Foreign Confidential....Amid UN forecasts of an urban planet, as reported earlier today, the world body's health agency said Wednesday it is closely monitoring vaccine supplies for yellow fever as it confirmed the first cases of the deadly disease in a... ...full story at China Confidential
from China Confidential on Thu, Feb 28 2008
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