Topic: North America

The first quick and dirty analysis of Mexico's swine flu outbreak suggests that the H1N1 virus is about as dangerous as the virus behind a 1957 pandemic that killed 2 million people worldwide. Researchers recognized that the new virus was also causing ...

Senate Pages H1N1

Six Senate pages were sick with what was believed to be the swine flu on July 29, 2009. The swine flu claimed lives in the United States and Mexico .

Smithfield Foods

Smithfield Foods is the largest producer and processor of pork in the world. Smithfield Foods On May 11 , 2009 , Steven Trunnell , the husband of the first American to die from swine flu (H1N1) , filed a wrongful-death petition in ...

Roche Pharmaceuticals

Roche Group is a research-focused healthcare company based in Switzerland . Roche manufactures the influenza medication Tamiflu and on April 27 , 2009 , Roche's stock rose 3.8 percent during the early trading on the Zurich exchange. About Tamiflu On April 13 ...

Strategic National Stockpile

The Strategic National Stockpile (SNS) is a large stock of medications and vaccinations held by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Strategic National Stockpile (SNS) In response to the April 2009 outbreak of swine flu , the CDC has been ...

Swine flu earthquake batter beleaguered Mexico

The article offers world news briefs related to the travel industry. Mexico is vexed with the occurrences of swine flu and earthquake. At press time, the death toll in Mexico was close to 200 and the World Health Organization had raised its ...
Ground Zero" due to the first case of swine flu being reported there, Mexico City found the majority of its residents reacting to the deadly swine flu virus by staying indoors as witnessed by the emptiness of Mexico City streets this passed ...

Mexico Marijuana Laws

Mexico's marijuana laws changed with the passage of revised legislation in April of 2009 . A bill nearly identical to the law that eventually became law in 2009 was passed by Mexico's congress in 2006 ; after a fierce reaction from US ...
Swine flu was the talk of the world affecting millions in 2009. Swine flu is also called as swine influenza or pig flu or hog flu. The most common among them that infected North America was theH1N1 strain. The pandemic outbreak of ...
Due to the out break in Mexico City of a type of Swine Flu , the world has suddenly become interested in all aspects of this disease. The type of outbreak which started in April 2009, is Novel Influenza A subtype, H1N1, ...
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