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Unique electronic strategy alerts physicians to latest clinical information on H1N1 flu

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created May 05, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

History was made at 2:30 p.m. (EDT) on Wednesday, April 29, when more than 3,000 physicians in Indianapolis were sent a broadcast alert on swine flu (H1N1 virus) from the Marion County Health Department. The message was of ...


Mexico on edge as reports of swine flu cases climb (AP)

No evidence to raise pandemic flu alert level to phase six: WHO + Latest snapshot of swine flu crisis

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created Apr 30, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

The World Health Organisation on Thursday said there was no evidence to suggest that it should raise a pandemic flu alert from phase five to the highest level of six.





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WHO consults emergency flu committee

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created Jun 05, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1

The World Health Organisation on Friday began consulting its emergency committee of flu experts on the severity of the swine flu virus and possible travel recommendations.


WHO: up to 2 billion people might get swine flu

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created May 07, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (8) | comments 1

(AP) -- The World Health Organization says up to 2 billion people could be infected by swine flu, if the current outbreak turns into a pandemic.


How WHO measures a pandemic

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created Apr 28, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

The World Health Organization has six phases of pandemic alert to assess the potential for a new global flu outbreak.


Jordan on alert for bird flu

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created Dec 23, 2007 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Jordan is trying to prevent an outbreak of bird flu from crossing over from Saudi Arabia.


Bird flu worries increase in South Korea

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created May 01, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

South Korean agriculture officials boosted the country's bird flu risk level to 'orange' this week after recent outbreaks on poultry farms.


Bird flu worries increase in South Korea

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created Apr 17, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

South Korean agriculture officials boosted the country's bird flu risk level to 'orange' this week after recent outbreaks on poultry farms.


World 'getting closer' to swine flu pandemic: WHO

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created Jun 02, 2009 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (6) | comments 1

The world is "getting closer" to a swine flu pandemic as the virus shows early signs of spreading locally in countries outside the Americas, a senior World Health Organisation official said Tuesday.


Mexico City ends swine flu alert, no cases in week (AP)

Mexico City ends swine flu alert, no cases in week

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created May 22, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Mexico City lowered its swine flu alert level from yellow to green on Thursday, and the mayor said "we can relax" now that there have been no new infections for a week.


WHO says Tamiflu still works against swine flu

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created Nov 26, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- The World Health Organization says isolated cases of drug-resistant swine flu in Britain and the United States have not changed the agency's assessment of the disease.


CDC now says 4,000 swine flu deaths in US

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created Nov 11, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Federal health officials now say that 4,000 or more Americans likely have died from swine flu - about four times the estimate they've been using.



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