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Infectious disease outbreak could kill 30 million people in a year

02-Feb-2018

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Global Health Security Agenda program is coming ot an end.

Bill Gates has described an emergent infectious disease as among the greatest threats humanity faces at the moment.

Epidemiologists say a fast-moving airborne pathogen could kill more than 30 million people in less than a year.

The risk of a global pandemic hasn't fallen over the past five years.

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Alex Michael Azar

American attorney, public servant and executive who served as the United States Secretary of Health and Human Services

Bill Gates

American business magnate and co-founder of Microsoft

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

National public health institute of the United States

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