Swine Flu
Foreign citizens tested on swine flu virus at Transnistrian borde
May 06, 2009Tiraspol announced it fixes additional measures at the borders as regard to the swine flu which is already widely spread. Each foreign citizen to enter the region will be tested on swine flu. If people with fever are discovered at the borders, they will...
Obama: U.S. taking flu outbreak seriously
May 01, 2009Washington, D.C., and more than two dozen states are not adequately prepared if the outbreak of swine flu becomes a full-blown crisis, federal records indicate. But President Obama, after a cabinet meeting Friday, told reporters the government is taking...
WHO Urges Governments To Put Flu Plans Into Action
April 30, 2009By Ron Synovitz The World Health Organization (WHO) has upgraded its pandemic alert level for a new strain of the swine flu from Phase 4 to Phase 5 on its six-phase scale. The declaration of Phase 5 means that the new flu virus has crossed borders...
Health Officials Race To Stop Global Spread Of Swine Flu
April 30, 2009Health officials around the world are racing to control a new strain of swine flu after Mexico announced that the probable death toll from an epidemic there is more than 100 people. The World Health Organization describes the disease as a unique version...
Swine Flu Prompts US School Closures
April 30, 2009By Michael Bowman Scores of schools are closed in several U.S. states to combat the spread of the influenza virus being called swine flu. The virus has now been detected in at least 10 countries, and the World Health Organization is warning that a worldwide...
Tamiflu called best for swine flu treatment
April 29, 2009The drug Tamiflu, made and marketed by Roche Holding AG of Switzerland, is the best treatment for the new strain of swine flu, a U.S. medical expert says. Dr. James Luby, an infectious disease specialist at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical...
Swine flu concerns close schools
April 29, 2009The number of confirmed U.S. swine flu cases rose to 91, with one death, the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta reported at midday Wednesday. New York City had more than half of the confirmed cases, 51, with Texas's 16 confirmed cases with one death...
Asia-Pacific countries work to control swine flu
April 29, 2009Health officials in Asia-Pacific countries say they're stepping up efforts to confirm the number of cases of swine flu in the region. Officials in New Zealand say they have confirmed three more cases of swine flu to add to the 11 cases previously identified...
U.S. swine flu victim from Mexico
April 29, 2009The child who died of swine flu in Texas was from Mexico and was in the Lone Star state seeking treatment, health officials said Wednesday. The 23-month-old child was the first confirmed swine flu death in the United States. The child, who died Monday...
Swine flu fears prompt pork import bans
April 29, 2009Countries in Europe, Asia and South America, anxious about the swine flu outbreak, have banned pork imports despite assurances that consuming pork is safe. At least 10 countries -- from China to Russia to Ecuador -- have set bans on all pork product...