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CDC rejects report of mutant H1N1 strain in Brazil
Comparison of the amino acid sequence of the HA protein of A/Sao Paulo/1454/H1N1 with those of other isolates of the current pandemic strain reveals no ...
http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/cidrap/content/influenza/swineflu/news/jun1709flustrain.html
June 18, 2009
CIDRAP

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Targeting children may be an effective use of limited supplies of ...
Although a simplification of the complex reality of pandemic flu transmission, the researchers believe their model provides a robust argument for ...
http://www.news-medical.net/news/20090617/Targeting-children-may-be-an-effective-use-of-limited-supplies-of-flu-vaccine.aspx
June 18, 2009
News-Medical.net

【新型インフル】「秋以降さらに広がる可能性も」
「世界保健機関(who)は12日、新型インフルエンザ警報段階を'大流行(パンデミック)'を意味する6段階に高めた。この日を基準に世界およそ70カ国・3万5000人が新型インフルエンザ陽性反応を見せたと集計されている。全体的に見ると(拡散ペースなどが)過去に比べて落ち ...
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[New] INFURU "could widen further after the fall"
"World Health Organization (who) is 12, the alarm stage of avian flu 'epidemic (pandemic)' means a six-step raise. World about 70 countries based on 35,000 person-positive avian flu have been calculated and react. on the whole (and the proliferation rate) compared to the last drop ...
http://japanese.joins.com/article/article.php?aid=116787&servcode=400&sectcode=410
June 18, 2009
中央日報

Unhygienic abattoirs and public health
bird flu or avian influenza has remained a health concern all over the world for several years. Both swine flu and bird flu have continued to kill human ...
http://www.triumphnewspapers.com/unha1862009.html
June 18, 2009
Triumph

Ellison, 31 other House Dems vote 'no' on war funding
In addition to the IMF money, the legislation also includes $79.9 billion for military funding, $7.7 billion for flu pandemic preparations and $1 billion ...
http://www.minnpost.com/cynthiadizikes/2009/06/17/9605/ellison_31_other_house_dems_vote_%E2%80%98no%E2%80%99_on_war_funding
June 18, 2009
MinnPost.com

Sanofi-Aventis to give pandemic flu vaccine to WHO
By LINDA A. JOHNSON , 06.17.09, 07:02 PM EDT TRENTON, New Jersey -- French drugmaker Sanofi-Aventis plans to donate millions of doses of swine flu vaccine ...
http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2009/06/17/ap6557628.html
June 18, 2009
Forbes

Chief medical officer sends mixed signals
The World Health Organization has declared the H1N1 (swine flu) a pandemic and moved to Phase 6 (its highest) of its global influenza preparedness plan. ...
http://nnsl.com/northern-news-services/stories/papers/jun17_09flu.html
June 18, 2009
Northern News Services (subscription)

Flu checks worry
Swine flu has been declared a pandemic. On entering Bahrain recently, we were asked to complete a Health Ministry form in which we had to declare if we felt ...
http://www.gulf-daily-news.com/NewsDetails.aspx?storyid=253457
June 18, 2009
Gulf Daily News

54 new H1N1 cases in HK
The World Health Organisation has raised its global alert to a maximum six, saying swine flu has reached pandemic status because of its geographical spread, ...
http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking%2BNews/Asia/Story/STIStory_391954.html
June 18, 2009
Straits Times

NHS flu czar warns PCTs over pandemic plans
... flu resilience Ian Dalton called PCTs to a private meeting about their swine flu plans, hours before the World Health Organisation declared a pandemic. ...
http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/primary-care/nhs-flu-czar-warns-pcts-over-pandemic-plans/5002884.article
June 18, 2009
Health Service Journal

H1N1 flu in Ottawa Elementary
The World Heath Organization recently raised their warning level declaring a pandemic for the first time in more than 40 years. Health department staff are ...
June 18, 2009
MyWebTimes.com

