LONDON, July 22 (UPI) -- A British government committee said globalization and lifestyle changes make it inevitable that Britain will be hit with a pandemic of some sort.
GENEVA, Switzerland, May 8 (UPI) -- The World Health Organization is gathering influenza and planning experts for meetings to address the continued threat of a global influenza pandemic.
LONDON, March 6 (UPI) -- A British pharmaceutical firm says it has developed a bird flu vaccine that can provide protection against variants of the H5N1 avian influenza strain.
LONDON, Feb. 20 (UPI) -- The U.K. government said Tuesday it conducted an exercise to assess its capability to respond to an influenza pandemic.
UNITED NATIONS, May 4 (UPI) -- The U.N.'s top coordinator for bird flu is calling for more national plans to tackle the possibility of a human influenza pandemic.
BRUSSELS, Jan. 18 (UPI) -- The European Union Wednesday welcomed the $1.9 billion in donations to the fight against bird flu, but warned that a human pandemic is closer than ever.
GENEVA, Switzerland, Nov. 9 (UPI) -- The World Health Organization is looking to test the plans it has in the event of the human pandemic resulting from bird flu.
LONDON, Oct. 21 (UPI) -- Switzerland's Roche Holding AG will license its anti-viral Tamiflu influenza vaccine to several generic drug companies.
SYDNEY, June 6 (UPI) -- Officials in Australia's federal government say they have a detailed national action plan for a possible influenza pandemic.
LONDON, March 1 (UPI) -- Millions of doses of drugs to combat a bird flu pandemic are to be stockpiled, the British government announced Tuesday.
