W.H.O. Raises Alert Level as Flu Spreads to 74 Countries
Posted by Xander in Headlines on 11. Jun, 2009 | No Comments
NICK CUMMING-BRUCE and ANDREW JACOBS
NY Times
June 11, 2009
GENEVA — The World Health Organization has told its member nations it is declaring a swine flu pandemic — the first global flu epidemic in 41 years, news services reported.
The move came after an emergency meeting with flu experts here that was convened after a sharp rise [...]
Swine Flu Is No Typical Pandemic as WHO Tries to Reassure World
Posted by Xander in Headlines on 02. Jun, 2009 | No Comments
Jason Gale
Bloomberg
June 2, 2009
The World Health Organization is caught between a virus and a hard place.
The agency, having spent the past five years alerting the world to the dangers of a pandemic, is now looking for a way to declare one without causing panic. WHO Director-General Margaret Chan and colleagues spent seven hours yesterday consulting [...]
W.H.O. May Raise Alert Level as Swine Flu Cases Leap in Japan
Posted by Xander in Headlines on 17. May, 2009 | No Comments
DONALD G. McNEIL Jr.
nytimes
May 17, 2009
The number of swine flu cases in Japan soared over the weekend, raising the likelihood that the World Health Organization will soon have to raise its pandemic alert level to 6, the highest level.
On Sunday, the assistant principal of a school in Queens died after being hospitalized with swine flu. [...]
Swine Flu Complications Kill Man In US
Posted by Xander in Headlines on 10. May, 2009 | No Comments
Sky News
Sunday, May 10, 2009
A third swine flu victim has died in the United States, after suffering apparent complications of the H1N1 influenza virus.
The deceased man, who was treated in the northwestern state of Washington, was in his 30s and had an underlying heart condition.
“This death is tragic. Our thoughts are with all [...]