The Health Authorities yesterday warned dengue and A H1N1 would come to a peak this year claiming more victims as the combined death toll from both diseases in the past year stood at a alarming 366.
There were 33, 075 cases and 533 reported cases of dengue and A H1N1 by yesterday according to the Government [...]
In the rare cases when the H1N1 virus kills, scientists have found, it penetrates deep into the lungs, creating widespread damage — a pattern similar to what killed millions during previous flu pandemics in 1918 and 1957.
The New York Office of Chief Medical Examiner examined medical records, autopsy reports and microscopic slides of 34 people [...]
As many Americans prepare for Thanksgiving tomorrow, with millions expected to travel over the holiday weekend, the latest news from the World Health Organization (WHO) could worry many; WHO has received reports from both the U.K. and the the U.S. of a H1N1 swine flu virus which now appears to be mutating and developing a [...]
The Centers for Disease Control has issued new warnings you’ll want to consider if you or your family is thinking about getting the H1N1 vaccine.
Janey Pearl, spokeswoman for the Arizona Department of Health Services, said they are working with the Centers for Disease Control to track everyone receiving the H1N1 vaccine.
Each Tuesday the CDC distributes [...]
A supercomputer at the University of Texas in Austin is being used to help study swine flu and determine the best use of the limited vaccine.
KXAN-TV reports the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention used information from the UT research group for the distribution strategy of the vaccine.
Data produced by the supercomputer also shows that [...]
Two forms of the flu will be circulating this year – the seasonal, or “regular” flu, and the 2009 H1N1 flu.
In fact, the flu season is upon us a little earlier than usual this year. This is largely due to the emergence of H1N1 influenza, a new form of the virus that merits special [...]
A number of students from a few schools in the country had been confirmed as positive for pandemic Influenza A (H1N1) within the last few days indicating wide spread community transmission among the general public, Sri Lanka’s Epidemiology Unit of the Health Ministry said.
Over the weekend 17 confirmed cases have been reported bringing the total [...]
The annual ritual of fending off the flu is more complicated this fall as Americans weigh getting two vaccines.
The vaccine to fight seasonal flu is already widely available, although some areas have reported supply shortages or delays. But a new vaccine to protect against the H1N1 virus, commonly known as swine flu, is just starting [...]
Muslims across the world celebrated Eid al-Fitr on Sunday marking the end of Ramadan, but authorities urged caution as large social gatherings and returning Mecca pilgrims fuelled fears of swine flu spreading.
In Cairo, where two people have died from the A(H1N1) flu virus and nearly 900 cases of infection have been reported, preachers suggested worshippers [...]
The World Health Organization on Wednesday urged Asian countries to prepare for a surge in swine flu cases as the northern hemisphere’s winter approaches.
Much of Asia has so far been hit relatively lightly, but the WHO said hospitals in the region should be prepared for “a surge of severe cases requiring active case management.”
“A winter [...]
Sri Lankan health authorities said Tuesday that three more A/H1N1 flu cases have been confirmed in the country, bring the total number of A/H1N1 patients to 86.
The Epidemiological Unit of the Health Ministry said in its latest report that the new patients have arrived form Malaysia and India.
Health [...]
An increasing number of countries, including some in Asia, are now reporting Tamiflu resistant H1N1 virus. The worrying development, according to WHO, has seen 12 countries including China and Singapore. India has not reported the mutation in the virus so far.
The changes in the virus reported in samples are making these strains of swine flu [...]
UN agency warns of more deadly H1N1-bird flu mix after outbreak on Chilean farms
ROME – AN H1N1 flu outbreak in turkeys in Chile has raised fears that the new virus could combine with avian influenza and mutate into a more dangerous disease, especially in South-east Asia, which has been hardest hit by bird flu, the [...]
Nearly 2 million Americans could be hospitalized during this winter’s novel H1N1 influenza pandemic, with as many as 300,000 clogging intensive care units in heavily affected regions, according to a report released Monday by the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology.
Overall, 20% to 40% of the population could develop symptoms of the strain [...]
