* U.N. leaders meet executives from 30 flu vaccine makers
* Too early to say who would need H1N1 vaccine, U.S. says
* Drug companies say ready to start making pandemic jabs
* Continued spread of flu raises prospect of Phase 6 alert
Health officials sought on Tuesday to find ways to increase the …
Posted on May 19, 2009 by Swiney .
Posted on May 19, 2009 by Swiney .
The grieving widow of beloved educator Mitchell Wiener vowed Monday night to return to the classroom within days at an emotional vigil for the city’s first swine flu victim.
Bonnie Wiener, who teaches at Intermediate School 238 in Hollis, Queens, where her husband was an assistant principal, told mourners she will …
Posted on May 19, 2009 by Swiney .
New York City named Louisiana pediatrician and epidemiologist Thomas Farley to head the city’s health department on Monday amid an H1N1 flu outbreak that killed a New York educator on Sunday.
Mayor Michael Bloomberg chose Farley to replace Thomas Frieden, who was picked last week by President Barack Obama to head …
Posted on May 18, 2009 by Swiney .
May 18 (Reuters) – Greece confirmed its first case of H1N1 flu on Monday, a student who returned from the United States at the weekend.
Deputy Health Minister George Papageorgiou told a news conference initial tests confirmed the 19-year-old had the virus, adding: “This is not a heavy case, he is …
Posted on May 18, 2009 by Swiney .
New York City health officials announced the closure of three more school buildings for Tuesday, bringing the total number of schools closed due to swine flu to 16.
Health Commissioner Dr. Thomas Frieden and Schools Chancellor Joel Klein today announced that the City Health Department has recommended closing the Q209 building …
Posted on May 18, 2009 by Swiney .
An Upper East Side private boy’s academy closed Monday, joining the 11 city schools already shuttered by swine flu, as the mayor mourned New York’s first flu fatality.
St. David’s, a private Catholic school on E 86th St, closed down after several students reported flu symptoms.
“They chose to close, we did …
Posted on May 18, 2009 by Swiney .
Just a quick report on the first swine flu death in New York.
Posted on May 18, 2009 by Swiney .
If people have conditions such as diabetes, emphysema and asthma and have been exposed to someone with flu, see a doctor, New York health officials said.
“Flu spreads, and that is what the H1N1 virus is doing. While the symptoms of H1N1 (swine origin) flu seem to resemble those of seasonal …
Posted on May 18, 2009 by Swiney .
In this May 15, 2009 file photo, Anita Seeratan, 13, an 8th grader at the Susan B. Anthony middle school, holds up a copy of the 2005 yearbook open to the page with the photograph of assistant Principal Mitchell Wiener, in New York. A hospital official said Sunday May 17, …
Posted on May 18, 2009 by Swiney .
The H1N1 flu strain is spreading fast in Japan and the world may be seeing an influenza pandemic unfold, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday.
WHO Director-General Margaret Chan said the flu outbreak needed to be tackled with the utmost seriousness because there were still many unknowns about which …