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Spanish flu created a viral dynasty: study Washington (AFP) June 29, 2009 
The virus responsible for the Spanish flu in 1918 created a viral dynasty that persists today, according to a study published Tuesday by the New England Journal of Medicine. Not only did the Spanish flu's H1N1 virus cause tens of millions of deaths in 1918, it was also transmitted from humans to pigs during the pandemic and continues to evolve today, the authors of the study said. "The ... read moreSwine flu surge forces Britain to shift strategy 
London (AFP) July 1, 2009Britain has abandoned efforts to prevent the spread of swine flu after an explosion of infections lifted the number of cases to nearly 7,000, focusing its resources instead on vulnerable patients. With hundreds of new cases of the A(H1N1) virus confirmed every day and three deaths, the virus is spreading faster in Britain than in any other European country. Prime Minister Gordon Brown ... more
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Swine flu vaccine close as Australia death toll rises
Melbourne (AFP) June 29, 2009Australian researchers Monday said a swine flu vaccine could be ready in months as the worst-hit Asia-Pacific country reported two more deaths linked to the virus, taking the total to six. With Australia's number of cases nearing 4,000, University of Queensland scientists said they had produced the country's first batch of a vaccine developed in the United States using caterpillar cells. ... more Swine flu fears hit Wimbledon, drug resistance reported 
London (AFP) June 29, 2009Swine flu fears hit the Wimbledon tennis tournament Monday as global infections topped 70,000 and Denmark reported the first case of resistance to the key Tamiflu drug used to treat the virus. With the death toll from the pandemic at 311 and total cases at 70,893, according to the WHO, more countries reported their first A(H1N1) infections and Indonesia planned to ask some people arriving ... more Indonesia to ask tourists to wear masks: minister 
Jakarta (AFP) June 29, 2009Indonesia is planning to ask all people arriving from swine flu-affected countries to wear face masks for at least three days, the health minister said Monday. The presence of the A(H1N1) virus was confirmed in Indonesia only last week and so far four of the eight known cases have been foreigners. "Visitors from infected countries should wear masks. It's a precautionary measure we're ... more At least one million have had swine flu in US: official 
Washington (AFP) June 26, 2009At least one million people in the United States have had swine flu, or around 50 times more than the number of cases reported to health authorities, an official at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said Friday. "We're saying that there have been at least a million cases of the new H1N1 virus so far this year in the United States," Anne Schuchat, director of the National ... more |
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US company makes first batch of swine flu vaccine
Washington (AFP) June 23, 2009A US company that on Tuesday was awarded a 35-million-dollar contract to develop an influenza vaccine using insect cell technology has produced a first batch against (A)H1N1 flu, company boss Dan Adams said. "We turned out our first batch of doses -- about 100,000 -- against (A)H1N1 flu last week and we're continuing to manufacture it," Adams, chief executive officer of Connecticut-based ... more Swine flu tolls nears 56,000, 238 dead: WHO 
Geneva (AFP) June 24, 2009Swine flu has infected 55,867 people in 109 countries and territories and killed 238 people since late March, the World Health Organisation reported Wednesday in its latest toll. There have been an extra 3,707 new cases and seven more deaths since the last toll released by the UN health agency on Monday, a slower rate of increase than the sharp rise from the previous Friday. In the ... more Indonesia concerned Australians bringing swine flu to Bali 
Jakarta (AFP) June 24, 2009Indonesia expressed concern Wednesday that Australian tourists are bringing swine flu into the country via the resort island of Bali, as it confirmed its first two cases of the virus. Health Minister Siti Fadilah Supari said she was "very worried" that Australians who flock to Bali's famous surf beaches would spread the virus in a country that had so far avoided the worst of the pandemic. ... more Swine flu tolls leaps past 52,000 cases 
Geneva (AFP) June 22, 2009The World Health Organisation on Monday reported a huge leap in the swine flu pandemic toll to more than 52,000 people infected and 231 dead. The toll has risen by more than 7,873 cases and 51 deaths since Friday, highlighting the steady spread of the A(H1N1) virus. Swine flu has now been reported in 100 countries and territories. And figures yet to be incorporated into the UN health ... more |
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