Brock Lesnar announced that he will postpone his upcoming title defense because he’s sick with the H1N1 swine flu. The fight is rescheduled for UFC 106 on Jan 2.
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 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 …
Posted on June 18, 2009 by Swiney .
A group of ninth graders and teachers from a California private school has been quarantined in China after seven of them tested positive for swine flu on a school trip.
Caroline Callaway, a spokeswoman for Pacific Ridge School in Carlsbad, said six students and one teacher have been diagnosed with the …
Posted on June 16, 2009 by Swiney .
Qatar announced on Tuesday two cases of the H1N1 flu virus in two foreign children who arrived from the United States and Austria, the first cases in the small Gulf Arab country.
The two boys showed flu symptoms on arrival, were given treatment and were recovering, Health Minister Abdullah al-Qahtani said …
Posted on June 16, 2009 by Swiney .
Argentine health officials said Monday that a 3-month-old baby had died of the swine flu, the first fatal victim of the virus in Argentina.
The number of cases of the flu, known as the H1N1 virus, has been climbing in Argentina and Chile in recent days as winter approaches in the …
Posted on June 15, 2009 by Swiney .
Croatia identified the first case of H1N1 flu virus in a patient who came from abroad last week and has already recovered, the health minister said on Monday.
“The patient showed mild flu symptoms and the test, the results of which we received today, confirmed the H1N1 virus,” Health Minister Darko …
Posted on June 12, 2009 by Swiney .
Is it safe to assume WHO waited a little too long on this one? Most people think swine flu is just a hoax and don’t really care about it even though it’s still a very serious matter. Should we panic? No. Should we hide inside and …
Posted on June 11, 2009 by Swiney .
Hong Kong confirmed its first cluster of indigenous cases of A/H1N1 influenza on Thursday, and announced a 14-day suspension for all primary schools, kindergartens, childcare centers and special schools to prevent the flu spread.
Chief Executive Donald Tsang made the announcement on Thursday after a meeting of …
Posted on June 11, 2009 by Swiney .
After Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin figured he could get through just about anything. But being held in quarantine in China amid swine flu concerns on what was supposed to be a simple economic development trip?
“It’s pretty surreal,” Nagin told The Associated Press Wednesday night, speaking from Australia …