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The World Health Organization said Friday it is investigating samples of variant swine flu linked to two deaths and one severe case in Norway, but that so far the significance of the mutation is unclear.
Organizers of big sporting and cultural events should take steps to prevent the spread of swine flu, especially if local health systems aren't prepared to handle mass gatherings, the World Health Organization said Friday.
Doctors should give anti-viral drugs to pregnant women, young children and other at-risk groups as soon as they show clinical symptoms of swine flu to prevent them developing serious complications, the World Health Organization said Thursday.
The World Health Organization says it expects GlaxoSmithKline to complete shipping donations of swine flu vaccine to poor countries by May 2010.
In its first study of women's health around the globe, the World Health Organization said Monday that the AIDS virus is the leading cause of death and disease among women between the ages of 15 and 44.
The World Health Organization's flu chief said the swine flu virus has now become the predominant flu strain worldwide.
Russia and Slovakia tightened their borders with Ukraine on Tuesday as the World Health Organization began investigating a suspected swine flu outbreak.
A single dose of swine flu vaccine is enough to immunize adults and children over 10 against the pandemic strain, the World Health Organization said Friday.
The World Health Organization plans to distribute 200 million doses of swine flu vaccine to 100 developing countries.
Fidel Castro has found something to sneeze at in Washington's decision to ease visits by Cuban-Americans to his island: He says more Americans mean more swine flu.
Nearly 5,000 people have reportedly died from swine flu since it emerged this year and developed into a global epidemic, the World Health Organization said Friday.
The World Health Organization will send an emergency team to help the Philippines fight a bacterial disease outbreak that has killed at least 148 people and sickened nearly 2,000 in and around the flood-hit capital, officials said Thursday.
The World Health Organization hopes to begin shipping 60 million doses of swine flu vaccine to poor countries in November as part of an effort to protect their fragile health systems from the pandemic, it said Monday.
Vaccine is the best tool against swine flu despite reports of a few minor side effects from the initial campaign in China, the World Health Organization said Tuesday.
The World Health Organization on Tuesday drastically reduced the amount of radon from natural sources that countries should allow to accumulate in buildings, given the fatal lung cancer it can cause.
Global production of swine flu vaccines will be "substantially less" than the previous maximum forecast of 94 million doses a week, the World Health Organization said Friday.
The World Health Organization says at least 625 people have been reported dead from swine flu in the last week.
The World Health Organization said Friday that Tamiflu should only be given to particularly vulnerable people — a warning to countries like Britain where the swine flu drug is being handed out freely.
The World Health Organization's flu chief urged drug makers on Saturday to donate swine flu vaccines to the world's poorest countries, which are more vulnerable in the fight against the pandemic.
Swine flu vaccine manufacturers are on track to start delivering the first batches of it in September, the World Health Organization said Thursday.
The World Health Organization said Tuesday that 1,154 swine flu victims have died since the virus emerged in April.
The global swine flu epidemic is still in its early stages, even though reports of over 100,000 infections in England alone last week are plausible, the World Health Organization's flu chief said Friday,
Some Muslim countries are advising pregnant women not to attend the hajj pilgrimage. China is quarantining any visitor suspected of having a fever, while priests in New Zealand have been banned from placing Communion wafers on worshippers' tongues.
The World Health Organization says it will stop counting individual cases of swine flu.
A fully licensed swine flu vaccine might not be available until the end of the year, a top official at the World Health Organization said Monday, in a report that could affect many countries' vaccination plans.
A Brief History of Government ImmunizationsAs the start of the federal government's most ambitious vaccination program approaches, it is worth taking a second look at the history of similar campaigns in the past.
AFP: WHO says 2010 vaccines should cover swine fluThe World Health Organisation said Wednesday that vaccines to be prepared for the southern hemisphere's 2010 flu season should offer protection against the pandemic swine flu virus.
Salt of the Earth? Or Maybe Just Scum Methinks there is something rotten going on, but it's not in Denmark. Would you believe Libya? You don't have to be Shakespeare—or even a Shakespeare scholar—to discern it, either.
