http://www.earthtimes.org The Earth Times online newspaper, serving the planet with news that matters. Covering current affairs, world news, environmental affairs and sport en-us PHP/4.4.4 http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/291218,six-months-ago-swine-flu-began-by-closing-schools--feature.html Mexico City - Six months ago Mexico's health minister made an announcement on late night television that shocked and puzzled. We are in the presence of a new influenza virus, said Jose Angel Cordova Villalobos, ann... Health Thu, 22 Oct 2009 01:10:40 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/291218,six-months-ago-swine-flu-began-by-closing-schools--feature.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/291318,haas-withdraws-before-stockholm-match-with-influenza.html Stockholm - German Tommy Haas withdrew for the second straight week from an ATP event, pulling out before his Stockholm Open second round against Finn Jarkko Nieminen Thursday. Haas, seeded second, cited influenza as the reason for failing to take th... Sports Thu, 22 Oct 2009 12:40:48 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/291318,haas-withdraws-before-stockholm-match-with-influenza.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/291526,global-swine-flu-deaths-nudge-towards-5000.html Geneva - The global death toll from swine flu has hit at least 4,999, the World Health Organization said Friday. In a situation update, the WHO said that, in North America, the United States was reporting nationwide rates of influenza-like illness (I... Health Fri, 23 Oct 2009 14:40:44 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/291526,global-swine-flu-deaths-nudge-towards-5000.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295300,hungary-declares-influenza-epidemic.html Budapest - Influenza has officially reached the level of an epidemic, an official at Hungary's National Epidemiological Centre announced at a conference on Wednesday. More than 22,000 people reported flu symptoms over the past week, up 30 per cent fr... Health Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:16:26 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295300,hungary-declares-influenza-epidemic.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/292261,who-to-send-200-million-doses-of-h1n1-flu-vaccine.html Havana - The World Health Organization (WHO) plans to send 200 million doses of vaccine for the H1N1 influenza virus to about 100 developing countries, WHO director-general Margaret Chan said Wednesday in Havana. In a press conference at the end of h... Health Wed, 28 Oct 2009 20:46:37 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/292261,who-to-send-200-million-doses-of-h1n1-flu-vaccine.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/292247,head-of-who-praises-cubas-efforts-against-h1n1-flu.html Havana - Margaret Chan, director-general of the World Health Organization (WHO), praised the work that Cuba is doing to fight the H1N1 influenza pandemic, said a statement published in Cuban state media Wednesday. Chan met with historic Cuban leade... Health Wed, 28 Oct 2009 18:10:35 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/292247,head-of-who-praises-cubas-efforts-against-h1n1-flu.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/293791,seasonal-flu-and-its-symptoms.html Hamburg - A seasonal influenza infection can be recognized by a classic progression through a series of symptoms typically starting with a high fever, pain in the limbs, headache and a feeling of general malaise and exhaustion. It then progresses to ... Health Mon, 09 Nov 2009 03:10:23 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/293791,seasonal-flu-and-its-symptoms.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/294688,study-vulnerable-due-to-swine-flu-risk-should-avoid-hajj.html Cairo - People at risk of coming down with severe illness due to H1N1 influenza should postpone their participation in the annual Muslim pilgrimage, or hajj, to Mecca, according to a study released Saturday. The findings and recommendations of the st... Health Sat, 14 Nov 2009 13:16:26 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/294688,study-vulnerable-due-to-swine-flu-risk-should-avoid-hajj.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/292336,morocco-diagnoses-82-cases-of-swine-flu-in-one-day.html Rabat, Morocco - Eighty-two cases of the H1N1 influenza have been diagnosed in Morocco in a single day, press reports said Thursday. The cases were discovered in the cities of Casablanca, Fes, Meknes, Kenintra and Rabat on October 28, Health Minister... Health Thu, 29 Oct 2009 10:28:35 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/292336,morocco-diagnoses-82-cases-of-swine-flu-in-one-day.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/291940,beirut-school-campus-closed-over-swine-flu.html Beirut - The middle school at a privately-run international school in Lebanon was closed on Tuesday, a week after 19 confirmed cases of the H1N1 virus, known also as swine flu. To date we have had 32 cases of this influenza in the Beirut Middle Scho... Health Tue, 27 Oct 2009 10:10:39 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/291940,beirut-school-campus-closed-over-swine-flu.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/291368,seeds-slammed-in-stockholm-as-haas-lopez-exit.html Stockholm - German Tommy Haas fell victim to influenza while the new-found momentum died for Feliciano Lopez as two more seeds exited the Stockholm Open in the second round Thursday. Number two Haas withdrew for the second straight week from an ATP e... Sports Thu, 22 Oct 2009 15:46:48 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/291368,seeds-slammed-in-stockholm-as-haas-lopez-exit.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/292415,thirteen-players-down-with-swine-flu-at-spanish-club-betis.html Madrid- The Seville club Betis, currently playing in the second category of Spanish football, asked Thursday for a postponement of their next match because 13 of their players are down with the new H1N1 influenza virus, or swine flu, Spanish media re... Sports Thu, 29 Oct 2009 16:04:42 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/292415,thirteen-players-down-with-swine-flu-at-spanish-club-betis.html