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Archive Home > 2009 > June > 12 > Swine flu is the first global flu pandemic in 41 years, WHO says

Swine flu is the first global flu pandemic in 41 years, WHO says

By Maria Cheng and Frank Jordans / The Bulletin
June 12, 2009

GENEVA — Swine flu is now formally a pandemic, a declaration by U.N. health officials that will speed vaccine production and spur government spending to combat the first global flu epidemic in 41 years.

Thursday’s announcement by the World Health Organization....

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