Topic: Mexico
Infection from the 2009 A(H1N1) pandemic virus presented a lower risk of serious complications than other recent strains of the flu, according to US research presented Tuesday. Analysis of influenza cases in the midwestern US state of Wisconsin showed infected individuals were ...
Cancun, Mexico's spring break king, recovers from swine flu, drug violence's blow to tourismMexico's spring break king — Cancun — is rebounding quickly from last year's triple blow to its tourism industry caused by the country's swine flu epidemic, drug violence and ...
Mexican officials said Wednesday they have confirmed the first mutation of the A(H1N1) flu virus in a girl who survived the infection. Health Minister Jose Angel Cordova told Mexican journalists that the case was the first confirmed mutation of the swine flu ...
China has discovered eight people with mutated versions of swine flu but drugs are still effective against the new strains, a senior health official told the official Xinhua news agency. Shu Yuelong, director of the Chinese National Influenza Centre, said the first ...
Mexico's health secretary says the country has received a first shipment of 865,000 doses of swine flu vaccine. Jose Angel Cordova says health workers and pregnant women will be the first Mexicans allowed access to the vaccine. Vaccinations will begin over the ...
Q&A: Precautions to take if you are worried about traveling amid swine flu fearsLast spring thousands of travelers canceled trips to Mexico after a swine flu outbreak there emptied beaches and resorts. Staying home won't protect you from swine flu now: Forty-six ...
6 months after swine flu virus identified: No doomsday, but this story isn't over yetIt was six months ago that scientists discovered an ominous new flu virus, touching off fears of a catastrophic global outbreak that could cause people to drop dead ...
Adolescents and relatively healthy adults are especially at risk from the swine flu, which is associated with respiratory failure and a high mortality rate in serious cases, studies have said. The studies, conducted during the first phase of infection between March 18 ...
Swine flu surges in Mexico, but large-scale school and stadium closings unlikely this timeThe next wave of swine flu has arrived, and Mexicans are bracing for an outbreak that may be even larger than the one here last spring that became a ...
Cyber criminals are taking advantage of swine flu fears with e-mails promising news on the illness which then infect computers with a virus, a Spanish computer security firm warned Friday. The e-mails invite recipients to open a document with information claiming the ...