Archive for April, 2009
Pandemic alert level raised. The swine flu virus was confirmed at eight o’clock Friday night. Within half an hour Hong Kong’s leader Donald Tsang raised the territory’s pandemic alert level from serious to emergency. …
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Issue Post - Hong Kong Confirms First H1N1 Swine Flu Case
Swine Flu now in 9 countries, pandemic alert raised to phase 5. Surfersvillage Global Surf News, 29 April, 2009 : - - As of 18:00 GMT, 29 April 2009, nine countries have officially reported 148 cases of swine influenza A/ H1N1 infection. … There is also no risk of infection from this virus from consumption of well-cooked pork and pork products. Individuals are advised to wash hands thoroughly with soap and water on a regular basis and should seek medical attention if …
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Swine Flu now in 9 nations, pandemic alert at phase 5
This swine virus is the A H1N1: www.cdc.gov & From the WHO website www.who.int Influenza-like illness in the United States, Mexico 26 April 2009 — WHO is coordinating the global response to human cases of swine influenza A (H1N1) and monitoring the corresponding threat of an influenza pandemic. It’s the same one that caused the Spanish Flu pandemic of 1918: en.wikipedia.org A virus brought back in a laboratory. Watch this PBS video of 2006, it explains how it was brought back!: www.pbs.org …
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A H1N1 virus(swine flu) caused the 1918 pandemic,brought back in a laboratory.
This podcast discusses the actions and goals of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, related to the current outbreak of H1N1 flu (swine flu).
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CDC H1N1 (Swine Flu) Response Actions and Goals
Health experts say the H1N1 virus cannot be transmitted by eating pork despite its original name of swine flu . Swine flu is believed to be a new strain that combines bird, swine and common human influenza. The WHO’s phase five alert status signals widespread transmission from person to person and that a pandemic is imminent. The UN organization meanwhile said it would begin referring to the swine flu virus as influenza A . Pig farmers in many countries have been hit hard …
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Officials act to soothe global swine flu fears
countries to order the slaughter of pigs. He told reporters in Geneva “we’re going to stick with the technical scientific name H1N1 influenza A.” WHO raised the pandemic flu alert to phase 5 on Wed [29 Apr 2009], … flu was allowed to remain endemic in swine populations, with vaccinations done unsystematically and partially without a rigid swine flu virus surveillance and information exchange in place. Obviously the [current] H1N1 virus originated from the swine …
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Big-Pharma and Pfactory Pfharms: Swine Flu a Misnomer? Gets new name.
Spanish officials said that was a man who apparently got the virus from his girlfriend, who recently returned from Mexico. WHO raised the pandemic flu alert to phase 5 on Wednesday, one step away from the highest level indicating a …
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Swine flu now 'H1N1 influenza A' | KUSI - News, Weather and Sports …
As the World Health Organization raised its infectious disease alert level Wednesday and health officials confirmed the first death linked to swine flu inside U.S. borders, scientists studying the virus are coming to the consensus that this … In fact, the current outbreak of the H1N1 virus , which emerged in San Diego and southern Mexico late last month, may not even do as much damage as the run-of-the-mill flu outbreaks that occur each winter without much fanfare. …
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Researchers: Right Now, Swine Flu Virus Doesn't Look Like the 1918 …
H1N1 SWINE FLU is now Airborne - It is here - and it is spreading - It is now a PIG is on the Wing. What Can You Do? Get Informed - Get Educated - Be Ready - Watch as things develop! Develop a strategy that works for you. Modify it on the fly as things develop. There is a lot of misinformation out there so use your own judgement and common sense to temper your decisions. Good Luck! Interactive Links Below ***** The Swine Flu took its first confirmed US victim today in Texas. We are wide open …
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H1N1 Swine Flu - WHAT YOU CAN DO! - THE PIG IS ON THE WING!
The 2009 swine flu outbreak is an epidemic that began in April 2009 with a new strain of influenza virus . … In late April both the United Nations WHO and the U.S. CDC expressed serious concern about the situation, as it had the potential to become a flu pandemic due to the novelty of the influenza strain, its transmission from human to human, and the unusually high mortality rate in Mexico. On April 25, 2009, the WHO formally determined the situation to be a “public …
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Swine flu outbreak | Nicolae Sfetcu