Swine flu update: 19 new cases of H1N1 flu virus in BC
On June 11, the World Health Organization (WHO) raised its alert level to phase 6 (the pandemic phase). The WHO considers the overall severity of the ...
http://mywebtimes.com/ottnews/archives/ottawa/display.php?id=382409
June 18, 2009
Vancouver Sun

Swine Flu cases continue to climb in Ohio
The virus was declared a global pandemic last week by the World Health Organization. The last pandemic, in 1968, originated in China and killed 1 million ...
http://www.bizjournals.com/dayton/stories/2009/06/15/daily31.html
June 18, 2009
Bizjournals.com

First King County Resident Dies From Swine Flu
Last week, the WHO (World Health Organization) declared H1N1 as a pandemic, meaning that H1N1 has spread widely around the world. The declaration is based ...
http://www.seattlemedium.com/News/article/article.asp?NewsID=97178&sID=4&ItemSource=L
June 18, 2009
Seattle Medium

tamiflu for pandemic tamiflu rulenza tamiflu sources in mexico
I'm curious what Steve Stone has to say about the Cubbies, so I'll watch Ken Harrelson and Steve Stone's telecast. I'll listen to Pat and Ron on WGN radio. ...
http://www.cubsnet.com/node/2595
June 18, 2009
CubsNet.com

Your questions on human swine flu answered
It was always a part of our pandemic plan that we would begin to use community surveillance systems to track the spread of human swine flu. ...
http://www.cobarage.com.au/news/national/national/general/your-questions-on-human-swine-flu-answered/1538191.aspx
June 18, 2009
Cobar Age

Thermal scanners removed in new swine flu measures
”It is consistent with the message from the (World Health Organisation) when it lifted its pandemic alert to six, that countries will need to adjust their ...
http://www.news.com.au/travel/story/0,28318,25653729-5014090,00.html
June 18, 2009
NEWS.com.au

Flu spread raises alarm
We were all thinking about bird flu, Karron said. We were looking to Asia for the development of the next pandemic strain, and here we have a swine flu ...
http://www.baltimoresun.com/health/bal-te.md.flu28apr28,0,2069487.story
June 18, 2009
Baltimore Sun

Sanofi Donates 100 Million Doses of Swine Flu Vaccine
It can't be only the rich countries having access to the vaccines, in case of a pandemic.” GlaxoSmithKline Plc also plans to donate 50 million doses to the ...
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601081&sid=aL9sA5kFVEpM
June 18, 2009
Bloomberg

Second Swine Flu Death Reported In NJ
Last week, the World Health Organization declared swine flu a pandemic, the first global flu epidemic in 41 years. As of Monday, the WHO declared that 76 ...
http://wcbstv.com/topstories/swine.flu.death.2.1048846.html
June 18, 2009
WCBS-TV New York

Aust swings into new pandemic phase
Australia has switched into a new pandemic protect phase as the number of swine flu cases soars past 2000. The new phase will focus on directing antiviral ...
http://www.skynews.com.au/health/article.aspx?id=343325
June 18, 2009
Sky News Australia

WHO asked to review flu battle plan
Thailand resorted heavily to oseltamivir when treating patients with suspected and confirmed bird flu but experienced an increase in cases developing a ...
http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/local/18649/who-asked-to-review-flu-battle-plan
June 18, 2009
Bangkok Post

pandemic stations …

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pandemic stations
By DAVID GOODWIN WORRIED Scots health chiefs are preparing for a swine flu DOOMSDAY amid fears the virus could mutate into a mass killer this winter. ...
http://www.thesun.co.uk/scotsol/homepage/news/2485345/Pandemic-stations-over-flu-virus.html
June 17, 2009
The Sun

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Flu scare: Dirty habits to spark 'wildfire'
SOLOMON Islanders' limited health services and unhygienic local habits like spitting betel nut and sharing cigarettes could make a swine flu pandemic spread ...
http://solomonstarnews.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=9746&change=71&changeown=78&Itemid=26
June 17, 2009
Solomon Star

