Flu Pandemic Preparedness: Research Identifies Effective Measures For Saving Lives

London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Audio News - LSHTM Podcast by Audio Medica

Apr 6, 201200:04:38Science & Medicine

BANGKOK—Research on influenza pandemic preparedness is helping to explain how best to save lives in each country when disease breaks out. Professor Richard Coker with his colleagues at the London School of Hygiene & Trop...

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