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WHO Update 95 – H1N1 2009 Pandemic

April 4, 2010 the world health organization reports more than 213 countries and overseas territories have laboratory confirmed cases of pandemic influenza H1N1.  From those reports includes over 17,700 deaths.
from who.int:

Situation update:
The current situation is largely unchanged since the last update. The most active areas of pandemic influenza virus transmission continue to be in parts [...]

Keep swine flu drugs for serious cases, says WHO

GENEVA (Reuters) – Healthy patients who get H1N1 swine flu without suffering complications do not need to be treated with antivirals like Tamiflu, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday.
But the drugs are strongly recommended for pregnant women, patients with underlying medical conditions and children under 5, since they are at increased risk of more [...]

Britain says swine flu vaccination to start in October

LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s swine fluvaccination program is to start in October for at-risk groups, Chief Medical Officer Liam Donaldson said on Thursday, with most vaccines coming from drugs firm GlaxoSmithKline.
A first batch of 300,000 vaccines will arrive this month with 54.6 million expected by December, Donaldson said, adding that exact supply levels would depend on [...]

World gears up for swine flu’s return

MSNBC reports:

As the first influenza pandemic in 41 years has spread during the Southern Hemisphere’s winter over the past few months, the United States and other northern countries have been racing to prepare for a second wave of swine flu virus.
At the same time, international health authorities have become increasingly alarmed about the new virus’s [...]

UK’s attempts to stop swine flu called flawed

AP reports: 
 
LONDON – Flu experts are looking very closely at Britain — and some have decided that the U.K.’s swine flu-fighting tactics are seriously off the mark and may be hiding a much larger outbreak.
Since Britain has the most confirmed swine flu cases in Europe, how the outbreak develops here will have a significant influence on whether the World [...]

Influenza A(H1N1) – update 28

WHO reports: 
 
14 May 2009 – As of 06:00 GMT, 14 May 2009, 33 countries have officially reported 6497 cases of influenza A(H1N1) infection.
Mexico has reported 2446 laboratory confirmed human cases of infection, including 60 deaths. The United States has reported 3352 laboratory confirmed human cases, including three deaths. Canada has reported 389 laboratory confirmed human cases, [...]

Swine flu fears evident as world’s cases top 6,000

ap reports: 
 
MEXICO CITY – In China, mask-wearing police cordoned off more hotels Wednesday, quarantining anyone who came in contact with swine flu patients, no matter how mild their symptoms. Not so inMexico, where the health secretary encouraged tourists to come relax in their favorite vacation spots despite a growing swine flu caseload.
The global outbreak appears mild, but skittishness is [...]

Relatives grieve for Texas woman with flu who died

AP reports:
HARLINGEN, Texas – This week should have been a joyous time for Judy Trunnell, a 33-year-old schoolteacher who had just given birth to a healthy baby girl.
But the friends and relatives whose cars lined the quiet street in front of her home in a quiet subdivision Tuesday instead were mourning her, the first American [...]

Influenza A(H1N1) – update 14

WHO reports:
 
Influenza A(H1N1) – update 14
4 May 2009 – As of 18:00 GMT, 4 May 2009, 21 countries have officially reported 1085 cases of influenza A (H1N1) infection.
Mexico has reported 590 laboratory confirmed human cases of infection, including 25 deaths. The United States has reported 286 laboratory confirmed human cases, including one death.
The following countries have [...]

Mexico claims swine flu (h1n1) is stabilizing, back on their feet.

Mexico claims swine flu (h1n1) is stabilizing, back on their feet.