GENEVA (Reuters) - The World Health Organization has launched a program to give H1N1 flu vaccines to nearly 100 developing countries, with the first ones receiving the shots soon, its vaccine expert said on Friday.
Marie-Paule Kieny, head of vaccine research at the U.N. health body, said a group of 16 countries was being contacted and should shortly receive enough vaccines to inoculate up to 2 percent of the population.
NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York City health officials scrambled to explain themselves on Thursday following outraged media reports about bankers who got scarce H1N1 flu vaccines through their employers.
WASHINGTON—The International Monetary Fund has sold 200 metric tons of gold worth $6.7 billion to India's central bank as part of an effort to shore up IMF finances and increase low-cost lending to developing countries.
* WHO vaccine experts: H1N1 shots as safe as seasonal jabs * Teenagers, young adults most susceptible to swine flu * Flu death rate 2-9 pct of those hospitalised GENEVA.
Millions of people from around the globe caught Sunday's U2 concert - right from their home computers. The legendary rock group set yet another career record Sunday night.
Reporting from Chicago - Untested? No. Rushed into production? Not really. Full of substances that do harm? Hardly, and especially not compared with the dangers of the H1N1 flu virus. That is the retort of researchers.
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