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Death toll rises to 86 in Ukraine flu epidemic: ministry Kiev (AFP) Nov 4, 2009 
Eighty-six people have died in Ukraine from flu and respiratory infections, the health ministry said Wednesday, in an epidemic the World Health Organisation said could be largely due to the A(H1N1) virus. The ministry said that almost half a million cases of flu and acute respiratory infections had been recorded since mid-October in the country of 46 million, while 24,000 people have been ... read moreWorld first as swine flu found in US cat 
Washington (AFP) Nov 4, 2009Vets in the US state of Iowa said Wednesday that a household cat had tested positive for swine flu -- the first known case in the world of the new pandemic strain spreading to the feline population. The domestic shorthair, a 13-year-old castrated male, apparently caught A(H1N1) off its owners -- two of the three members of the family had previously contracted the deadly virus. "This is ... more
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Swine flu infection and vaccine, out of sync: official
Washington (AFP) Nov 4, 2009Swine flu infections in the United States will be past their peak when (A)H1N1 vaccine becomes readily available, a top health official said Wednesday. "It is likely that the current wave of infection will peak, crest and begin to decline before there are ample supplies," Thomas Frieden, director of the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) told lawmakers at a briefing. ... more World's Largest Malaria Vaccine Trial Now Underway 
Nairobi, Kenya (SPX) Nov 04, 2009A pivotal efficacy trial of RTS,S, the world's most clinically advanced malaria vaccine candidate, is now underway in seven African countries: Burkina Faso, Gabon, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique and Tanzania. The trial, which is expected to involve up to 16,000 children, is on schedule, with more than 5,000 children already enrolled, researchers announced Tuesday at the 5th Multilateral ... more As swine flu vaccine runs dry, US wonders 'what if' 
Washington (AFP) Nov 2, 2009Mothers with young children and pregnant women are being turned away from swine flu vaccination clinics in the United States, some in tears, many utterly frustrated by the shortage of vaccine. But it could have been much worse. The new strain of H1N1 flu could have been much more virulent, and it could even have been bird flu, which, because of the way the United States produces flu vaccine ... more US lawmakers push to ramp up hepatitis battle 
Washington (AFP) Nov 2, 2009US lawmakers led by Asian Americans on Monday pushed to ramp up spending to fight hepatitis B and C, warning that the disease is causing a long-term burden for the costly US health care system. Hepatitis B and C are liver diseases commonly spread by blood that can lead to early death if untreated. Hepatitis disproportionately affects Asian Americans, in part due to its prevalence in parts of ... more |
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Swine flu 'second wave' begins in Saudi: minister
Riyadh (AFP) Oct 30, 2009A second wave of swine flu has begun in Saudi Arabia, the health ministry said on Friday, as the death toll from A(H1N1) neared 60 just weeks before the annual hajj brings two million pilgrims to the country. "The ministry of health said a second wave of the swine flu virus began in early October with the beginning of the fall and cooler weather," the official SPA news agency reported. ... more US to end travel ban on HIV-positive visitors: Obama 
Washington (AFP) Oct 30, 2009The United States is poised to lift a decades-old ban on HIV-positive visitors from abroad that was based on fear and ignorance of the facts, President Barack Obama said Friday. "Twenty-two years ago, in a decision rooted in fear rather than fact, the United States instituted a travel ban on entry into the country for people living with HIV/AIDS," Obama said as he signed a bill reauthorizing ... more China vaccinates over 3.7 million for swine flu 
Beijing (AFP) Nov 1, 2009China has inoculated over 3.78 million people against swine flu and distributed over 26 million doses of vaccine to ward off a serious outbreak of the disease, the government said Sunday. Over 33 million doses produced by eight Chinese pharmaceutical companies have been approved for distribution, with another 100 million more doses expected in the first quarter of next year, the health minis ... more Children swine flu deaths spike in US amid vaccine shortage 
Washington (AFP) Oct 30, 2009The United States will release its entire stock of children's Tamiflu antivirals, a top health official said Friday, as the pediatric swine flu toll spiked well above the annual toll for kids from seasonal flu. "Up until now, there have been 114 laboratory-confirmed deaths among children," the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Thomas Frieden, told a press conference ... more |
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