News tagged with flu outbreak
WHO: up to 2 billion people might get swine flu
May 07, 2009 |
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(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.
UK's attempts to stop swine flu called flawed
May 21, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Flu experts are looking very closely at Britain - and some have decided that the U.K.'s swine flu-fighting tactics are seriously off the mark and may be hiding a much larger outbreak.
Humans are responsible for swine flu
May 01, 2009 |
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Swine flu. Bird flu. Mad cow disease. SARS. These diseases have all spread from animals to humans in one form or another. But animals aren't to blame for outbreaks of animal-borne diseases -- humans are.
Swine flu hits Germany, WHO calls emergency review
Apr 29, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Germany confirmed three cases of swine flu on Wednesday, becoming the third European country hit by the disease that has upended life in Mexico. New Zealand's swine flu total rose to 14 and the World ...
Scientist warns over pandemic flu vaccine 6-month time lag
Apr 27, 2009 |
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New research published today (Monday April 27) from the University of Leicester and University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust warns of a six-month time lag before effective vaccines can be manufactured in the event of a ...
WHO says swine flu moving closer to pandemic
Apr 29, 2009 |
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(AP) -- The World Health Organization warned Wednesday that the swine flu outbreak is moving closer to becoming a pandemic, as the United States reported the first swine flu death outside of Mexico, and Germany ...
Avian Flu Research Sheds Light on Swine Flu Outbreak (w/Podcast)
Apr 28, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study by University of Maryland researchers suggests that the potential for an avian influenza virus to cause a human flu pandemic is greater than previously thought. Results also illustrate ...
No evidence to raise pandemic flu alert level to phase six: WHO + Latest snapshot of swine flu crisis
Apr 30, 2009 |
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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.
Tamiflu Metabolite Found in Sewage Discharge, River Water
Oct 01, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- In a study published September 28th ahead of print in the peer-reviewed journal Environmental Health Perspectives, researchers measured oseltamivir carboxylate (OC), the active metabolite of the popular anti-i ...
WHO: Save Tamiflu for the young, old and pregnant
Medicine & Health / Medications
Aug 22, 2009 |
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(AP) -- The World Health Organization said Friday that Tamiflu should only be given to particularly vulnerable people - a warning to countries like Britain where the swine flu drug is being handed out freely.
Swine flu virus starting to look less threatening
May 01, 2009 |
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(AP) -- The swine flu virus that has frightened the world is beginning to look a little less ominous. New York City officials reported Friday that the swine flu still has not spread beyond a few schools. ...
Swine flu researchers put Milwaukee under microscope
Jul 28, 2009 |
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To better understand the enemy they will face this fall, health investigators have been studying Milwaukee's swine flu outbreak during the spring and following the virus as it sweeps through the Southern Hemisphere.
Bird flu found in Tibet: state media
Apr 19, 2009 |
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Chinese officials had confirmed the outbreak of a deadly strain of bird flu among poultry in the Tibetan capital Lhasa, state media reported Sunday, quoting the ministry of agriculture.
California declares swine flu emergency
Apr 28, 2009 |
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California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger on Tuesday declared a state of emergency to tackle the swine flu outbreak but stressed there was "no need for alarm."
Deaths linked to swine flu top 100 worldwide
May 27, 2009 |
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(AP) -- The world's swine flu death toll reached 100 as two more New Yorkers died while infected with a virus that has sickened more than 12,000 people.
