Tuesday 24 01 12 09:04 UTC
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Swine flu death toll rises in MexicoIndependent OnlineMexico City - The death toll in Mexico from an outbreak of A(H1N1) swine flu has hit nine, with 573 cases detected, officials said on Sunday. The strain represents 90 percent of detected cases of influenza in the country, the health ministry said in a ...and more » |
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Sunday 22 01 12 01:05 UTC
Daily Mail |
New study questions Tamiflu's effectivenessDaily MailBy Savita Verma The famous swine flu drug that triggered a race among countries for stockpiling it and which earned billions of dollars for its manufacturer may be based on sloppy clinical evidence and may not be effective, a new investigation has ...and more » |
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Saturday 21 01 12 19:05 UTC
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Saturday 21 01 12 10:23 UTC
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Saturday 21 01 12 09:18 UTC
Ron Fouchier of Erasmus Medical Center in the Netherlands -- lead researcher of one of two teams that last year reported study results "that showed how the H5N1 [bird flu] virus can be transmitted through airborne droplets between ferrets, a model for studying influenza in humans." |
Saturday 21 01 12 05:58 UTC
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First flu casualty of the winterIrish IndependentSo far this winter there have been 35 cases of flu reported but none of these are for swine flu. A MAN has been sent forward to stand trial for an alleged 174 sexual offences. The Co Donegal man, who is in his 40s and cannot be named for legal reasons, ... |
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Saturday 21 01 12 02:31 UTC
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Saturday 21 01 12 00:40 UTC
Scientists who created a potentially more deadly bird flu strain to study the virus's spread halt work amid fears it could be used by terrorists. |
Friday 20 01 12 17:52 UTC
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Russian deputy PM wants prevention of swine fluvestnik kavkazaRussian Vice-Premier Victor Zubkov requested police to punish violators of veterinary control more actively in Russian regions and prevent outbreaks of African swine flu, Yuga.ru reports. The only way to combat the disease is to prevent it, ... |
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Friday 20 01 12 10:00 UTC
The Ministry of Health (MoH) has announced a confirmed case of human infection with avian influenza A (H5N1) virus. |
Thursday 19 01 12 15:00 UTC
The Ministry of Health of Indonesia has announced one new confirmed case of human infection with avian influenza A(H5N1) virus. |
Thursday 19 01 12 13:00 UTC
On Thursday the Vietnamese authorities reported that a duck farmer has died of bird flu, coinciding with reports that a two-year-old boy in Cambodia has also died of the virus this week. The Vietnamese victim died on 11 January. According to the authorities this was the first human death from avian flu for nearly two years... |
Thursday 19 01 12 12:58 UTC
The Ministry of Health and Population of Egypt has notified WHO of two cases of human infection with avian influenza A (H5N1) virus. |
Wednesday 18 01 12 17:25 UTC
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Swine flu drug policy criticisedBBC NewsBy Michele Paduano BBC Midlands health correspondent The government's reaction to a swine flu outbreak may have done "more harm than good" according to two doctors. Dr Jacky Chambers and Dr Andrew Rouse helped deal with the first cases of swine flu in ... |
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Wednesday 18 01 12 16:04 UTC
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After FMD, swine flu hits SA provinceMmegi OnlineThe importation of live pigs, their feed and fresh products from South Africa has been suspended with immediate effect following the outbreak of African Swine Fever (ASF) in South Africa's Mpumalanga Province. In a press statement released yesterday, ... |
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Wednesday 18 01 12 10:00 UTC
The Ministry of Health (MoH) of the Kingdom of Cambodia has announced that the case of human infection with avian influenza A (H5N1) virus reported in the Disease Outbreak News posting of 16 January 2012 died on 18 January 2012.
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Tuesday 17 01 12 18:00 UTC
US scientists propose that flu pandemics follow La Niña weather conditions in the equatorial Pacific. The conditions alter bird migration patterns and this promotes new strains of flu (migrating birds are known to be primary pools of human influenza virus)... |
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