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WHO gets ready declare a swine flu pandemic
Jun 10, 2009 |
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(AP) -- The World Health Organization is gearing up to declare a swine flu pandemic, a move that could trigger both the large-scale production of vaccines and questions about why the move was delayed for ...
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Mexico City closes museums to stop flu outbreak
Apr 24, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Mexico's federal government has closed museums, libraries, and state-run theaters as well as schools in its overcrowded capital to stop a swine flu outbreak authorities say may have killed as many ...
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.
CDC: New virus lacks genes of 1918 killer flu
May 01, 2009 |
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(AP) -- The new swine flu virus lacks genes that made the 1918 pandemic strain so deadly, a U.S. health official said Friday.
Glaxo offers WHO 50 million pandemic vaccines
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May 19, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Drug giant GlaxoSmithKline said it has offered to donate 50 million doses of a pandemic vaccine to the World Health Organization in the event of a global flu outbreak, according to a company spokesman.
How WHO measures a pandemic
Apr 28, 2009 |
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The World Health Organization has six phases of pandemic alert to assess the potential for a new global flu outbreak.
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. ...
WHO: No swine flu vaccine available for months (Update)
May 19, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Drug manufacturers won't be able to start making a swine flu vaccine until mid-July at the earliest, weeks later than previous predictions, the World Health Organization said Tuesday. It will then ...
New iPhone app 'Outbreaks Near Me' locates H1N1, infectious diseases
Sep 01, 2009 |
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A new iPhone application, created by researchers at Children's Hospital Boston in collaboration with the MIT Media Lab, enables users to track and report outbreaks of infectious diseases, such as H1N1 (swine ...
Probing Question: Can a pandemic be predicted?
Jun 04, 2009 |
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SARS. Ebola. West Nile. Avian flu. Over the past decade, the world has watched and waited to see if these viruses would develop into global health threats. In recent weeks, the World Health Organization (WHO) sent a shockwave ...
Britain's swine flu advice confuses public
Jul 20, 2009 |
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(AP) -- As swine flu continues to spread in Britain, health officials are telling people to avoid travel and crowded places, and even advising women to delay getting pregnant until the virus subsides.
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