Topic: Gregory Hartl

The World Health Organisation's emergency committee of scientists has met Tuesday to decide whether the swine flu pandemic has passed its peak, a spokesman from the health agency confirmed.The step would mark the first formal recognition that the worst is over since ...

Swine flu deaths climb past 2,800: WHO

The World Health Organisation said Friday that at least 2,837 people had died from swine flu virus infections. "There are now at least 2,837 deaths attributable to pandemic H1N1," said Gregory Hartl, spokesman for the UN health agency.The data mark an increase ...
The World Health Organization has called an emergency meeting of experts Saturday to consider declaring an international public health emergency over the swine flu outbreak believed to have killed dozens of people in Mexico and sickened at least seven in the U.S.It ...

WHO briefing over deadly Mexico flu

The head of the World Health Organisation has arrived in Geneva to oversee the agency's handling of the swine flu outbreak that is believed to have killed more than 60 in Mexico. Margaret Chan has broken off a visit to Washington to ...