Federal Agencies Make Plans For Swine Flu This Fall
Posted August 26, 2009 – 9:08 pm in: health tips, swine fluIn an effort to plan for contingencies, the federal goverment has started making plans for what to do if large number of employees fall sick this fall if and/or when the swine flu starts taking its toll on the second coming of the virus.
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Bill Maher on Swine Flu
Posted May 8, 2009 – 5:42 pm in: mexico outbreak, swine flu No Comments | Tags: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:Swine Flu May Be Less Potent Than Original Fears
Posted May 2, 2009 – 10:09 am in: Obama, mexico outbreak, scientific analysis, swine fluPresident Obama noted that the swine flu may turn out to be only as dangerous as the common flu. In New York City swine flu has not spread far beyond cases linked to one Catholic school. In Mexico very few relatives of flu victims seem to have caught it, which indicates (to a certain extent) [...]
1 Comment | Tags: mutating, new york city, outbreak, president obama, swine fluEncroaching 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 [...]
CDC Statement: ‘Fully expect we will see deaths’
Posted April 28, 2009 – 3:03 pm in: CDC, scientific analysis, swine fluIn a statement designed to share realistic expectations with the public, the CDC announced that they would not be surprised to see some deaths due to the swine flu. It is natural that the flu causes a number of deaths each year, and so a number of the deaths from swine flu would not be [...]
No Comments | Tags: CDC, deaths, swine fluArnold Declares State of Emergency for Swine Flu
Posted April 28, 2009 – 2:57 pm in: Obama, arnold, swine fluGov. Arnold Schwarzenegger proclaimed a state of emergency Tuesday due to the swine flu outbreak, hoping to cut red tape and speed up attempts to respond to the new strain, which has been confirmed in at least 13 California cases.
“While there is no need for alarm, it is the governor’s top priority to limit swine [...]
Swine Flu Hits Ernst & Young In Times Square (NYC)
Posted April 28, 2009 – 2:48 pm in: swine fluSwine Flu has officially hit NYC with a confirmed case of swine flu at the Ernst & Young headquarters in Times Square. The company believes that, because of the virus’ twenty-four hour incubation period, no one else at the office was infected. They released the following statement -
“An employee in our offices at 5 Times [...]