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Health

WHO rejects criticism it acted too slowly on swine flu

Geneva - The World Health Organization Friday rejected criticism that it was too slow in reacting...
» read full story May 01st, 2009 - 16:09

What is swine flu? 

Stockholm  - The current outbreak of swine flu which has caused alarm around the world is a...
» read full story April 28th, 2009 - 17:41

Seven Cases of Human Swine Flu Reported in the US

The number of people contracting swine flu is on the rise in the United States with the Centers for...
» read full story April 24th, 2009 - 15:05

Two Cases of Human Swine Flu Traced in California

Two kids in California got infected with swine flu in late March but they recovered, according to...
» read full story April 22nd, 2009 - 15:41

3-year-old in Vietnam dies of bird flu

   Hanoi  - A 3-year-old Vietnamese boy has died of avian influenza after four...
» read full story March 20th, 2009 - 09:51
Popular Flu Medicine Is No Longer Efficient Due to Mutations

Popular Flu Medicine Is No Longer Efficient Due to Mutations

Researchers reported Monday that Tamiflu-resistant influenza A viruses are now spreading widely...
» read full story March 03rd, 2009 - 00:23
Flu Viruses Mutate, Become Resistant to Tamiflu

Flu Viruses Mutate, Become Resistant to Tamiflu

A recent government study showed that the influenza A viruses that resist the antiviral drug...
» read full story March 02nd, 2009 - 21:09
Scientists Make Astonishing Breakthrough in the Flight against Flu

Scientists Make Astonishing Breakthrough in the Flight against Flu

Researchers at the Burnham Institute for Medical Research, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in...
» read full story February 23rd, 2009 - 14:00
It’s High Time Children Were Strongly Protected Against the Flu’s Massive Attack

It’s High Time Children Were Strongly Protected Against the Flu’s Massive Attack

It appears that the flu caused the death of the 10-year-old Long Island, New York child. Cynthia...
» read full story February 18th, 2009 - 19:07
10-Year-Old Girl Dies of Flu in Long Island

10-Year-Old Girl Dies of Flu in Long Island

  A Levittown elementary school student died over the weekend apparently because influenza,...
» read full story February 18th, 2009 - 14:25
More Hong Kong Birds Test Positive for H5N1

More Hong Kong Birds Test Positive for H5N1

  Three of the 21 dead birds that were recently discovered on Hong Kong’s shores tested...
» read full story February 05th, 2009 - 14:50
Scientists Announce Breakthrough in Flu Vaccine Development

Scientists Announce Breakthrough in Flu Vaccine Development

A team of researchers working under Japan’s Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry has...
» read full story February 05th, 2009 - 14:43
Hong Kong’s Government Does Not Want to Admit Bird Flu Outbreak

Hong Kong’s Government Does Not Want to Admit Bird Flu Outbreak

  Hong Kong has not officially reported any cases of bird flu since December, but a Hong Kong...
» read full story February 04th, 2009 - 16:48
Young Girl Lucky To Be Alive After Bird Flu

Young Girl Lucky To Be Alive After Bird Flu

Amazing as it sounds, a 3-year-old girl has become the youngest person ever in China to recover...
» read full story February 04th, 2009 - 15:14
Flu Outbreak Expected This Winter! Single Anti-Flu Treatment Not Enough

Flu Outbreak Expected This Winter! Single Anti-Flu Treatment Not Enough

This season it is recommended that doctors prescribe rimantidine along with Tamiflu because this...
» read full story February 02nd, 2009 - 15:00
China Reports Its 4th Bird Flu Victim

China Reports Its 4th Bird Flu Victim

Another Chinese woman has died of bird flu, the Health Ministry said Saturday.  She is the...
» read full story January 24th, 2009 - 15:50
Tamiflu-resistant Flu Strain Found in Salt Lake County

