Topic: World Health Organization
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 ...
Expert says bird flu still a pandemic danger, warns against complacency after swine flu fizzleA leading virus expert urged health authorities around the world Sunday to stay vigilant even though the recent swine flu pandemic was less deadly than expected, warning that ...
Swine flu is continuing to spread in New Zealand, health officials said Monday as the death toll rose to 10 and some areas reported more people in hospital than during last year's pandemic. Although the World Health Organization (WHO) has declared the ...
New Zealand is still experiencing a significant level of swine flu, health authorities said Wednesday, despite the World Health Organization's declaration that the global pandemic was over. "While some countries have seen H1N1 virus decline or crowded out by other strains, this ...
The World Health Organisation on Tuesday declared the swine flu pandemic over, more than a year after the new virus spread around the world, sparking panic and killing thousands before fizzling out. "The world is no longer in phase six of the ...
GENEVA (Reuters) - The H1N1 pandemic is over and the global outbreak turned out to be much less severe than was feared just over a year ago, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday. WHO director-general Margaret Chan ...
World Health Organisation director general Margaret Chan announced Tuesday the end of the swine flu pandemic, more than a year after it was declared. "The world is no longer in phase six of the pandemic alert. We are now moving into the ...
Scientists from the World Health Organisation met on Tuesday over whether to recommend the lifting of the swine flu pandemic alert, an agency spokesman said. WHO chief Margaret Chan, who is expected to follow the recommendations of the emergency committee of scientists ...
WHO says decision on whether to downgrade swine flu pandemic is likely TuesdayThe World Health Organization says it will likely decide Tuesday whether to declare the swine flu pandemic over. Spokesman Gregory Hartl says an expert panel is discussing with WHO Director-General ...
GENEVA (Reuters) - Influenza experts began meeting on Tuesday to assess whether the H1N1 flu is still a pandemic or whether the world has moved into a post-pandemic phase, a spokesman for the World Health Organization (WHO) said. The Emergency Committee will ...
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