House Approves $106B Bill to Fund Wars in Iraq, Afghanistan
Along with the car program and the IMF funding, the $106 billion also provides $7.7 billion to combat an outbreak of pandemic flu. But Congress stripped out ...
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/capitol-briefing/2009/06/house_approves_106b_bill_to_fu.html?hpid=topnews
June 17, 2009
Washington Post

The flu pandemic is here – so will someone tell PCOs?
As the swine flu pandemic claims its first UK victim, are enough resources being put in place so GPs can cope with the rising workload? ...
http://www.pulsetoday.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=20&storycode=4123008&c=2
June 17, 2009
Pulse

Analysis of the safety of using Tamiflu and Relenza in pregnant ...
If treatment or prophylaxis is required for pregnant women during this pandemic, Tamiflu appears to be the drug of choice because there is more data on its ...
http://www.examiner.com/x-7707-Tampa-Disease-Prevention-Examiner~y2009m6d16-Analysis-of-the-safety-of-using-Tamiflu-and-Relenza-in-pregnant-and-breastfeeding-women
June 17, 2009
Examiner.com

Many US agencies not ready for a flu pandemic - GAO
The world is experiencing a pandemic of a new flu virus called H1N1 swine flu. The World Health Organization classifies it as a moderate pandemic, ...
http://www.reuters.com/article/marketsNews/idUSN1630840320090616
June 17, 2009
Reuters

Qatar identifies first H1N1 cases
“With these three cases, we are still far from the pre-pandemic stage which is between 10-100 cases (second stage). Only when the cases reach more than 100 ...
http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=297672&version=1&template_id=57&parent_id=56
June 17, 2009
Gulf Times

House passes war-funding bill
Other provisions would provide $7.7 billion to fight pandemic flu and $534 million for special payments to troops who served under stop-loss orders ...
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/washingtondc/la-na-war-funding17-2009jun17,0,6335235.story
June 17, 2009
Los Angeles Times

US hunt for novel flu reveals persistence of seasonal strains
Jun 16, 2009 (CIDRAP News) – One byproduct of the pandemic of novel H1N1 influenza is increased evidence of the extent to which seasonal flu viruses stick ...
http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/cidrap/content/influenza/swineflu/news/jun1609seasonal-jw.html
June 17, 2009
CIDRAP

晴隆加强夏季传染病预防
本报讯针对夏季流行性感冒、流行性脑脊髓膜炎、麻疹、水痘、腮腺炎、风疹、猩红等传染性疾病传播几率大大增加的情况，晴隆县多措并举预防传染病的发生和蔓延。 据了解，该县广泛开展夏季爱国卫生运动，积极采取措施，加强夏季传染病传染源、传播途径、易感人群三个基本环节的管理和保护；积极派出疾控中心工作人员配合乡镇医院加强夏季传染 ...
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Qinglong summer to strengthen the prevention of infectious diseases
By the summer against influenza, epidemic cerebrospinal meningitis, measles, chicken pox, mumps, rubella, scarlet, such as the spread of infectious diseases greatly increase the probability, Qinglong County多措并举occurrence and prevention of infectious diseases spread. It is understood that the county's extensive summer patriotic public health campaign, and actively take measures to strengthen the summer of infectious source of infection, route of transmission, susceptible three basic aspects of the management and protection; positive CDC sent with the township hospital staff to strengthen the summer transmission ...
http://www.kzzj.cn/n8532c111.aspx
June 17, 2009
今日开县

US hunt for novel flu reveals persistence of seasonal strains
Jun 16, 2009 (CIDRAP News) – One byproduct of the pandemic of novel H1N1 influenza is increased evidence of the extent to which seasonal flu viruses stick ...
http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/cidrap/content/influenza/swineflu/news/jun1609seasonal-jw.html
June 17, 2009
CIDRAP

