Archive for May 22nd, 2009
GENEVA - The world must be ready for H1N1 swine flu to become more severe and kill more people, World Health Organization chief Dr. Margaret Chan said on Friday. A genetic analysis of the new virus showed it must have been … The WHO is poised to declare a full pandemic of the virus , which has infected more than 11000 people in 42 countries and killed 86. And U.S. health officials released $1 billion for companies to get started on a vaccine in case it is needed. …
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GENEVA (Reuters) - The world must be ready for H1N1 swine flu to become more severe and kill more people, World Health Organization chief Dr. Margaret Chan said on Friday. A genetic analysis of the new virus showed it must have … The WHO is poised to declare a full pandemic of the virus , which has infected more than 11000 people in 42 countries and killed 86. And U.S. health officials released $1 billion for companies to get started on a vaccine in case it is needed. …
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WHO chief warns H1N1 swine flu likely to worsen
The number of swine flu cases in Japan soared towards 300 Thursday and Canada announced a big jump in infections as the global epidemic showed no signs of letting up. Local media said 281 cases of the (A) H1N1 virus had been confirmed in, … The UN health body has already raised its alert level to five out of a sliding scale of six, indicating that a full-fledged pandemic is imminent. The top level would indicate sustained community transmission in a second region outside …
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Japan swine flu cases near 300, Canada tally spikes — Intellasia.Net
In the United States, authorities reported the country’s ninth death from the virus ; a 13-year-old boy in Arizona. The H1N1 flu strain is a never-before-seen mixture of swine , bird and human viruses that spreads easily between people. It has killed 85 people and infected more than … Margaret Chan, head of the World Health Organization, said on Thursday she would raise the global pandemic alert to the top of the six-point scale if the H1N1 flu was spreading globally. …
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H1N1 virus spreads in Asia, protection wobbly — Intellasia.Net
The world must be ready for H1N1 swine flu to become more severe and kill more people, World Health Organisation chief Dr. Margaret Chan said on Friday May 22. A genetic analysis of the new virus showed it must have been circulating undetected for some time, in pigs or perhaps in other animals. … In Australia, where cases have spread across several states, the government raised its flu alert level to mid-range “containment, which gives it authority to close schools. …
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WHO chief warns H1N1 swine flu likely to worsen — Intellasia.Net
Keiji Fukuda, the WHO’s acting assistant director-general, confirmed that the agency would increase its assessment of the H1N1 swine flu virus alert to its highest level, dubbed phase six, only if there were signs of greater severity … His comment came even as the US sharply stepped up preparations for a pandemic by announcing that it would spend $1bn (€713m, £628m) on developing a vaccine to the virus while making clear it had not yet decided on its mass deployment. …
FRIDAY, May 22 (HealthDay News) — While many states are still reporting new cases of infection with the H1N1 swine flu virus , there seems to be an overall decline in visits to doctors and hospitals by people with the disease, … Seasonal versions of this virus circulated throughout the United States until it was replaced in 1957 by the H2N2 “Asian flu ” pandemic virus , which caused 70000 deaths in the United States, according to the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and …
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News - Swine Flu Outbreak May Be on the Wane: CDC - veria.com
The report in Science traced the origin of all eight genes that make up the H1N1 virus and found that in each case, the closest known relative is from a swine flu . That suggests the virus had been circulating among pigs for some time before recently jumping to humans. … Currently, the agency’s six-level infectious disease alert system defines a pandemic as an instance of sustained human-to-human transmission in more than one geographic region. The emergence of 294 cases …
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Single vaccine looks promising for 50 swine flu strains | San …
None the less, the criteria has been met for a Phase 6 Alert to be declared. But now the WHO is changing the rules for this declaration. In an Associated Press report titled WHO adds deadliness to flu pandemic threshold, “The World Health Organization says it will examine swine … From what is being reported, the only ‘REASON’ to the change the rules in declaring a Phase 6 Global Pandemic dealing with A( H1N1 ) Swine Flu is; “such a move could have economic consequences. …
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A 1-year-old child has been hospitalized in Toronto after contracting swine flu , which aggravated an existing lung problem, according to a source.The… … Health officials are worried about the virus mutating and a second wave of it hitting in the fall when the regular flu season starts. The WHO is calling for the H1N1 strain to be watched closely in the southern hemisphere, where the winter season is beginning. There is currently no vaccine to protect against H1N1 , …
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