World Health Assembly Meets to Discuss Pandemic Treaty

The World Health Assembly is meeting in Geneva to develop a treaty to address future pandemics.   In "Countries Are Stalled in Talks for Treaty to Prespare World for the Next Pandemic," the New York Times reports that "A major bone of contention in the draft treat is a section called Pathogen Access and Benefits Sharing, under which countries would be required to swiftly share genetic sequences and samples of emerging pathogens." (May 25, 2024).