Friday, December 22, 2006

Flu 'could wipe out 62 million'

BBC NEWS | Health | Flu 'could wipe out 62 million': "The 1918 pandemic claimed 50 million lives, and experts in The Lancet predict the toll today would be higher than this, despite medical advances.

The world's poorest nations would be hardest hit, fuelled by factors such as HIV and malaria infections, the Harvard University researchers believe.

Yet developing countries can least afford to prepare for a pandemic, which needs to be addressed, they say."

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