H1N1 virus
Why did the World Health Organization wait until March to declare a global pandemic?
The 2005 regulations pushed on the World Health Organization by the United States and the Europeans hampered the WHO’s ability to declare an emergency and a pandemic
US blocks export of crucial N95 masks to Canada and Latin America
At a time when countries like Cuba and China are offering assistance and providing doctors and medical supplies to others, the US move is being criticized as self-centered
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