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 .
After six weeks of closely watching the spread of H1N1 swine influenza across the globe, the World Health Organization (WHO) today declared the outbreak an official pandemic, raising the threat alert from 5 to 6, its highest level.
Officials were careful to note, however, that the announcement reflected the flu’s reach, …
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 …
Posted on June 9, 2009 by Swiney .
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 May 23, 2009 by Swiney .
The federal government has asked three drug companies to make enough swine flu vaccine to immunize at least 20 million people in key positions in health care, national security and emergency services, officials said yesterday.
The order, announced by Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, is part of a $1 …
Posted on May 18, 2009 by Swiney .
Japan rushed to contain a widening outbreak of swine flu on Monday as global health ministers met in Geneva to discuss vaccine preparations and other preventative measures against the new flu strain.
Japanese cases of the H1N1 strain of influenza reached 135 after the government confirmed 74 new infections, including in …
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 …