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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.
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WHO consults emergency flu committee
Jun 05, 2009 |
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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
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.
World 'getting closer' to swine flu pandemic: WHO
Jun 02, 2009 |
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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.
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.
GlaxoSmithKline taking pandemic vaccine orders
Medicine & Health / Medications
May 15, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline said Friday it has received orders from several countries to stockpile pandemic vaccine as soon as it gets the vaccine's key ingredient from the World Health Organization.
WHO declares flu pandemic
Jun 12, 2009 |
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The swine flu has escalated into the world's first influenza pandemic in 40 years, the World Health Organization declared Thursday, after infecting tens of thousands of people in 74 countries.
Nations say they are ready for swine flu pandemic
Jun 12, 2009 |
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Nations around the world said they were ready to combat the spread of the swine flu virus Friday, urging people not to panic after the World Health Organization declared a global pandemic.
Global swine flu pandemic deaths pass 10,000: WHO
Dec 18, 2009 |
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The number of swine flu deaths worldwide passed the 10,000 mark about eight months after the pandemic strain was uncovered in April, reaching 10,582, World Health Organisation data showed Friday.
Pandemic study of 1918 outbreak provides background, death rates for 14 European countries
Apr 30, 2009 |
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A French study of the 1918-1919 influenza pandemic, which analysed mortality rates in approximately three-quarters of the European population, has concluded that it is unlikely that the virus, often described as Spanish Flu, ...
Swine flu could become pandemic, health officials say
Apr 26, 2009 |
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A growing number of swine flu cases in Mexico and the U.S. has international health officials concerned that the aggressive virus could infect people worldwide.
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