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WHO Moves Ahead with Plans for Global Stockpile of H5N1 Vaccine

The World Health Organization (WHO) today announced that it is working with vaccine manufacturers to move ahead on plans to create a global stockpile of vaccine for the H5N1 avian influenza virus.

Source: http://www.pandemicflu.gov
 

Each year, millions of people contract influenza and flu-like infections in the United States, resulting in over 100,000 hospitalizations and approximately 20,000 deaths.