晴隆加强夏季传染病预防
本报讯针对夏季流行性感冒、流行性脑脊髓膜炎、麻疹、水痘、腮腺炎、风疹、猩红等传染性疾病传播几率大大增加的情况，晴隆县多措并举预防传染病的发生和蔓延。 据了解，该县广泛开展夏季爱国卫生运动，积极采取措施，加强夏季传染病传染源、传播途径、易感人群三个基本环节的管理和保护；积极派出疾控中心工作人员配合乡镇医院加强夏季传染 ...
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Qinglong summer to strengthen the prevention of infectious diseases
By the summer against influenza, epidemic cerebrospinal meningitis, measles, chicken pox, mumps, rubella, scarlet, such as the spread of infectious diseases greatly increase the probability, Qinglong County多措并举occurrence and prevention of infectious diseases spread. It is understood that the county's extensive summer patriotic public health campaign, and actively take measures to strengthen the summer of infectious source of infection, route of transmission, susceptible three basic aspects of the management and protection; positive CDC sent with the township hospital staff to strengthen the summer transmission ...
http://www.kzzj.cn/n8532c111.aspx
June 17, 2009
今日开县

Disaster relief: opportunity for the church
The NAMB disaster relief website also includes a section on pandemic Flu Preparedness, which is timely because the World Health Organization officially ...
http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=30694
June 17, 2009
BP News

House approves war supplemental
... the bill includes $5 billion in new borrowing for the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and $7.7 billion for flu pandemic preparations.
http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/house-approves-war-supplemental-2009-06-16.html
June 17, 2009
The Hill

Israel finds 21 more A/H1N1 flu cases
... Health Organization (WHO) raised the A/H1N1 alert to phase six, its highest level, formally declaring that it had developed into a global pandemic. ...
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-06/17/content_11553357.htm
June 17, 2009
Xinhua

Swine flu reaches Kuwait
Asked whether the Kuwaiti government has already set aside a sufficient budget to deal with the H1N1 pandemic, Dr Rashid Al-Owayyesh noted, The Cabinet has ...
http://www.kuwaittimes.net/read_news.php?newsid=ODY3ODAxNjc3
June 17, 2009
Kuwait Times

我國有望7月底生產出首批甲型h1n1流感疫苗
國家食品藥品監管局藥品注冊司生物制品處處長尹紅章表示，目前我國有11家季節性流感疫苗生產企業，其中1家企業具備大流行流感疫苗的生產資質。若甲型h1n1流感被確定為季節性流感，11家流感疫苗生產企業均可立即投入生產，並于7月底生產出首批疫苗，產量可達300萬劑，年產 ...
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China is expected to produce by the end of July the first batch of influenza vaccine h1n1 influenza
State Food and Drug Authority for Registration of Pharmaceuticals for the Director of the Division of Biological Products Chapter Yin Hong said that at present there are 11 of our seasonal influenza vaccine manufacturers, which have a business pandemic influenza vaccine production quality. If the alpha-h1n1 influenza have been identified as seasonal influenza, 11 influenza vaccine manufacturers will be put into production immediately, and by the end of July to produce the first batch of vaccines, production of up to 3,000,000, an annual output of ...
http://financenews.sina.com/sinacn/000-000-107-112/402/2009-06-16/14531119150.html
June 17, 2009
新浪網

Stoneham Schools follow-up on H1N1 case
“We recognize that the WHO [World Health Organization] has raised [the H1N1] status to the highest level, and have declared it a pandemic,” said Olson. ...
http://www.wickedlocal.com/stoneham/news/education/x862906619/Stoneham-Schools-follow-up-on-H1N1-case
June 17, 2009
Stoneham Sun

Be prepared for swine flu
Group manager of emergency management, Wade Harrison, says with the Influenza A/H1N1 'swine flu' virus now declared at pandemic levels globally, ...
http://www.times.co.nz/cms/news/2009/06/be_prepared_for_swine_flu.php
June 17, 2009
Times Online - Auckland

Chinese president makes proposal for tackling global financial ...
... the experience on epidemics preventions and control, and work together to develop and share vaccines, and cooperate in pandemic control and prevention.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-06/17/content_11553352.htm
June 17, 2009
Xinhua

General Practitioner ready for Influenza
The Fiji College of General Practitioners are fully prepared if there is to be an outbreak of the human pandemic disease - Influenza A H1N1. ...
http://www.radiofiji.com.fj/fullstory.php?id=20668
June 17, 2009
Fiji Broadcasting Corporation Ltd