U.S. Infection Rate Set at 50% with 90,000 DeathsUp to half of the population of the U.S. could come down with the swine flu and 90,000 could die this season, according to a dire report from the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology. More Articles
Why Does Swine Flu Kill Healthy People?While the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta, GA (CDC) is still reporting 20 cases of the new Swine Flu in the U.S., there is some question as to whether they are merely behind the facts, or actually concealing the truth because the World Health Organization (WHO) in Geneva, …
Breast milk a healthier choice? Myths revealedDoes it hurt? Am I allowed to drink alcohol? Health writer Suzanne Schlosberg, author of "The Essential Breastfeeding Log," and Suzanne Fredregill, author of "The Everything Breastfeeding Book," separate fact from fiction.
China seals off town amid plague outbreakA second man has died of pneumonic plague in northwest China, in an outbreak that prompted authorities to lock down a town, a state news agency said.
U.K. military worried some soldiers too fatBritish soldiers are getting so fat it's putting lives at risk, according to a leaked memo from the army's physical training corps published in a Sunday newspaper.
Tanning beds definitely cause skin cancer; Use before age of 30 raises risk by 75%A new scientific analysis has upgraded tanning beds' cancer risk from a likely cause to a definite cause of the disease.
H1N1 Pandemic Spreading Too Fast to CountThe World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Thursday that the H1N1 flu pandemic was the fastest-moving pandemic ever and that it was now pointless to count every case. More Articles
First 'Healthy' Swine Flu Death"We've all been gritting our teeth, waiting for this to happen, and now it has. This doesn't necessarily mean the virus has mutated. "Whether more patients with no underlying health problems die of the disease really depends on what the virus does next." More Articles
Resistant Case of Swine Flu found in San Fransisco Teenexcerpt: ""A San Francisco teenager has been diagnosed with a strain of swine flu that is resistant to the common antiviral drug Tamiflu - an important milestone in the pandemic's evolution. More News Troops pour into city in China's restive west 07.08.09
Level 6 Flu Pandemic Announced: Force Measure Declared? The World Health Organization (WHO) has announced a Level 6 flu pandemic, which may prompt many businesses to call a force majeure on their contracts.
Swine flu outbreak now a pandemic - World Health Organisation - TelegraphThe swine flu outbreak has become a pandemic, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has announced.
Deadly New Ebola-like Virus DiscoveredExperts have identified a highly contagious and lethal new viral disease, which infected five people in Southern Africa. With some similarities to Ebola, the so-called Lujo virus may have passed to people from rodents. More Articles
Tobacco kills - get the picture?Tobacco Health Warnings is the theme for this year's World No Tobacco Day on 31 May.
Groups blast Egypt for killing pigs in flu scareA leading animal rights group criticized Egypt on Monday for using "shocking and cruel" methods to slaughter the country's pigs over swine flu fears,
Swine Flu scare is all over the globe. The threat of a Swine Flu pandemic is imminent according to international news reports. The fear that it could kill a multitude of inhabitants is growing. Everyone should be concerned.
Swine Flu Makes Air-Borne AIDS? The World Health Organization has issued a dire warning to health care officials, warning of the very real possibility that Swine Flu could mutate with the HIV virus into an air-borne version of AIDS.
Politics play big role in world health decisionsAt the U.N. agency spearheading the fight against swine flu, key decisions are based on more than just health issues - politics plays a big role, too.
One Step Away From Full-On PandemicIt was supposed to be President Obama's big 100th-day party, but swine flu has taken over. Everyone leads with the World Health Organization warning that a global pandemic of the A/H1N1 virus appears imminent. The Geneva-based U.N.
Simon Jenkins: Swine flu? A panic stoked in order to posture and spend | The GuardianNot sure I agree with Simon Jenkins, but he does offer a different take on all this Swine Flu "sky is falling" stuff.
Four Confirmed Cases Of Swine Flu In OntarioDr. David Williams, Ontario's Acting Chief Medical Officer of Health, says there are four confirmed cases of swine flu in Ontario. All cases involved travel to Mexico.
WHO Fukuda: No Evidence Swine Flu Is Bioterrorism AttackThe World Health Organization said Sunday there is no evidence an outbreak of swine flu in Mexico represents an act of bioterrorism.
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