H1N1
Swine Flu follies: Reactions and overreactions to virus's spread
November 10, 2009As the swine-flu virus continues to spread through the Balkans and the former Soviet Union, the measures taken by some governments range from bizarre and befuddled to possibly political. Moldova: Add Politics And Stir In Moldova, which has 269 confirmed...
Ten more swine flu cases confirmed in Moldova
November 03, 2009Ten more cases of the influenza A (H1N1) virus have been confirmed in Moldova for the last two days. Thus, the total number of persons, infected with the swine flu, reached 28 people, one of them was a man aged 50 died. According to the Ministry of Health...
- Swine Flu Spreads Worldwide; Work on Vaccines Continues
July 24, 2009
By Lisa Schlein The World Health Organization says one of its highest priorities is to furnish developing countries with vaccines against the H1N1-swine flu virus. WHO says it hopes the first vaccines will be available in early Autumn before the winter...
Swine Flu Pandemic Causes Public Concerns About Hand Sanitizers
June 23, 2009The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends that hand washing with soap and water when available or sanitizing with an effective hand sanitizer is critical to minimize the spread of germs during illness outbreaks, such as the H1N1...
- Health Officials in US Monitor Spread of A-H1N1 Swine Flu Virus
June 13, 2009By Chris Simkins The new A-H1N1 swine flu virus continues to spread worldwide. The World Health Organization (WHO) says the virus has sickened nearly 28,000 people in 74 countries and has killed at least 141. Most of the deaths have been in Mexico...
- India Reacts Calmly to Flu Pandemic Alert
June 12, 2009By Steve Herman India's government health officials say despite the designation of a global pandemic for the H1N1 virus there is no cause for alarm in the world's second most populous country. India has confirmed 16 cases of swine flu in humans and...
- Novartis Produces Swine Flu Vaccine
June 12, 2009The Swiss pharmaceutical company Novartis says it has produced a first batch of a vaccine to fight the H1N1 swine flu virus, weeks ahead of expectations. The company said Friday that producing the vaccine proved to be quicker through cell-based production...
Swine flu epidemic spread deeper into North America
May 04, 2009The reports on Sunday say that the swine flu epidemic spread deeper into Mexico, United States and, in a lesser extent, into Canada. So far, twenty-five deaths were reported in Mexico, the epicenter of the outbreak with 590 cases. The United...
April 30, 2009
Scientists: Anti-flu drugs Tamiflu and Relenza treat Swine FluLaboratory testing in the United States showed the new virus was treatable by the anti-flu drugs Tamiflu and Relenza. There is no vaccine against this strain of swine flu, and developing one could take six months or more. Tamiflu and Relenza are the...
- First German Case of Swine Flu
April 29, 2009Germany has confirmed its first case of swine flu in a man in Bavaria, marking the arrival of the virus in the heart of continental Europe. Bavaria's Health Ministry said in a statement that the Robert Koch Institute, a federal agency for infectious...