AP Interview: Kids may get swine flu shots first
... against the new flu strain that the World Health Organization last week formally dubbed a pandemic, meaning it now is circulating the globe unchecked. ...
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hbs-FO8lE3ZraaOV7CtTQuSuaVigD98S0U402
June 17, 2009
The Associated Press

House Opens Final Debate On War Spending Bill
The measure also contains funds for pandemic flu preparation, aid to Pakistan and rebates for US consumers who trade in old, gas-guzzling vehicles. ...
http://mystateline.com/content/fulltext/?cid=75691
June 17, 2009
MyStateline.com

Anger mounts over schools being closed
This is part of a broader government campaign to calm public fears that the flu pandemic was deadly, Deputy Public Health Minister Manit Nopamornbodee said. ...http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/local/18587/anger-mounts-over-schools-being-closed
June 17, 2009
Bangkok Post

Air NZ Says May Passengers Down 9.9% On Year
The Auckland-headquartered company said it is monitoring the spread of the swine-flu pandemic, working with the New Zealand Ministry of Health to manage the ...
http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20090616-715296.html
June 17, 2009
Wall Street Journal

Four more in flu glare
... had tested positive for the H1N1 virus yesterday, sending health officials scrambling to prevent India's first cluster of the pandemic influenza. ...
http://www.telegraphindia.com/1090617/jsp/frontpage/story_11122518.jsp
June 17, 2009
Calcutta Telegraph

bird flu pandemic tamiflu tamiflu ingredients oseltamivir phosphate
I'm curious what Steve Stone has to say about the Cubbies, so I'll watch Ken Harrelson and Steve Stone's telecast. I'll listen to Pat and Ron on WGN radio. ...
http://www.cubsnet.com/node/2550
June 17, 2009
CubsNet.com

Instituto de SP detecta mutação de vírus da gripe H1N1
Na semana passada, a OMS declarou a primeira pandemia de gripe desde 1968, ao aumentar o nível de alerta para a fase 6, o que implica que a doença está se ...
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Office of SP detects mutation of influenza virus H1N1
Last week, the WHO said the first influenza pandemic since 1968, to increase the level of alert to stage 6, which implies that the disease is ...
http://g1.globo.com/Noticias/Mundo/0,,MUL1196704-5602,00-INSTITUTO+DE+SP+DETECTA+MUTACAO+DE+VIRUS+DA+GRIPE+HN.html
June 17, 2009
G1.com.br

Vacina contra Gripe A estará disponível em Julho
A Baxter International anunciou hoje que vai começar a produzir em grande escala uma vacina contra o vírus H1N1, responsável pela pandemia de gripe suína. ...
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The flu vaccine will be available in July
Baxter International announced today that it will start producing a large-scale vaccine against H1N1 virus, responsible for swine influenza pandemic. ...
http://economico.sapo.pt/noticias/vacina-contra-gripe-a-estara-disponivel-em-julho_12930.html
June 17, 2009
Económico

Вирусологи готовятся к новым жертвам гриппа
Пандемия гриппа A(H1N1) унесет немало жизней в первую очередь в бедных странах, считают во Всемирной организации здравоохранения. Тем временем в США готовы приступить к производству вакцины. Основными жертвами вируса гриппа A(H1N1) в первую очередь станут жители бедных стран, ...
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Virology preparing for a new flu victims
Pandemic influenza A (H1N1) claim many lives primarily in poor countries, believe the World Health Organization. Meanwhile in the United States are ready to begin producing vaccine. The main victims of influenza virus A (H1N1) in the first place will be the residents of poor countries, ...
http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,4336086,00.html
June 17, 2009
DW-WORLD.DE - Deutsche Welle на русском языке

Swine Flu Consistent with Other pandemic Strains …

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Swine Flu Consistent with Other pandemic Strains
The good news is that that the virus isn't nearly as deadly as the 1918/1919 H1N1 pandemic flu or the H5N1 bird flu. The bad news is that, ...
http://www.popsci.com/scitech/article/2009-05/swine-flu-consistent-other-pandemic-strains?page=
May 13, 2009
Popular Science

