Though the virus doesn’t seem to transmit easily among humans, the detection of several less severe cases during flulike illness surveillance, along with continuing severe cases, shows that continued vigilance is needed, the WHO said. Overall, the public health risk hasn’t changed from the WHO...
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Margaret Chan met with over 30 vaccine manufacturers on Tuesday, urging them to help ensure equal access to any eventual H1N1 vaccine. During the meeting, which was held at the WHO headquarters in Geneva, both...
Merck, the pharmaceutical company that manufactures the vaccine, has said it will take months to rebuild its supply. Ryan, careening from meeting to meeting at WHO’s headquarters, said he still has hope that the virus can be contained before it becomes endemic to the population — though ...