Topic: World Health Organization
GENEVA (Reuters) - H1N1 pandemic influenza remains a cause for concern because of its unpredictable nature, even though it has killed fewer than 5,000 people so far this year, the World Health Organisation said on Friday. A statement from the United Nations ...
It was six months ago that scientists discovered an ominous new flu virus, touching off fears of a catastrophic global outbreak that could cause people to drop dead in the streets. Doomsday, of course, never came to pass. Now that the initial ...
TOKYO (Reuters Life!) - For the executive who doesn't have time to come down with the flu, a Japanese company has invented a new form of protection -- the anti-H1N1 suit. Menswear company Haruyama Trading claims the suit can protect wearers from ...
Some 3,917 people have died from swine flu infections since the A(H1N1) virus was uncovered in April, the World Health Organisation said on Friday. This marks a jump of 431 deaths compared to a week ago when 3,486 deaths were recorded, said ...
GENEVA (Reuters) - Early use of antivirals is effective in treating H1N1 flu and health authorities must be vigilant for signs of drug resistance, the World Health Organisation said on Friday. Drug-resistant pandemic flu viruses have appeared infrequently so far and there ...
GENEVA (Reuters) - The World Health Organization said on Thursday it was looking into an unpublished Canadian study indicating that a seasonal flu shot could increase the risk of catching the H1N1 virus. Marie-Paule Kieny, director of the WHO's initiative for vaccine ...
The World Health Organisation said Friday that at least 3,205 people have died from swine flu since the new A(H1N1) virus was uncovered in April. Most of the deaths occured in the Americas region, where 2,467 fatalities have been reported to the ...
The global swine flu pandemic will expose the failure of the international community to invest in health protection in poor countries, the world's top health official warned here Tuesday. World Health Organisation director general Margaret Chan said the pandemic would "test the ...
GENEVA (Reuters) - The pandemic H1N1 flu virus continues to cause widespread infection in many parts of the world but is not becoming more serious, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday. The WHO said it had counted 2,837 deaths worldwide ...
As schools around the world reopen, health authorities are bracing for a major spike in swine flu. Schools are ideal breeding grounds for the virus. Not only are children more susceptible than adults to swine flu, but the crowded, sometimes unsanitary conditions ...
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