UN Won’t Destroy Last Smallpox Samples —for Now

Health ministers from around the world agreed today to put off setting a deadline to destroy the last known stockpiles of the smallpox virus for three more years, rejecting a US plan that had called for a five-year delay. After two days of heated debate, the 193-nation World Health Assembly…

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UN Won’t Destroy Last Smallpox Samples —for Now

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