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防范猪流感，我们准备好了吗
我们曾经有过抗击SARS的成功经验，并且这些年来我国逐步建立健全了突发公共卫生事件的防控体系，有效地预防和控制了禽流感、手足口等重大疫情的大范围流行，应对疫情的经验和制度相对成熟了。 尽管疫情尚未传入国内，胡锦涛总书记已对此作了重要指示，温家宝总理在国务院常务会议上作了专题部署。其中“高度重视、积极应对、联防联控、依法 ...
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To guard against swine flu, we are ready
We have had successful experiences in the fight against SARS, and the years of our country to gradually establish and improve public health emergency prevention and control system to effectively prevent and control bird flu, hand, foot and mouth epidemic and other major pandemic, to deal with the epidemic experience and the system is relatively mature. Although the epidemic has not yet been introduced to China, General Secretary Hu Jintao has already made an important directives of the State Council Premier Wen Jiabao made a special executive meeting on the deployment. The "attach great importance to and actively deal with joint prevention and control, in accordance with the law ...
http://china.newssc.org/system/2009/05/13/011906500.shtml
May 13, 2009
四川新闻网

又有63例入境发热或有症状者
甲型H1N1流感疫情发生以来，国家质检总局全面加强口岸入境检疫查验工作：对来自疫病流行国家和地区的交通工具实行远机位（泊位、车位）停靠、登机（船、车）检疫，全面恢复填报健康申明卡制度，严格执行体温检测和医学巡查，严格入境旅客携带物和国际邮寄物检疫，及时向地方卫生部门移交发热病人进行医学观察。
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Immigrants and 63 cases of fever or symptoms
Type A H1N1 influenza outbreak, the AQSIQ entry point to strengthen inspection and quarantine work: from disease-endemic countries and regions far from the implementation of transport seats (berths, parking spaces) stop, board the plane (ships, trucks) quarantine, fully restored to complete health system Shen cards, strict enforcement of the medical testing and inspection body, strictly inbound tourists and international postal matter to bring quarantine, timely transfer to the local health department medical observation for fever patients.
http://news.163.com/09/0513/13/596Q41N9000120GR.html
May 13, 2009
网易

[视频]卫生部通报全国甲型H1N1流感防控工作
卫生部昨天已派出由临床、流行病学调查和实验室检测方面的专家，赶赴济南指导诊疗和防控工作。卫生部已会同铁道部、民航局正在追踪AC029航班座位号在第３２―３８排和D41次列车第７号车厢的乘客。 目前，山东疑似病例体温正常，病情好转。四川确诊病例经过国家、省、市联合专家组积极救治，病情好转，体温正常，精神状况良好。 ...
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[Video] The Ministry of Health informed the National Influenza H1N1 influenza prevention and control work
Ministry of Health yesterday sent by the clinical, epidemiological investigation and laboratory testing of experts, rushed to the clinic and Jinan guide prevention and control work. The Ministry of Health has in the Ministry of Railways, Civil Aviation Authority flight AC029 is tracking in the first 32-38 seats and D41 ranked No. 7 train passenger compartment. At present, Shandong suspected cases of normal body temperature, his condition improved. Confirmed cases in Sichuan Province, after national, provincial and municipal Joint Group of Experts on active treatment, his condition improved, the body temperature normal and in good spirit. ...
http://news.cctv.com/china/20090513/106138.shtml
May 13, 2009
央视国际

Mexico urges tourists to return; flu toll rises to 58
A report by the World Health Organization (WHO) Rapid pandemic Assessment Collaboration—set to be published Thursday in the journal Science—has estimated ...
http://www.thepeninsulaqatar.com/Display_news.asp?section=World_News&subsection=Americas&month=May2009&file=World_News200905137435.xml
May 13, 2009
Peninsula On-line

