Swine flu claimed the life of a 26-year-old woman on Sunday, the Philadelphia Department of Public Health announced yesterday. It is the city’s first swine-flu fatality.
“When these cases are suspected and confirmed, the Division of Disease Control [does] a follow up with family and close contacts,” said Department of Public …
Posted on June 9, 2009 by Swiney .
Posted on June 8, 2009 by Swiney .
India has confirmed three fresh cases of swine flu in the last week, including the first known case in the country’s capital, New Delhi.
The Health Ministry says a 35-year-old man who flew from New York to New Delhi on Air India has been quarantined after testing positive for swine flu. …
Posted on June 7, 2009 by Swiney .
Four people suffering from swine flu are being treated in intensive care wards in hospitals in and around Glasgow tonight.
The four — all aged under 50 — are the only cases in Britain to require intensive care treatment for the H1N1 virus, and are among 88 confirmed cases of swine …
Posted on June 7, 2009 by Swiney .
The number of swine flu cases in the UK is probably double the official figure, a leading bacteriologist has said.
The official total stands at well above 500 after more cases were confirmed on Saturday, but Prof Hugh Pennington told BBC 5 Live the real figure is higher.
“I think it would …
Posted on June 1, 2009 by Swiney .
New York City’s medical examiner is reportedly investigating whether swine flu caused the death of a Bronx baby.
The family of 11-week-old Steven Montanez tells the Daily News that the baby had the flu when his aunt found him unconscious on Thursday.
The Health Department had no comment on the report Monday. …
Posted on May 29, 2009 by Swiney .
A U.S. health official said a swine flu vaccine could be available as early as October, but only if production and testing run smoothly this summer.
Anne Schuchat of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said the agency began shipping virus samples to manufacturers in the past several days. The …
Posted on May 28, 2009 by Swiney .
Australia’s government ordered 10 million doses of swine flu vaccine being developed by pharmaceutical company CSL Ltd (CSL.AX) on Thursday as the number of confirmed H1N1 cases in Australia topped 100.
Health Minister Nicola Roxon said the government would also buy a further 1.6 million courses of antiviral drug Relenza to …
Posted on May 27, 2009 by Swiney .
As the H1N1 swine flu virus continues to wax and wane in different parts of the country, U.S. health officials said they were working as fast as possible to learn as much as they can about the novel pathogen before the return of the flu season in the fall.
The reason …
Posted on May 26, 2009 by Swiney .
A Maryland-based unit of AstraZeneca will share in an $811 million U.S. government order of components and tests of a swine-flu vaccine for stockpiles to protect health-care workers along with children and other vulnerable people.
The orders were placed with GlaxoSmithKline Plc, Novartis AG, CSL Ltd., MedImmune Inc. — which AstraZeneca …