For health authorities worldwide, the question remained how far the virus would spread and how serious would it be. The WHO remained at pandemic alert level 5, meaning a pandemic is imminent.
“If it spreads around the world you will see hundreds of millions of people get infected,” the WHO’s Dr. …
Posted on May 6, 2009 by Swiney .
Posted on May 6, 2009 by Swiney .
A Texas woman with the H1N1 flu virus died earlier this week, state health officials said, the second death outside of Mexico, where the epidemic appeared to be waning.
Officials identified the woman as a 33-year-old pregnant schoolteacher who fell into a coma and had her baby delivered by Caesarean section. …
Posted on May 4, 2009 by Swiney .
The number of confirmed cases of swine flu jumped to 1,025 on Monday, comprising 20 countries, the World Health Organization said.
The death toll climbed as well as Mexico’s health minister announced that a 26th person in the country was confirmed to have died from the H1N1 virus, also called …