Archive for June 17th, 2009
June 18, 2009 MyWebTimes.com. Swine flu update: 19 new cases of H1N1 flu virus in BC On June 11, the World Health Organization (WHO) raised its alert level to phase 6 (the pandemic phase). The WHO considers the overall severity of the … …
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CDC rejects report of mutant H1N1 strain in Brazil … « Pandemic …
However, there is a possibility that the H1N1 swine flu influenza strain could mutate into a far most virulent, and possibily extremely deadly strain for groups of people normally affected by the traditional ’seasonal flu ‘ such as the sick, the elderly … Finally, it should be remembered that the ‘normal’ seasonal influenza virus kills thousands of vulnerable people around the world every year, so this advice still applies even after the swine flu pandemic has finished. …
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Swine Flu and Heart Disease update June 17th 2009 | Lower Blood …
The alteration in the WHO definition of pandemic was basically to encourage countries to maintain high levels of alert in case of changes in the virus . So, my conclusion is that there is no reason (yet) to announce that the sky is falling … “The world is now at the start of the 2009 influenza pandemic ,” WHO Director-General Margaret Chan, MD, said at a news conference. That sounds scary. But neither the H1N1 swine flu virus nor the disease it causes are any worse today …
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Alarming swine flu news continues spreading | Midwest Voices
Recently, the World Health Organization (WHO) raised the worldwide pandemic alert level to Phase 6, which indicates a “ pandemic period” and is characterized by human-to-human spread of the virus in at least two countries in a WHO region, … of swine flu in two South American countries and somewhere in China could qualify as a pandemic . No deaths required. And a pure human flu that killed 20 million people would not qualify.” Since the H1N1 swine flu was found in April, …
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Overdue Post on Swine Flu: The Mexican Disease « the black scientist
Swine influenza (also called swine flu , hog flu , and pig flu ) La gripe porcina (también conocida como influenza porcina o gripe del cerdo) Die Schweinepest Grippe (auch bekannt als Influenza Schweinen oder Schweinen Grippe) 猪流感（也称为猪 流感或猪流感） La … “We want to make the clarity that the higher alert level of the pandemic does not necessarily mean that we are going to see a more dangerous virus , or many more people falling severely ill or dying, ” she said. …
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ah1n1 flu: A/H1N1 flu continues to spread, WHO raises alert level …
Viehbacher said that once his company starts production of vaccine against swine flu , or H1N1 flu , it will reserve 10 percent of its output for the WHO to help fight the flu pandemic in developing countries. …. June 11th, 2009 Summary Box : Pandemic declared; now what?LEVEL 6: World health authorities declared the new swine flu to be a pandemic — the first global epidemic since the Hong Kong flu of 1968. The pandemic alert status was raised to level 6, …
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Drugmaker Sanofi-Aventis to donate 100 million pandemic flu …
The French company last June pledged to donate 60 million doses of pandemic vaccine against the bird flu virus then circulating in some countries. Viehbacher says once his company starts production of vaccine against swine flu , or H1N1 …
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Drugmaker Sanof-Aventis to donate 100 million pandemic flu vaccine …
The World Health Organization (WHO) raised the swine flu alert to its highest level, Level 6, saying the H1N1 virus has spread to enough countries to be considered a global pandemic . Increasing the alert to Level 6 does not mean that …
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Lookout Below » Swine Flu is Officially a Global Pandemic
The table below lists the various subtypes of the Type A influenza virus that have been found in humans, animals and birds….The swine flu virus (the H1N1 , H1N2 and H3N2 subtypes of the Type A influenza virus ) seldom infects human beings… … the first few cases, this virus had shown many similar characteristics as that of the swine flu virus ….On June 11th, 2009, the World Health Organization (WHO) raised the alert to Phase 6, declaring the swine flu as a global pandemic … …
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Swine Flu Disease : Companies Invoved in Devloping Treatments for …
Covering Pandemic Influenza, H1N1 ` Swine Flu ‘, H5N1 `Bird Flu ‘ and other Emerging Infectious Diseases with an emphasis on preparedness. All essays by Michael Coston EMT-II(Ret.). Opinions expressed are my own - Nothing stated here is intended … As you can see, there is no `protect’ phase in the alert system. That is, until now. In an attempt to find the right response to this rapidly spreading, but thus far fairly mild, H1N1 virus – Australian health authorities has put …
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Australia Shifts To `Protect' Phase