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Britain’s flu death toll rises to seven after nine year-old dies (TVNZ)

By admin : July 6, 2009

Three more Britons including two children have died after contracting the H1N1 swine flu virus, taking to seven the number of people in Britain who have died after catching the infection, health officials said on Tuesday

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10,200 confirmed H1N1 flu cases, according to WHO

By admin : May 20, 2009

Reuters:GENEVA (Reuters) – The number of confirmed cases of the new Influenza A (H1N1) flu has risen to 10,243 and the death toll has edged up to 80, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday.Most of the new cases are in the United States, which has seen 5,469 outbreaks of the virus so far, the WHO said as it focuses on the H1N1 virus that has brought the world to the brink of a pandemic.Tags: H1N1 Flu

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Are We Lumberjacks?: H1N1 Flu

By admin : May 20, 2009

GENEVA (Reuters) – The number of confirmed cases of the new Influenza A (H1N1) flu has risen to 10243 and the death toll has edged up to 80, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday. Ummmm, so this panic is about a flu that …

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Swine flu cases spread in Asia, Americas (AFP via Yahoo! News)

Mexico’s swine flu death toll rose by four as the virus continued to spread through Latin America and made inroads in Asia, with the number of Japanese infections topping 200.

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Top 10 Worst Pandemics

The death toll from it has yet to reach 100, but an outbreak of swine flu has gotten huge amounts of attention in the media in recent weeks. Even though regular flu viruses have killed thousands in that time, swine flu is all over the news because of worry that it could escalate into a [...]

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