Topic: Spain

Ten ETFs That Might Catch Swine Flu

Over the last year, swine flu has been the news story that just won't die. As if airlines weren't already facing strong headwinds to profitability, swine flu threatens to further derail the industry's attempt at a recovery. Homebuilding in one of the ...

Swine flu and a new age of social greetings

The swine flu pandemic has wreaked havoc on traditional greetings worldwide. France's health ministry has recommended that countrymen avoid "la bise," and Spain has reportedly recommended halting their "besos"-both are the traditional kisses on the cheeks. And one school district in Long ...
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 H1N1 ...

Stade Francais players contract H1N1 virus - club

Three Stade Francais players have been diagnosed with the H1N1 virus, or swine flu, the French rugby union club announced Monday.Stade did not reveal the identities of the players, saying only that two of the players were internationals.All three players have been ...

Spain alarmed by swift swine flu death

The health minister says Spain is alarmed by the swine flu death of a young woman who had no previous health problems.Trinidad Jimenez says that until now Spain's most serious cases of the disease turned up in people with pre-existing conditions like ...
A young nurse with no experience in neonatal care made a mistake that caused the death of an infant born to the first person in Spain to die of swine flu, a government official said.The place where the error occurred, Madrid's Gregorio ...

Spain suffers its 2nd swine flu death

Spain has suffered its second swine flu fatality, this one in the popular holiday resort of the Canary Island of Las Palmas.The island's health councilor, Mercedes Roldos, said Thursday that a 41-year-old man was admitted to the Doctor Negrin University hospital last ...

Flu spreads as Spain, Uruguay report first deaths

Spain and Uruguay on Tuesday reported their first deaths from swine flu, as Canada expressed fears that young people were particularly vulnerable to the virus.In Spain, a 20-year-Moroccan woman died at a Madrid hospital on Tuesday, becoming the country's first fatality from ...

First swine flu fatality in Spain

A 20-year-old woman in Madrid became Spain's first swine flu fatality on Tuesday, dying a day after giving birth via Cesarean section, the Health Ministry said.The Moroccan woman had a history of asthma and died of a respiratory disease caused by swine ...
Spanish cruise ship hit by small swine flu outbreak heads home early to ArubaA cruise ship that was turned away from two Caribbean ports due to a swine flu outbreak was carrying roughly 400 passengers back to its home port of Aruba ...
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