Swine Flu
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...
June 11, 2009A pandemic is an outbreak of illness that expands to different parts of the world. Officials at the World Health Organization declared an A-H1N1 swine influenza pandemic as the number of infections has grown and spread across continents. According to...
Ban stresses preparedness as UN declares global flu pandemic
June 11, 2009Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today cautioned against undue alarm while stressing the need for preparedness, as the United Nations health agency announced that the world is experiencing an influenza pandemic caused by the new A(H1N1) virus. Earlier today...
BBC: WHO declares swine flu pandemic
June 11, 2009The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared a global flu pandemic after holding an emergency meeting. It means the swine flu virus is spreading in at least two regions of the world with rising cases being seen in the UK, Australia, Japan and Chile...
VOA: WHO Declares Influenza Pandemic
June 11, 2009The World Health Organization has declared an influenza pandemic for the first time in more than 40 years, as the H1N1 swine flu continues to spread worldwide. WHO Director-General Margaret Chan made the announcement Thursday in Geneva, following an...
Moldovan woman noticed with swine flu in Cyprus
June 02, 2009A 39-year-old woman from Republic of Moldova was noticed with the swine flu virus at the entrance in Cyprus. According to the authorities from this country, this case is the first of this kind noticed in this context. The woman came back from...
Swine flu case registered in Romania, Moldova free from A-H1N1
May 28, 2009A case of swine flu was registered in Romania, while no suspected case was registered in the Republic of Moldova yet. A woman that has recently arrived form the USA was found the new flu virus A-H1N1. After one-day stay in Romania, she felt sick,...
A-H1N1: WHO Chief Resists Calls to Declare Influenza Pandemic
May 22, 2009The director-general of the World Health Organization, Margaret Chan, has closed the agency's annual conference with a warning that nations must remain vigilant and be prepared for a possible swine influenza A-H1N1 virus pandemic. She intimated that she...
Russia's first swine flu victim
May 22, 2009A man said earlier on Friday to be the first person in Russia to contract the swine flu virus has told RIA Novosti that he "feels fine." Russia's Health Ministry announced earlier in the day that the first case of human swine flu had been diagnosed...
- May 15, 2009
A woman with pre-existing health problems is the first person in Arizona to die from the (A)H1N1 flu. This makes the 4th death in the U.S. so far. The Maricopa County Health Department in Arizona reported that the woman in her late 40s died last week...