Topic: World Health Organization

Online gangs cash in on swine flu

LONDON (Reuters) - Criminal gangs are making millions of dollars out of the H1N1 flu pandemic by selling fake flu drugs over the internet, a web security firm said on Monday. Sophos, a British security software firm said it had intercepted hundreds ...
More than 6,250 people have died in the swine flu pandemic, World Health Organisation data showed Friday, as the global death rate appeared to slow. The number of deaths from the A(H1N1) pandemic in the week to November 8 grew by about ...

Flu infections starting to peak in some areas: WHO

GENEVA (Reuters) - Flu infections may be peaking in some parts of the northern hemisphere, but are still spreading fast in others, the World Health Organization said on Friday. In an update on the H1N1 swine flu virus, the WHO said parts ...

Google launches online flu shot finder

Google on Tuesday launched an online tool for tracking down where to get vaccinations against H1N1 and seasonal influenza in the United States. The flu-shot finder service went live online at google.com/flushot and will soon be available at flu.gov and websites of ...

WHO says pandemic flu on rise in China, Japan

GENEVA (Reuters) - H1N1 swine flu is on the rise in China and Japan after triggering an unusually early start to the winter influenza season in Europe, Central Asia and North America, the World Health Organization said on Friday. According to the ...

Animals need to be closely watched for flu

GENEVA (Reuters) - Some pigs, turkeys and household pets have become infected with the H1N1 flu, but the pandemic virus does not yet appear to be spreading quickly among animals, the World Health Organization said on Friday. WHO spokesman Gregory Hartl said ...
The World Health Organisation on Friday called for close monitoring of farm workers and animals for influenza A viruses, following recent cases in a wider range of creatures than pigs. Although the WHO stressed that the cases were isolated and had no ...

Global swine flu toll passes 6,000 mark: WHO

The number of swine flu deaths has grown by more than 370 over a week to pass 6,000, as the pandemic spread into more than 199 countries and territories, World Health Organisation data showed Friday. The A(H1N1) pandemic is currently being fuelled ...
WHO flu chief: Swine flu virus now the predominant flu strain worldwide; vaccine 'highly safe'The World Health Organization's flu chief said the swine flu virus has now become the predominant flu strain worldwide. In some countries, swine flu accounts for up to ...

WHO urges people to maintain guard over swine flu

The World Health Organisation on Thursday urged people not to drop their guard over the swine flu pandemic and insisted on the value of vaccination despite the broadly mild symptoms of the virus. "At the WHO we remain quite concerned about the ...