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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 [...]

Swine flu death toll climbs to 59

Another 10 swine flu deaths have been confirmed in the past week, bringing the total death toll in the UK during the pandemic to 59.
But the estimated number of new weekly cases has fallen again, the Department of Health said.
In England, there were thought to be 11,000 infections – down from over 100,000 at the [...]

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 [...]

New swine flu cases in Europe, US, Latin America

AP reports:
 
MEXICO CITY (AP) — The swine flu epidemic spread deeper into the United States, Europe and Latin America – and in Canada, back to pigs – even as Mexico’s health chief hinted Sunday it may soon be time to reopen businesses and schools in the nation where the outbreak likely began.
The virus spread to [...]

‘Worst Case’ Scenario for Flu Estimated

LiveScience.com reports:
 
There will be about 1,700 U.S. cases of the new H1N1 flu, aka “swine flu,” in the next four weeks under a worst-case scenario, according to a research team’s new simulations. 
And a second team working independently, about 200 miles away, on exactly the same question came up with a similar forecast.
 
As of Thursday, there [...]

WHO to stop using term ‘swine flu’

Group seeks to prevent needless slaughter of pigs as worldwide cases climb

WHO Raises Pandemic to Level 5

WHO Raises Pandemic to Level 5