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Pharmacies in England are reporting a run on supplies like surgical masks, thermometers and anti-bacterial gels by customers concerned about swine flu amid a surge in the number of people infected by the virus.
In some cases, drug stores in England say they are out of the items and may …
The World Health Organization says it will stop counting individual cases of swine flu.
Tracking individual swine flu cases is too overwhelming for countries where the virus is spreading widely, the agency says in a statement. WHO will no longer issue global totals of swine flu cases, although it will continue …
A sixth person in Suffolk County – and the eighth on Long Island – has died with the swine flu virus, county health officials said.
The Suffolk County medical examiner’s office is scheduled to perform an autopsy Tuesday to determine if the woman, who was identified only as being between the …
A 19-year-old man has become the first person in Indiana to die of swine flu, health officials said.
Matthew McIntosh died July 5 in a hospital in Cincinnati after collapsing in a barn in Dearborn County in southeastern Indiana, The Indianapolis Star reported Saturday.
McIntosh’s death was unusual because he was healthy …
A 19-year-old man has died after contracting swine flu in London, health authorities in the capital have said.
The man, from south London, had serious underlying health problems and was in Lewisham Hospital. Tests undertaken after his death showed he had the flu.
He is the fourth person with swine flu to …
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.
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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 …
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 …
