India Swine Flu Death toll: 558
Posted November 26, 2009 – 4:31 am in: 'pandemic potential'The swine flu death toll in India continues to rise.
‘Report of three deaths has been communicated by the health department of Rajasthan,’ the ministry statement said.
With these deaths, the toll in Rajasthan has gone up to 37. In a late surge in influenza A (H1N1), the desert state has been witnessing both infections and deaths [...]
Swine Flu Explained : Video
Posted May 6, 2009 – 5:58 pm in: 'pandemic potential', CDC, WHO, health tips, hybrid strain, mexico outbreak, pandemic, scientific analysis, swine flu 1 Comment | Tags:Encroaching Pandemic: World Health Organization Raises Alert to Level 5
Posted April 29, 2009 – 2:31 pm in: 'pandemic potential', WHO, pandemic, swine flu, world health organizationThe W.H.O. has raised their Swine Flu warning to level 5, which is the the second highest level, an indication that a full blown pandemic may be imminent. The declaration by the W.H.O. is “a strong signal that a pandemic is imminent,” according to their published guidelines.
The change to a higher phase of alert is [...]
Swine Flu Updates In US and From Across the World
Posted April 29, 2009 – 2:13 pm in: 'pandemic potential', Obama, mexico outbreak, swine fluDeaths: 159 in Mexico, seven confirmed as swine flu, the rest suspected.
Sickened: 2,498 suspected and 19 confirmed in Mexico. Confirmed elsewhere: 91 in U.S.; 13 in Canada; 14 in New Zealand; five in Britain; three in Germany; four in Spain; two in Israel; and one in Austria.
Confirmed U.S. cases by state: 51 in New York, [...]
Swine Flu Not Showing Signs of Slowing
Posted April 29, 2009 – 1:52 pm in: 'pandemic potential', scientific analysis, swine fluW.H.O. assistant director-general Keiji Fukuda said scientists on the ground were seeing the infection spread from person-to-person. “It is clear that the virus is spreading and we don’t see evidence of it slowing down at this point,” said Fukuda.
If this it true, it means that the outbreak is moving closer to being classified as a [...]
WHO Raises Pandemic Flu Alert Level to Phase 4
Posted April 27, 2009 – 2:03 pm in: 'pandemic potential', WHO, swine flu, world health organizationMexico says the World Health Organization has raised its pandemic alert for swine flu by one level, two steps short of declaring a full-blown pandemic.
Mexico health department spokesman Carlos Olmos confirms the move.
WHO says the phase 4 alert means sustained human to human transmission causing outbreaks in at least one country. It signals a significant [...]
Obama on Swine Flu | A Reason for Concern but not yet “A Cause for Alarm”
Posted April 27, 2009 – 1:35 pm in: 'pandemic potential', mexico outbreak, swine fluAfter a confirmed forty cases of swine flu in US, the Obama administration said today that it was going to respond as if the outbreak was developing into a full pandemic, but that it was not yet a cause for real alarm. Officials urged against travel to Mexico as that was where the virus began. [...]
No Comments | Tags: reason for concern, swine fluWorld Health Officials (WHO) make a statement on the International concern over the Swine Flu
Posted April 25, 2009 – 6:09 pm in: 'pandemic potential', swine flu, world health organizationThe World Health Organization acknowledged today that Swine Flu has ‘pandemic potential’. WHO Director-General Margaret Chan (pictured) announced on Saturday that the outbreaks in Mexico and the United States should be considered a ”public health emergency of international concern.” 62 people have already died in Mexico.
For more information see the following article from AOL news - [...]
Swine Flu has scientists scratching their heads
Posted April 23, 2009 – 7:06 pm in: 'pandemic potential', hybrid strain, scientific analysisThe unusual genetic make-up of the swine flu appears to be a combination of 4 different influenza strains. Scientists discuss the implications - http://hybridstrain.swinefluoutbreaknews.com/
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