South Korea's health ministry announced it would spend 193 billion won (152 million dollars) to secure vaccines against swine flu for 13 million people -- more than a quarter of the population. The ministry said in a statement the aim was to safeguard against the possible rapid spread of the (A)H1N1 virus this autumn. A US company which last month won a contract to develop a vaccine using insect cell technology has announced production of a first batch. South Korean researchers this week also began work on developing vaccine ...

The World Health Organization on Thursday vowed poor countries in the Americas would receive enough antivirals to combat the swine flu outbreak, amid fresh concern over the pandemic's spread. During a summit in Cancun, Mexico, WHO director-general Margaret Chan said Swiss pharmaceuticals giant Roche had promised to supply 5.6 million Tamiflu treatments, which the WHO would distribute to developing countries. Chan added the WHO would hold talks with donors to buy additional antiviral reserves in order to handle demand in the coming months in anticipation of a surge ...

The World Health Organization on Thursday vowed poor countries in the Americas would receive enough antivirals to combat the swine flu outbreak, amid fresh concern over the epidemic's spread. During a summit in Cancun, Mexico, WHO director-general Margaret Chan said Swiss pharmaceuticals giant Roche had promised to supply 5.6 million Tamiflu treatments, which the WHO would distribute to developing countries. Chan added the WHO would hold talks with donors to buy additional antiviral reserves in order to handle demand in the coming months in anticipation of a surge ...