GENEVA : Global health chiefs warned on Friday that Influenza A (H1N1) flu could soon hit much harder in the world’s poorest countries and its spread in Asia was in danger of accelerating with the change of season.
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WHO’s Chan “will not shy away” from pandemic alert – Reuters
Xinhua WHO’s Chan “will not shy away” from pandemic alertReutersBy Laura MacInnis GENEVA (Reuters) – The head of the World Health Organization said on Thursday she would not hesitate to raise the global pandemic alert to the top of the six-point scale if the new H1N1 flu is spreading globally.Video: H1N1 virus at Lawrence University [...]
10,200 confirmed H1N1 flu cases, according to WHO
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
Are We Lumberjacks?: H1N1 Flu
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 …
WHO seeks swine flu vaccine help for poor nations
GENEVA (AP) — The World Health Organization urged drugmakers to reserve some of their pandemic swine flu vaccine for poor countries, but received few concrete offers as experts disclosed that an effective flu shot is still months away….