The World Health Organization says the number of officially confirmed swine flu cases worldwide has reached 89,921.
The global body says 12,720 new cases have been reported since Wednesday — about half of them in the United States.
WHO says Britain, Chile, Mexico, Philippines also reported large numbers of new cases.
Health experts …
Posted on July 4, 2009 by Swiney .
Posted on July 4, 2009 by Swiney .
The UN’s top health official has opened a forum in Mexico on combating swine flu by saying that the spread of the virus worldwide is now unstoppable.
World Health Organization head Margaret Chan added that the holding of the meeting in Cancun showed confidence in Mexico, which has been hard hit.
The …
Posted on July 2, 2009 by Swiney .
Health experts are warning parents against holding “swine flu parties” in the hope of infecting their children with the H1N1 virus.
Talk of swine flu parties has emerged on Internet forums. The idea is that exposing a child to the H1N1 virus while it remains relatively mild will give the child …
Posted on June 26, 2009 by Swiney .
There are now 93 cases of the H1N1 flu virus throughout Ohio — up from 63 a week ago.
Twenty-five Ohio counties have reported residents diagnosed with the flu virus — known as swine flu — including three counties in the Dayton area.
Montgomery County has three cases, Clark County has six …
Posted on June 26, 2009 by Swiney .
Lithuania has confirmed its first case of the A (H1N1) flu virus, the Public Health Agency said Friday.
“The case was confirmed by the local AIDS center, which has appropriate agents for the test,” Romualdas Sabaliauskas, head of the Center for Emergency Situations under the Ministry of Health, told Reuters.
“He is …
Posted on June 25, 2009 by Swiney .
The number of cases of the A(H1N1) virus, otherwise known as swine flu, is growing in the Middle East, with many new suspected and confirmed cases in the past few days, but so far no one has died of the disease.
According to the World Health Organization’s (WHO’s) latest A(H1N1) update …
Posted on June 22, 2009 by Swiney .
Seven children and three adults at a summer camp in Minnesota for kids with muscular dystrophy contracted swine flu this month, contributing to the decision by the national Muscular Dystrophy Association to cancel dozens of its remaining summer camps across the country.
The national MDA also reported swine flu cases at …
Posted on June 22, 2009 by Swiney .
The Philippines confirmed Monday its first swine flu-related death — a 49-year-old woman who died from congestive heart failure but who also tested positive for the H1N1 virus.
The fatality is the second in the Asia-Pacific region related to swine flu, following the death of a man in Australia on Friday.
Philippine …
Posted on June 18, 2009 by Swiney .
Half of the doctors, nurses and other health workers who have become sick with the new H1N1 swine flu got it on the job, suggesting they are not taking enough care to protect themselves, U.S. health officials said on Thursday.
The World Health Organization has classified the H1N1 swine flu as …
Posted on June 18, 2009 by Swiney .
South Africa’s first swine flu case – a 12-year-old boy who flew in from the US – has been confirmed.
The boy was admitted to a private hospital on Monday morning and discharged after treatment, said health ministry spokesman Fidel Hadebe.
Laboratory tests came back positive on Thursday for the H1N1 virus.
While …