Improve systems to protect health
If we are serious about protecting the health of our citizens from viruses such as swine flu and bird flu, then we have to move post haste and utilise ...
http://www.barbadosadvocate.com/newsitem.asp?more=letters&NewsID=3610
May 13, 2009
Barbados Advocate

'Hilton' Chickens Are Essential to Help Stave Off Flu pandemic
A study of 275 healthy volunteers showed the cell-based approach was safe and effective with a vaccine developed against H5N1 bird flu, the company reported ...
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601081&sid=afRp5Ee5EnNA&refer=australia
May 13, 2009
Bloomberg

Health authorities ready to limit flu drug use
Other health officials expressed worries that swine flu could mix with other viruses, including H5N1 bird flu, and become worse in the coming months. ...
http://uk.reuters.com/article/usTopNews/idUKTRE5480IR20090513
May 13, 2009
Reuters

仁愛醫院採檢落跑病患 檢疫排除新流感
一名從美國邁阿密經東京返台的肝病男性病患，因為有輕微的類流感症狀，日前到台北市聯合醫院仁愛院區就診時，院方立即啟動新流感防疫機制，先幫病患做喉頭採檢。 但患者擔心自己被隔離，沒完成抽血檢查就離開，幸好根據中央流行疫情指揮中心13日發布的消息顯示，這名個案 ...
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Charity Hospital Patients Run quarantine sampling rule out the possibility of new influenza
A Miami via Tokyo from the United States returned the liver of male patients, because there was a slight flu-like symptoms a few days ago to the Taipei District Hospital for treatment at Charity Hospital, the hospital management immediately launch a new mechanism for influenza vaccination, the first done to help patients throat sampling. However, patients were concerned about their isolation, did not complete the blood tests on the left, but fortunately the disease prevalence according to the Central Command news release on the 13th revealed that the case ...
http://www.rti.org.tw/News/NewsContentHome.aspx?t=1&NewsID=155323
May 13, 2009
中央廣播電台

Свиной грипп заразил интернет
“пандемия страха - нечто более сильное, чем вирусная инфекция”, - заявил в своем блоге на сайте телеканала FOX News известный эксперт-вирусолог профессор Марк Сигел. В виртуальном пространстве блуждают версии, приписывающие создание “гибельного вируса” самым различным “темным силам” - от ...
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Pork influenza infected Online
"A pandemic of fear - something more severe than viral infection," - said in his blog at FOX News Channel known expert virologist Professor Mark Siegel. In the virtual space to wander the version attributed to the creation of a "lethal virus" in a variety of "dark forces" - from the ...
http://zatusim.kloop.kg/2009/05/13/svinoj-gripp-zarazil-internet/
May 13, 2009
Kloop

新型インフル感染6千人間近に スペイン、欧州初の百人台
世界保健機関(who)は、世界的大流行(パンデミック)を意味する警戒水準「6」への引き上げの条件として、米州以外で「地域社会レベルでの持続的な感染拡大」が確認されることを挙げており、スペインでの感染状況に注目しているとみられる。(共同)
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Six new close INFURU infected people in Spain 1000, Europe's first one hundred
World Health Organization (who) is a global epidemic (pandemic) of this alert level "6" as a condition to the increase in non-American "epidemic levels of sustainable communities" will be confirmation that and one seems to have focused on the infection status in Spain. (Joint)
http://www.47news.jp/CN/200905/CN2009051301000272.html
May 13, 2009
47NEWS

フェーズ5でも「パンデミック並み対策を」WHO医務官
【ジュネーブ=玉川透】世界保健機関(WHO)で新型インフルエンザ対策の技術部門を統括する進藤奈邦子医務官が12日記者会見し、フェーズ5にとどまっている新型の豚インフルエンザの警戒レベルについて、各国は世界的大流行(パンデミック)を示すフェーズ6を想定 ...
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Phase 5. "Measures similar to the pandemic" WHO medical officer
Tamakawa Tooru GENEVA - World Health Organization (WHO) medical officer supervising the child奈邦Shindo technical measures on avian flu at a press conference 12 days, Phase 5 for the swine flu alert level remained at a new, national is a world epidemic (pandemic) shows the six phases assumed ...
http://www.asahi.com/national/update/0513/TKY200905130057.html
May 13, 2009
朝日新聞

