Topic: World Health Organization
GENEVA (Reuters) - The H1N1 flu virus has run its course and the pandemic is over, the head of the World Health Organization said on Tuesday. "We are now moving into the post-pandemic period," WHO Director-General Margaret Chan told a teleconference, saying ...
Experts advising the World Health Organisation on whether to end the year-old swine flu pandemic alert could now meet as late as August, the agency's chief said on Wednesday. An emergency committee of 15 scientists headed by Australian infectious diseases expert John ...
JAKARTA (Reuters) - A four year-old Indonesian girl has died from H5N1 bird flu virus, and three other people in the area - who did not have contact with the child - are being tested for the virus, an official said on ...
The micro-blogging site Twitter could act as an early warning system for epidemics, a team of experts at London's City University found in a new study published on Tuesday. According to a team of interdisciplinary experts, around three million messages -- or ...
Infectious diseases experts warned Saturday the world should guard against complacency and maintain surveillance of swine flu and other viruses, and stressed the need for prevention. While surveillance is important, "prevention really is the thing we have to go for in the ...
Bulgarian authorities say dead bird tests positive for H5N1 virusA dead bird found near Bulgaria's Black Sea port of Varna has tested positive for the deadly H5N1 virus, officials said Thursday. The Agriculture Ministry said the tests on a common buzzard were ...
Bird flu outbreaks that have killed seven people in several countries so far this year show the virus remains a threat to humans, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said Wednesday. "The newly confirmed human and poultry cases of avian influenza this year ...
GENEVA (Reuters) - The current H1N1 swine flu pandemic is relatively less severe than some other influenza outbreaks, the World Health Organization said on Wednesday. "This pandemic appears to be on the less severe side of the spectrum of pandemics that we ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The pandemic of H1N1 swine flu has not yet peaked, a committee of experts advised the World Health Organization on Tuesday. "The committee advised that it was premature to conclude that all parts of the world have experienced peak ...
GENEVA (Reuters) - Flu experts convened Tuesday to assess whether the H1N1 pandemic has peaked, the World Health Organization (WHO) said. Such a recommendation -- which is widely expected -- would signal infections are falling in most countries but fresh waves can ...
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