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WHO puts back decision on smallpox virus samples
After two days of dispute over the future of smallpox virus samples, member states of the World Health Organization decided Tuesday to postpone their...
Health: New Zealand still experiencing ‘significant’ swine flu
New Zealand is still experiencing a significant level of swine flu, health authorities said Wednesday, despite the World Health Organization's declaration that the global...
Health insurance: 656 swine flu deaths in Turkey
Swine flu has killed 656 people in Turkey since October, the health ministry said Thursday.
The death toll was given in a statement issued to...
Swine flu activity is decreasing across the UK
Most indicators show that flu activity is continuing to decrease across the UK. Some caution must be exercised, however, as the indicators may be...
Public health significance of H1N1 virus mutation detected in Norway
The Norwegian Institute of Public Health has informed World Health Organization of a mutation detected in three H1N1 viruses. The viruses were isolated from...
H1N1 may cost the UK economy £72 billions
A severe H1N1 flu pandemic could cost the UK economy 72 billion pounds, scientists said on Friday, but advised against closing schools even if...
Only 5% of pregnant women had agreed to be vaccinated against swine flu
Several newspapers have reported that pregnant women and other vulnerable people are refusing to have the swine flu vaccine. The Times reported that a...
UK swine flu cases are falling for the first time since August
UK swine flu cases have fallen for the first time since August, down to 64,000 new infections in the past week. It is thought...
Swine Flu vaccines start today in England’s NHS Hospitals
More than 11 million people in England will be offered it first.
NHS Hospitals will begin vaccinating frontline healthcare workers and their patients who fall...
Sanofi-Aventis H1N1 vaccine robust immune response
Results of clinical trials held in Europe show that one dose of Sanofi Pasteur's H1N1 flu vaccine triggers a robust immune response in most...
United Nations urges rich countries to share H1N1 vaccines to poorer nations
Rich countries should make more vaccine available to poorer nations where the H1N1 virus is starting to hit, U.N. health officials said on Sunday.
They...
Approval for a UK swine flu vaccine is expected shortly
Approval for a UK swine flu vaccine is expected shortly, it has been announced. The vaccine is being recommended to be authorised for use...
WHO set measures in school to reduce H1N1 influenza pandemic
WHO is today issuing advice on measures that can be undertaken in schools to reduce the impact of the H1N1 influenza pandemic. Recommendations draw...
Alert from NHS: Important information about swine flu
There has been a further fall in the number of new swine flu cases, with an estimated 5,000 in the week to August...
Get prepared for the second wave: lessons from current outbreaks
Monitoring of outbreaks from different parts of the world provides sufficient information to make some tentative conclusions about how the influenza pandemic might evolve...
Pandemic (H1N1) – Recommended use of antivirals
The World Health Organisation is today issuing guidelines for the use of antivirals in the management of patients infected with the H1N1 pandemic virus.
The...
Swine flu – Safety of pandemic vaccines
Some media reports that have expressed concern about the safety of vaccines for pandemic influenza. The public needs to be reassured that regurelatory procedures...
Pandemic influenza in pregnant women
Research conducted in the USA and published 29 July in The Lancet has drawn attention to an increased risk of severe or fatal...
Comment on the threat of a two-day strike by immigration officials (5th and 6th August)
Yet more bad luck for holidaymakers looking to jet off this summer with the news the UK Border Agency staff have voted for strike...
Swine flu – advice for parents and pregnant women
While most pregnant women with swine flu will only have mild symptoms, there is a higher risk of complications. If you are pregnant and...