Tamiflu-resistant Flu Strain Found in Salt Lake County

Health officials from the Salt Lake Valley Health Department have found a recently mutated strain...
» read full story January 21st, 2009 - 15:33
Boy, 16, Dies of Bird Flu in China! Stronger Prevention and Supervision Programs Are Needed

Boy, 16, Dies of Bird Flu in China! Stronger Prevention and Supervision Programs Are Needed

A 16-year-old boy has died of bird flu in central China, becoming the third victim in China in...
» read full story January 20th, 2009 - 11:33
China Fears Bird Flu Could Kill Thousands During Lunar New Year

China Fears Bird Flu Could Kill Thousands During Lunar New Year

The bird flu is making new victims, this time in China. The Chinese Health Ministry said on its...
» read full story January 19th, 2009 - 12:56
Flu Strain Resistant To Antiviral Treatment Found This Season

Flu Strain Resistant To Antiviral Treatment Found This Season

 Physicians have found a recently mutated strain of flu that resists the most commonly...
» read full story January 09th, 2009 - 14:10
Bird Flu Makes More Victims: Vietnam Announces Second Human Case of Bird Flu

Bird Flu Makes More Victims: Vietnam Announces Second Human Case of Bird Flu

Health officials earlier this week confirmed Vietnam’s first human case of bird flu since...
» read full story January 08th, 2009 - 13:20
China Confirms Beijing Woman Died of Bird Flu

China Confirms Beijing Woman Died of Bird Flu

 A Chinese woman has died of the H5N1 bird flu virus in Beijing, the World Health Organisation...
» read full story January 06th, 2009 - 14:16
Drug-Resistant Influenza Strain

Drug-Resistant Influenza Strain

Doctors in Norway discovered that there is a drug-resistant influenza strain which might be linked...
» read full story December 31st, 2008 - 19:44
Secrets Released About the 1918 Pandemic Flu

Secrets Released About the 1918 Pandemic Flu

Researchers have recently discovered the cause which had led to the death of so many people...
» read full story December 30th, 2008 - 19:52
Genes Caused the 1918 Spanish Flu Pandemic

Genes Caused the 1918 Spanish Flu Pandemic

Researchers found out the main cause of the deadly 1918 flu pandemic. Apparently, the main cause of...
» read full story December 30th, 2008 - 13:24
Health Authorities: US Flu Strain Resistant to Tamiflu

Health Authorities: US Flu Strain Resistant to Tamiflu

United States health authorities warned the population that the current strain of flu circulating...
» read full story December 22nd, 2008 - 13:36
This Year’s Flu Bugs Are Resistant to Tamiflu

This Year’s Flu Bugs Are Resistant to Tamiflu

Government health officials announced Friday that a leading flu medicine, Tamiflu, might not work...
» read full story December 20th, 2008 - 17:05
Bird Flu Found In China Too

Bird Flu Found In China Too

Chinese agriculture officials have recently announced that they have found poultry infected with a...
» read full story December 17th, 2008 - 14:29
Get Your Flu Shot! Flu Vaccine, the Best Option for Protection against Influenza

Get Your Flu Shot! Flu Vaccine, the Best Option for Protection against Influenza

In an attempt to encourage people to get their flu shot, the Centers for Disease Control and...
» read full story December 11th, 2008 - 11:18
Flu Season Continues to Pose a Major Health Threat

Flu Season Continues to Pose a Major Health Threat

Despite annual vaccinations, the U.S. faces a burden of influenza that results in thousands of...
» read full story September 29th, 2008 - 16:20
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Science

New Flu Vaccine Based On Human Antibodies May Come In Years

A new vaccine fighting several strains of the flu, including the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu,...
» read full story February 25th, 2009 - 10:20
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World

Mexico's flu death toll rises to 44

Mexico City  - The number of dead in Mexico's epidemic of a hitherto-unknown strain of flu...
» read full story May 07th, 2009 - 22:37

