H1N1 kills JordanianA 26-year-old Jordanian man has died in a hospital in Irbid due to H1N1 infection (swine flu), the kingdom's health minister was quoted as saying. “The 26-year-old died in hospital tod More… |
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More study needed on GSK flu shot says WHOThe World Health Organisation (WHO) said more investigation was needed into the possible risk of narcolepsy, a rare sleeping disorder, from GlaxoSmithKline's Pandemrix H1N1 flu vaccine. A WHO advisory panel made the decision after a Finnis More… |
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WHO set to declare end of H1N1 pandemicThe World Health Organisation is likely to announce that the H1N1 flu pandemic is over, indicating infection levels in most places have returned to those normal for seasonal influenza, health officials said. Any decision to downgrade the o More… |
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WHO says H1N1 flu pandemic continuesThe H1N1 pandemic is not yet over although its most intense activity has passed in many parts of the world, the World Health Organisation said on Thursday after a review of the flu outbreak by independent experts. The WHO emergency committ More… |
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WHO experts to assess if flu pandemic overWorld Health Organisation expert advisers could on Tuesday determine that the H1N1 flu pandemic is fully over, or may deem it is still circulating in the southern hemisphere and therefore a global threat. The WHO's emergency committee is d More… |
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WHO panel to review H1N1 pandemic statusAn expert panel advising the World Health Organisation on pandemics will review the status of the H1N1 virus later this month or in early June to decide whether the swine flu pandemic is over. The Emergency Committee is waiting for the ons More… |
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GSK agrees to cut in UK H1N1 vaccine orderGlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has agreed the British government can cut its order of H1N1 swine flu vaccines by about a third. The government and GSK said separately on Tuesday they had agreed to cap the number of Pandemrix shots to 34.8 million d More… |
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Swine flu virus not so new, study findsThe H1N1 swine flu virus may have been new to humanity in many ways but in one key feature its closest relative was the 1918 pandemic virus, researchers reported. Their findings could point to better ways to design vaccines and help explai More… |
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Everyone in US ‘should get flu vaccine’Everyone in the US over the age of six months should get seasonal influenza vaccines every year, federal vaccine advisers have said. The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices made the long-awaited vote to recommend virtually univers More… |
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WHO to assess whether H1N1 has peakedHealth experts will review the status of the H1N1 pandemic in a few weeks to decide whether it has peaked but it is already clear that it is less severe than previous outbreaks, the World Health Organisation said. The WHO's emergency c More… |