Nation experiences wave of swine flu, pandemic slowly ripples ...
State health officials are continuing to monitor concrete cases, rather than potential cases, while learning about which patients are most at risk. ...
http://www.thesouthendnews.com/news/nation-experiences-wave-of-swine-flu-pandemic-slowly-ripples-through-michigan-1.1749510
May 13, 2009
The South End

Operators alarmed at local H1N1 reports
Since Thailand has had experience managing the bird flu and Sars outbreaks, the Thai government should be able to manage the pandemic efficiently. ...
http://www.bangkokpost.com/business/economics/16585/operators-alarmed-at-local-h1n1-reports
May 13, 2009
Bangkok Post

Is Tamiflu “better” than Relenza?
Sales of antiviral drugs got a shot in the arm, if you will, in 2006, when the avian influenza – 'bird flu' – epidemic broke out in Asia. ...
http://www.zdnetasia.com/blogs/bcp/0,3800011228,63010743,00.htm
May 13, 2009
ZDNet Asia

Panel on pandemics shapes up
In this special session, WTTC and its research partner, Oxford Economics, will release new research findings that measure the potential impact of a pandemic ...
http://www.forimmediaterelease.net/pm/2642.html
May 13, 2009
Forimmediaterelease.net (press release)

Demystifying disease
Indeed, Malaysia has managed to shield itself from several dreaded diseases -- the most virulent being bird flu and Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome -- in ...
http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/Wednesday/Columns/2555399/Article/index_html
May 13, 2009
New Straits Times

Bennington Elementary Student Has Swine Flu
Parent Scott Lovenstine says, I think it's a little overblown, it's kind of like the bird flu, three or four years ago, oh, everybody's going to die, ...
http://www.kwch.com/Global/story.asp?S=10350599
May 13, 2009
KWCH

Swine flu boosts Turkey's tourism potential
Turkey suffered great economic losses in 2007, when it was seriously hit by the bird flu outbreak. The most recent case of bird flu reported by the Ministry ...
http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/detaylar.do?load=detay&link=175131&bolum=105
May 13, 2009
Today's Zaman

India to make vaccine in time for flu's 2nd coming
WHO has been building capacity across the world to produce an emergency vaccine against the H5N1 bird flu virus if a pandemic broke out. ...
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/India-to-make-vaccine-in-time-for-flus-2nd-coming/articleshow/4521932.cms
May 13, 2009
Times of India

Flu drug advised for pregnant women with swine flu
One concern is that it will combine with the more deadly but less easily spread bird flu virus that has been circulating in Asia and other parts of the ...
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jgQXxHCPrh-RrvL-bJ_wMc4Q5NVgD984ULIO0
May 13, 2009
The Associated Press

OMS doa ao México mais de 200 mil medicamentos contra gripe
Córdova lembrou que o México se preparava desde 2000 para fazer frente a uma possível pandemia de gripe e, desde 2005, conta com campanhas de vacinação que, ...
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WHO donates to Mexico more than 200 thousand flu drugs
Cordova noted that Mexico was preparing since 2000 to tackle a possible influenza pandemic and, since 2005, with the vaccination campaigns that ...
http://noticias.terra.com.br/interna/0,,OI3761575-EI188,00-OMS+doa+ao+Mexico+mais+de+mil+medicamentos+contra+gripe.html
May 13, 2009
Terra Brasil

Suíça libera viagens ao México e aos EUA
O grupo farmacêutico suíço Roche anunciou a doação de mais 5,65 milhões de doses do antiviral Tamiflu à OMS para enfrentar uma possível pandemia. ...
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Switzerland releases trips to Mexico and the U.S.
The Swiss pharmaceutical group Roche announced the donation of over 5.65 million doses of antiviral Tamiflu to the WHO to tackle a possible pandemic. ...
http://coisasdasuica.swissinfo.ch/?p=2706
May 13, 2009
Swissinfo