Topic: Europe
More than 11,500 people have died from swine flu worldwide since the pandemic strain was uncovered in April, World Health Organisation data showed Wednesday.The WHO said overall A(H1N1) influenza " activity has recently peaked in much of the (northern) hemisphere," including North ...
Senior World Health Organisation official Keiji Fukuda said Thursday that it was too early to declare the swine flu pandemic over, as it continues at " high levels" in parts of Europe and central Asia. Copyright 2009 AFP Global Edition
Swine flu less deadly than first thought, about 100 times less lethal than 1918 fluSwine flu is far less dangerous than originally feared, British officials said Thursday about 100 times less lethal than the 1918 Spanish flu.To determine how deadly the virus ...
The number of swine flu deaths jumped by over 1,000 in a week, reaching at least 7,826 worldwide since the virus was first uncovered in April, World Health Organisation data showed Friday.The number of deaths reported to the UN health agency showed ...
PARIS (Reuters) - The number of deaths in mainland France from the H1N1 swine flu virus jumped in the last week, according to official data Thursday.The toll rose to 68 deaths as of November 22, with 22 new deaths last week. Six ...
The World Health Organisation said Thursday that it is investigating reports of mutations in the swine flu virus, after half-a-dozen countries recorded cases in which the virus was transforming. "The question is whether these mutations again suggest that there is a fundamental ...
China reports 8 cases of mutated swine flu virus; says drugs, vaccine still effectiveChina has detected eight people infected with mutated forms of the swine flu virus, a health official said Wednesday, but flu drugs and vaccines still work against it.Flu viruses ...
China reports 8 cases of swine flu virus mutation; says drugs, vaccine still effectiveChina has detected eight cases of swine flu mutation, a health official said Wednesday, amid longstanding concerns among scientists that the virus could change into a more dangerous form.Last ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The pandemic of swine flu may be hitting a peak in the Northern Hemisphere, global health officials said on Friday, but they cautioned it was far from over.Officials also said they were investigating several troubling outbreaks of drug-resistant H1N1 ...
No wandering hands: Etiquette adviser says mistletoe kiss on cheek not lips to avoid swine fluBritain's authority on etiquette says it's more hygienic to exchange kisses on the cheek than to shake hands so the swine flu pandemic should not make people ...
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