Smallpox virions

Should we destroy smallpox forever, asks WHO?

News Mon 16 May 2011, AT 20:43

World Health Organisation debates destruction of Variola stocks - and it’s rich nations against poor

A patient receives a swine flu vaccination

Did WHO cry wolf with its swine flu alerts?

News Tue 30 Mar 2010, AT 16:29

Scientists to investigate whether pharmaceutical giants have too great a Hold over World Health Org

Dr Margaret Chan; WHO; swine flu

Swine flu: the race against time

News Wed 15 Jul 2009, AT 10:13

The vaccine will not be here by August - and the death rate could hit one in 200 sufferers, according to new reports

WHO: swine flu ‘pandemic’ near

News Wed 10 Jun 2009, AT 15:37

Upsurge of cases in Australia means H1N1 is probably already a pandemic

Passengers wearing face masks as a precaution against swine flu walk inside a metro station in Mexico City

Swine fever: WHO fears a pandemic is ‘imminent’

News Thu 30 Apr 2009, AT 08:59

World Health Organisation alert level is raised to five after baby’s death in Texas and a crucial confirmation from Spain

All UK homes to receive swine fever leaflets

News Wed 29 Apr 2009, AT 08:28

Results of tests on 23 Scottish patients should give a better picture of how the virus is spreading

Mexican soldiers wearing masks to protect against swine fever

Swine fever: first cases in Britain as WHO raises alert

News Tue 28 Apr 2009, AT 09:26

The virus cannot now be contained, warns the World Health Organisation, but a global pandemic is not yet inevitable