Swine Flu
'Great Influenza' Author Warns About Autumn Wave Of Swine Flu
May 06, 2009By Ron Synovitz John Barry, author of "The Great Influenza" and among the world's foremost historians on the influenza pandemic of 1918, is warning the world not to become complacent about the threat posed by the new swine flu virus. A...
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...
Basic Facts About Swine Flu Outbreak
April 30, 2009Leaders and health officials around the world are urging people to take several precautions to help slow the spread of the sometimes deadly swine flu virus. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and World Health Organization (WHO...
Asia Activates Pandemic Plans After WHO Alert
April 30, 2009By Heda Bayron Health authorities in Asia have swiftly responded to the World Health Organization's warning of an "imminent pandemic" of swine flu. Authorities have activated pandemic plans, tightened surveillance at borders and stockpiled...
Scientists: Anti-flu drugs Tamiflu and Relenza treat Swine Flu
April 30, 2009Laboratory 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...
Moldova sets up special commission to prevent spread of swine flu
April 30, 2009A special government commission will monitor the epidemiological situation in Moldova following the swine flu cases registered in many countries. No swine flu cases have been registered in Moldova so far, Oleg Benes, the director-general of the national...
Far-Flung Cases Heighten World Flu Battle
April 29, 2009The World Health Organization has raised its pandemic alert level from "phase 3" to "phase 4," indicating that the UN agency believes a potential pandemic virus has shown that it could be transmitted around the world easily from person...
New Swine Flu Infections Intensify Travel Fears
April 29, 2009A global hunt for swine flu has turned up new infections all around the world, and frightened governments warned people to stay away from Mexico, where up to 159 people have died. The number of infections in the United States rose to 65, Canada has ...
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...
Searching For Flu Origins, Experts Say Pork No Threat
April 29, 2009Mexico first noticed the new swine flu virus after a woman died in the southern state of Oaxaca on April 13. Mexican authorities say they haven't yet determined the origin of the outbreak that has now spread throughout the world. But residents of a small...