The Center for Infectious Disease Research & Policy is reporting on a new report from the United Kingdom that states an influenza pandemic is among the top security threats. The report indicates that a pandemic could infect as much as half of the British population and kill as many as 750,000. To read the complete article, click here.
Source: CIDRAP
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