Mexico's flu death toll reaches 42

Mexico City - The number of deaths in Mexico known to have been caused by the outbreak of a...
» read full story May 06th, 2009 - 23:36

Japan triples medical staff at airports to check for flu

   Tokyo - Japanese airports increased the number of quarantine officials Tuesday as...
» read full story May 05th, 2009 - 20:48

Japanese teenager suspected of swine flu after return from Canada

   Tokyo - A Japanese woman arriving from the United States Thursday tested negative...
» read full story May 01st, 2009 - 12:17

New Zealand school isolates 31 swine flu suspects

Wellington - Twenty-seven students from a New Zealand college orchestra and four teachers are being...
» read full story May 01st, 2009 - 11:14

At swine flu epicentre, death toll climbs amid world alert

As the death toll climbed to 152 in Mexico, countries around the world took steps to warn the...
» read full story April 29th, 2009 - 09:27

Bird flu claims fifth human victim in China in one month

Beijing  - A 21-year-old woman was confirmed infected with bird flu in central China's Hunan...
» read full story February 01st, 2009 - 11:13
Beijing Woman Dies Of Bird Flu

Beijing Woman Dies Of Bird Flu

 A Chinese woman has died of the H5N1 bird flu virus in Beijing, the World Health Organisation...
» read full story January 07th, 2009 - 07:53
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U.S.

Doctors report third US death from swine flu

   Washington - A man suffering heart problems died from were called complications...
» read full story May 10th, 2009 - 22:21

US swine flu cases increase to 642, likely to spread

Washington - The number of people sickened by swine influenza in the United States increased to 642...
» read full story May 06th, 2009 - 23:08

US braces for worse from swine flu

Washington - The United States braced for worse from the swine flu outbreak Tuesday as officials...
» read full story April 29th, 2009 - 09:30
Flu Strain Resistant To Antiviral Treatment Found

Flu Strain Resistant To Antiviral Treatment Found

 Physicians have found a recently mutated strain of flu that resists the most commonly...
» read full story January 11th, 2009 - 10:08
Get Your Flu Shot! Flu Vaccine, The Best Option For Protection Against Influenza

Get Your Flu Shot! Flu Vaccine, The Best Option For Protection Against Influenza

In an attempt to encourage people to get their flu shot, the Centers for Disease Control and...
» read full story December 11th, 2008 - 19:51
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Specials

New Flu Vaccine Based on Human Antibodies May Come in Years

A new vaccine fighting several strains of the flu, including the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu,...
» read full story February 24th, 2009 - 15:00
Bird Flu Outbreak in China Raises Concern Over Human Transmission

Bird Flu Outbreak in China Raises Concern Over Human Transmission

  Chinese authorities announced on Tuesday that they had begun destroying and vaccinating...
» read full story December 18th, 2008 - 13:23
Update: The Efficacy Of Hong Kong’s Bird Flu Vaccine Questioned

Update: The Efficacy Of Hong Kong’s Bird Flu Vaccine Questioned

This week’s bird flu outbreak is the first incident of this type on a Hong Kong farm since 2003,...
» read full story December 10th, 2008 - 16:20
New Bird Flu Outbreak Reported In Hong Kong

New Bird Flu Outbreak Reported In Hong Kong

Commonly known as the “bird flu” or “avian flu,” avian influenza is a type of influenza caused by...
» read full story December 09th, 2008 - 19:23

Survivors of 1918 Flu Pandemic Still Immune

Although hard to believe antibodies from survivors of the most devastating 1918 influenza pandemic...
» read full story August 18th, 2008 - 18:46
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Business

GSK’s Shares Up on EU Permission to Sell Bird-Flu Vaccine

GSK’s Shares Up on EU Permission to Sell Bird-Flu Vaccine

GlaxoSmithKline, the United Kingdom-based pharmaceutical, biological, and healthcare company,...
» read full story May 19th, 2008 - 21:51
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