidemic in 41 years.
ANALYSIS  JUNE 10, 2009

WHO Director Addresses H1N1 Flu Virus and Pandemics

World Health Organization says the spread of swine flu has created the first global flu epidemic in 41 years. Infections climbed in the United States, Europe, Australia, South America and elsewhere to near 30,000 cases.
ANALYSIS  JUNE 10, 2009

The Implications of the WHO Pandemic Decision

Laurie Garrett, senior fellow for global health at the Council on Foreign Relations, discusses the timing and implications of the WHO decision to raise the H1N1 alert level to a pandemic.
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