MOSCOW, May 22 – Russia today confirmed its first case of H1N1 flu in a passenger who recently returned from the United States, Interfax news agency quoted a chief public health official as saying. Tests showed a Russian who had recently returned from New York had the H1N1 virus, Gennady Onishchenko, head of the state consumer protection watchdog, was quoted as saying. – Reuters
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A(H1N1) Virus | Swine Flu is Now in the Philippines!!!!
Department of Health confirmed that the country already has a case of the dreaded influenza A(H1N1) virus. The patient who is now quarantined, is a 10-year-old girl who arrived in the Philippines on May 18 from United States.
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
What is H1N1 (swine flu)? Swine Flu Symptoms
What is H1N1 (swine flu)? H1N1 (referred to as “swine flu” early on) is a new influenza virus causing illness in people. This new virus was first detected in people in the United States in April 2009. Other countries, including Mexico and Canada, have reported people sick with this new virus. This virus is spreading from person-to-person, probably in much the same way that regular seasonal influenza viruses spread. Why is this new H1N1 virus sometimes called “swine flu”? This virus was o
AFL-CIO NOW BLOG | Unions Urge OSHA to Enforce Swine FluWorker
With more than 5000 confirmed and probable cases of the H1NI (swine flu) virus in the United States—including 82 infections in health care workers—as well as six deaths and reports that the virus is continuing to spread, the AFL-CIO and …