(CNN) — The World Health Organization raised the swine flu alert Thursday [June 11, 2009] to its highest level, saying the H1N1 virus has spread to enough countries to be considered a global pandemic.
“This is an important and challenging day for all of us,” WHO Director General Margaret Chan said in a briefing with reporters. [...]
The A/H1N1 flu [a h1n1 virus / a(h1n1) virus] continues to spread around the world, and in some places rapidly. As of Friday, June 12, there were 29,669 confirmed cases A/H1N1 [a h1n1 virus / a(h1n1) virus] in 74 countries and regions, including 145 deaths, the World Health Organization (WHO) said.
WASHINGTON (AP) by Lauran Neergaard — Schoolchildren could be first in line for swine flu [a h1n1] vaccine this fall — and schools are being put on notice that they might even be turned into shot clinics.
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said Tuesday she is urging school superintendents around the country to spend [...]
ScienceDaily (June 2, 2009) — Scientists around the world are accelerating their efforts to develop a vaccine against the H1N1 influenza virus (Swine flu) as rapidly as possible, reports Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News (GEN). The need for such a vaccine received a strong impetus from the World Health Organization, which has issued a Phase [...]
By Maggie Fox, Health and Science Editor
WASHINGTON, June 18 (Reuters) – The new strain of H1N1 flu is causing “something different” to happen in the United States this year — perhaps an extended year-round flu season that disproportionately hits young people, health officials said on Thursday.
So far the virus [H1N1 virus] is causing mild to [...]
June 23 (Reuters) – The WHO [World Health Organization) has declared an influenza pandemic and advised governments to prepare for a long-term battle against the virus.
Latvia has registered its first confirmed case of the A (H1N1) flu virus. A second Australian diagnosed with H1N1 has died. Honduras has confirmed its first H1N1 swine flu death. [...]
By Steve Sternberg. USA TODAY
The World Health Organization’s decision Thursday to declare the first influenza pandemic in nearly half a century has prompted public health experts worldwide to plan for an extended siege of global illness.
“When you’re talking about pandemic influenza, you’re talking about a marathon, not a sprint,” says the WHO’s top flu expert, [...]
GENEVA, June 2 (Xinhua) — As the A/H1N1 flu virus spreads further around the world, the World Health Organization (WHO) is getting closer to declaring a full pandemic, a senior official of the UN agency said on Tuesday.
“Globally we believe that we are at phase 5, but we are getting closer to phase 6,” said [...]
