The number of cases of the A(H1N1) virus, otherwise known as swine flu, is growing in the Middle East, with many new suspected and confirmed cases in the past few days, but so far no one has died of the disease.
According to the World Health Organization’s (WHO’s) latest A(H1N1) update …
Posted on June 25, 2009 by Swiney .
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Seven children and three adults at a summer camp in Minnesota for kids with muscular dystrophy contracted swine flu this month, contributing to the decision by the national Muscular Dystrophy Association to cancel dozens of its remaining summer camps across the country.
The national MDA also reported swine flu cases at …
Posted on June 22, 2009 by Swiney .
The Philippines confirmed Monday its first swine flu-related death — a 49-year-old woman who died from congestive heart failure but who also tested positive for the H1N1 virus.
The fatality is the second in the Asia-Pacific region related to swine flu, following the death of a man in Australia on Friday.
Philippine …
Posted on June 18, 2009 by Swiney .
Half of the doctors, nurses and other health workers who have become sick with the new H1N1 swine flu got it on the job, suggesting they are not taking enough care to protect themselves, U.S. health officials said on Thursday.
The World Health Organization has classified the H1N1 swine flu as …
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 18, 2009 by Swiney .
Vaccine maker Sanofi Aventis said on Wednesday it will donate 100 million doses of vaccine against the new H1N1 swine flu to the World Health Organization once it gets them made.
WHO can then send the vaccines to countries that need them most if it is decided to immunize people against …
Posted on June 16, 2009 by Swiney .
Camp Daniel Boone workers will continue monitoring campers and staff throughout the summer after 47 people came down with symptoms of the H1N1 flu virus, or swine flu.
“We feel like we’re not over and done with it, and we’re going to monitor the situation throughout the summer,” said camp director …
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 …