International Health Regulations: New Mandate for Scientific Cooperation
American Society of International Law Tue, 02 Aug 2005 7:18 AM PDT
The newly revised International Health Regulations (IHR)[1] of the World Health Organization (WHO), adopted on May 23, 2005, signal remarkably increased willingness by member states and the organization itself to assert WHO authority not only in coping with emergent, serious communicable disease threats and outbreaks, but also in establishing a firmer international legal basis for international
American Society of International Law Tue, 02 Aug 2005 7:18 AM PDT
The newly revised International Health Regulations (IHR)[1] of the World Health Organization (WHO), adopted on May 23, 2005, signal remarkably increased willingness by member states and the organization itself to assert WHO authority not only in coping with emergent, serious communicable disease threats and outbreaks, but also in establishing a firmer international legal basis for international
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Experts: U.S. is not ready for germ attacks
Detroit News Mon, 01 Aug 2005 11:03 PM PDT
WASHINGTON -- The scenario is chilling: People start showing up sick at a big-city hospital. Millions more fear they've been exposed to a deadly disease. Drugs that could save them were delivered from the federal government's secret stockpile to a nearby airport. And people know they have only 48 hours to take the medicine if they hope to survive.
Detroit News Mon, 01 Aug 2005 11:03 PM PDT
WASHINGTON -- The scenario is chilling: People start showing up sick at a big-city hospital. Millions more fear they've been exposed to a deadly disease. Drugs that could save them were delivered from the federal government's secret stockpile to a nearby airport. And people know they have only 48 hours to take the medicine if they hope to survive.