Archive for May 2nd, 2009
World still on alert for swine flu . Updated: 14:56, Sunday May 3, 2009. Mexico says its H1N1 flu outbreak appears to be ‘in a stabilisation phase’., with the death toll at 19. The flu virus spread further across the globe on Saturday, … In Geneva, a WHO official indicated that the severity of the new virus in Mexico has not yet been established and that it has not spread in a sustained way outside of the Americas, a condition necessary to declare a full global pandemic . …
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Sky News: World still on alert for swine flu
On Monday April 27th, the World Health Organization (WHO) raised its pandemic alert level to four and then five on its six-level threat scale, which means they’ve determined that the virus is capable of human-to-human transmission. … So what is the swine flu ? . Regular swine flu is a contagious respiratory disease, caused by a type-A influenza virus that affects pigs. . The current strain, A( H1N1 ), is a new variation of an H1N1 virus — which causes seasonal flu …
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This14U: The swine flu virus
Canopus Biopharma and leading chinese researcher, Dr. Jiahai Lu, team up to treat avian influenza with StatC, to prevent possible pandemic. An internationally renowned avian influenza expert today hailed “encouraging and exciting” results from experiments conducted by his research team. This study demonstrated impressive efficacy of a novel statin/caffeine combination, StatC™ in the treatment and prevention of H5N1, H1N1 and H3N2 in a mouse model. Dr. Jiahai Lu, from the School of Public …
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SWINE FLU H1N1 and avian influenza Study
On the day following the WHO’s Phase 5 Pandemic Alert , a scientist attached to the European Union’s Centre for Disease Control and Prevention hinted, without evidence, that the epidemic could potentially affect 40% to 50% of the EU …. [ which] could be related to the A/ H1N1 virus ”. Out of those 2498 cases of influenza, 159 died, of influenza or related ailments, but only seven of these deaths were related to the swine flu , according to the official statement of the …
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Dragon Dirt: The Swine Flu Pandemic: Political Lies and Media …
GENEVA - The World Health Organization (WHO) said Saturday that the risk of a pandemic caused by the A/ H1N1 virus was still very high and there was still the possibility to raise the alert level to Phase 6 from the current Phase 5. … April 30th, 2009 GENEVA - World Health Organisation (WHO) Director General Margaret Chan has raised the pandemic alert for swine flu by one level to phase 5 in Geneva. The declaration Wednesday night of Phase 5 is a strong signal that a …
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Raising pandemic alert level to 6 still possible: WHO
THURSDAY, April 30 (HealthDay News) — The World Health Organization on Wednesday raised the swine flu epidemic level from 4 to 5, signifying that a pandemic is imminent, and urged countries to implement their pandemic plans. … At a press briefing Wednesday morning, Dr. Richard Besser, acting director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said there were 91 confirmed cases of infection with the swine flu virus in 10 states, with the one death. …
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WHO raises swine flu alert - WQOW TV: Eau Claire, WI NEWS18 News …
5-2-09 MHD H1N1 (Swine) Flu Update Press Conference - Part 2
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5-2-09 MHD H1N1 (Swine) Flu Update Press Conference - Part 2
5-2-09 MHD H1N1 (Swine) Flu Update Press Conference - Part 1
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5-2-09 MHD H1N1 (Swine) Flu Update Press Conference - Part 1
mediamatters.org Media personalities from the conservative echo chamber have baselessly blamed Mexican immigrants for spreading HIN1 virus (”swine flu”) across the border, despite the fact that several reports have indicated that US swine flu patients had recently traveled to Mexico.
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Pandemic Paranoia: "Swine Flu" Fear & Loathing in the Conservative Media
An outbreak of swine flu in humans has health experts and officials around the world on high alert and there is great concern, as more countries report new cases of the disease, that the world may be on the brink of a pandemic . … According to the WHO, as of yesterday, there have been 20 confirmed human cases of swine influenza A/ H1N1 in the United States, 18 in Mexico and another suspected 19 cases; the same strain is a suspect in the deaths of 86 people in Mexico. …
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Swine flu pandemic threat puts the world on high alert | Medical …