The World Health Organization may declare a full-fledged swine flu pandemic in the coming days now that the virus has swept through Japan
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Rising Japan swine flu cases mostly students (AFP via Yahoo! News)
The number of swine flu infections in Japan rose to 196, most of them school students, as the outbreak spread to a third western prefecture, officials and media said.
Despite Quarantine Inspections, Swine Flu STILL Spreading
To stop swine flu before it could sneak off airplanes arriving from North America, Japan dispatched masked health inspectors with fever-sensing guns to walk among passengers.
Drug firms make commitment on flu vaccine-WHO chief – Reuters
TVNZ Drug firms make commitment on flu vaccine-WHO chiefReutersGENEVA, May 19 (Reuters) – Vaccine makers from rich and poor countries have given “a very serious commitment” to the World Health Organisation on the provision of H1N1 flu vaccines, WHO director-general Margaret Chan said on Tuesday.Japan Fears Spread of Swine Flu as Cases Rise Washington PostUS Preparing [...]
Swine Flu May Impact Capcom's E3 | GamePolitics
Japan, which has seen a recent jump in swine flu cases, has been closing schools in Hyogo and Osaka prefectures at the request of the government. The outbreak could keep Japanese employees of the Resident Evil publisher away from E3: …