Topic: Chile

Health Highlights: Aug. 28, 2009

Now that the H1N1 swine flu has spread to turkeys in Chile, the UN is concerned that poultry farms around the world could become infected, BBC News reports.. Any further spread of the H1N1 virus between birds, or from birds to humans ...

Swine flu detected in Chilean turkeys: vets

An outbreak of swine flu has been detected in two turkey farms in Chile, government veterinary services in the country said.If confirmed, it would be the first infection reported in birds. "The presence of an A(H1N1) virus has been detected in two ...
Some British Anglicans alter communion ritual to thwart the spread of swine fluTwo Anglican dioceses in Britain are changing how they handle Communion in an attempt to reduce the spread of swine flu.Church of England parishes in Blackburn, northern England, and in ...

No swine flu respite in Central, South America

Chile announced that the country's death toll from swine flu has risen from 40 to 68, as the virus cuts deeper across Latin America where hundreds of deaths have been linked to the pandemic. "There have been 68 deaths associated with the ...

South American nations meet on stemming swine flu

Health ministers from six South American nations hit by the swine flu pandemic met in Buenos Aires on Wednesday to coordinate defenses against the virus which has killed nearly 200 people in the region.The ministers from Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Uruguay and ...

Policy makers head to Mexico for swine flu meet

Policy makers from 50 countries are to gather in Mexico on Thursday to discuss their response to this year's swine flu outbreak, as South America continues to be hit by new cases.Experts and ministers will gather in the Caribbean beach resort of ...

Second Briton with swine flu dies

A second Briton has died after contracting swine flu, the Scottish government said Sunday.The 73-year-old man died in hospital in Paisley, late Saturday and had " serious underlying health problems", having been in intensive care for two weeks.Scotland's Health Secretary Nicola Sturgeon ...

Chile reports 6th swine flu death

Chile's health ministry says a 45-year-old woman is the sixth person to die of swine flu in the South American country.The regional ministry office in the city of Rancaguaity says Sandra Ceron died late Saturday at a local clinic. She had been ...

Chile confirms 4th swine flu death

A Santiago hospital says a 40-year-old accountant from southern Chile is the fourth person to die of swine flu in the country.The Catholic University Hospital in Santiago says Ismael Pavez died Thursday morning.He was brought to the hospital on June 1 from ...

South America bears winter brunt of H1N1 pandemic

The swine flu deaths of two people in Argentina and a mutation of the H1N1 virus detected in Brazil have added to fears that South America is entering a harsh winter beset by the flu pandemic.While big pharmaceutical firms are ramping up ...
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