Pandemic flu would outrun vaccine, global health officials say
350 million doses produced annually are not enough
WASHINGTON -- Eight years after first drawing attention to a global shortage of flu vaccines, the World Health Organization yesterday said the failure to increase vaccine production means that billions of people would be unnecessarily vulnerable to a pandemic flu outbreak. (Full article: 663 words)
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