Latest Bird Flu News

Is there a history lesson from the swine flu of ‘76?
Saturday November 28th 2009, 9:00 am

As more and more people receive the H1N1 shot, an earlier vaccine is casting a mysterious shadow over the attempt to immunize 200 million people in the next few months. [News Source]

Is there a history lesson from the swine flu of ‘76?
Saturday November 28th 2009, 9:00 am

As more and more people receive the H1N1 shot, an earlier vaccine is casting a mysterious shadow over the attempt to immunize 200 million people in the next few months. [News Source]

Jump in number of global swine flu deaths.
Saturday November 28th 2009, 9:00 am

The global number of swine flu deaths has jumped by more than 1,000 in a week, latest figures from the World Health Organization show. [News Source]

Jump in number of global swine flu deaths.
Saturday November 28th 2009, 9:00 am

The global number of swine flu deaths has jumped by more than 1,000 in a week, latest figures from the World Health Organization show. [News Source]

Experts say swine flu mutations do not warrant new alarm.
Saturday November 28th 2009, 9:00 am

The World Health Organization tried this week to dampen fears about mutations seen in the swine flu virus in several countries, noting that both mutations had been found in very few people. [News Source]

Experts say swine flu mutations do not warrant new alarm.
Saturday November 28th 2009, 9:00 am

The World Health Organization tried this week to dampen fears about mutations seen in the swine flu virus in several countries, noting that both mutations had been found in very few people. [News Source]

H1N1 follows ethnic pattern: Swine flu.
Saturday November 28th 2009, 9:00 am

State and federal health officials wanted to know what kind of people were hospitalized with swine flu, so they studied Anchorage residents who tested positive and were admitted at four area hospitals over several weeks. [News Source]

Nearly 8,000 H1N1 flu deaths worldwide.
Saturday November 28th 2009, 9:00 am

At least 7,826 people worldwide have died from laboratory-confirmed cases of pandemic H1N1 influenza, an increase of more than 1,000 in the last week, but the actual number is probably much larger than that, the World Health Organization has said. [News Source]

Nearly 8,000 H1N1 flu deaths worldwide.
Saturday November 28th 2009, 9:00 am

At least 7,826 people worldwide have died from laboratory-confirmed cases of pandemic H1N1 influenza, an increase of more than 1,000 in the last week, but the actual number is probably much larger than that, the World Health Organization has said. [News Source]

More than 1,000 deaths in past week from H1N1.
Saturday November 28th 2009, 9:00 am

More than half of the latest fatalities were reported by health authorities in the Americas region. Sweden, Norway, Moldova are reporting "very high activity," and health care services are reeling under the strain in Albania nad Moldova. [News Source]

More than 1,000 deaths in past week from H1N1.
Saturday November 28th 2009, 9:00 am

More than half of the latest fatalities were reported by health authorities in the Americas region. Sweden, Norway, Moldova are reporting "very high activity," and health care services are reeling under the strain in Albania nad Moldova. [News Source]

Drug resistant H1N1 no major change in virus: WHO.
Friday November 27th 2009, 9:00 am

Tamiflu resistance in some H1N1 patients with badly weakened immune systems does not seem to reflect a major change in the virus' susceptibility to the frontline drug, the World Health Organization said on Thursday. [News Source]