Novartis begins shipment of swine flu vaccine to US
Geneva - Swiss drugmaker Novartis said Tuesday it has started shipping vaccines against the A(H1N1) virus, better known as swine flu, to the United States. The company began sending doses last week from a production seed strain provided by the World ...
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First swine flu death in Serbia
Belgrade - Serbian health officials reported the country's first death from swine flu after a 46-year old woman succumbed to the illness. The woman, suffering from respiratory problems, arrived in critical condition at a hospital in Kragujevac, centr...
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Czech Republic reports first suspected swine flu-related death
Prague - A middle-aged Czech woman, who died in hospital Thursday, is suspected to have been the country's first case of a swine flu-related death, a hospital spokeswoman said. Further tests are to confirm on Friday whether the patient was infected w...
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Instant flu treatment needed; risk for very young - Summary
Washington - The nation's top immunization expert Tuesday warned physicians to treat suspected cases of swine flu immediately rather than waiting for the results of a common but unreliable rapid test. Dr Anne Schuchat, director of the National Cent...
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US official: Instant flu treatment needed; risk for very young
Washington - The nation's top immunization expert Tuesday warned physicians to treat suspected cases of swine flu immediately rather than waiting for the results of a common but unreliable rapid test. Dr Anne Schuchat, director of the National Cent...
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Potential swine flu vaccines for Guantanano detainees
Washington - Guantanamo Bay detainees could receive swine flu vaccines but are low on the priority list, well behind soldiers deployed overseas and civilian personnel, the Pentagon said Wednesday. The possibility that detainees, including the alleged...
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Swine flu said to claim 11 in Ukraine - Summary
Kiev - Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko on Friday blamed swine flu for the death of 11 people so far, as government officials moved to head off an epidemic. Yushchenko announced the death toll at a press briefing televised nationally and describ...
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Global swine flu deaths nudge towards 5,000
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...
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Norwegians urged to get vaccination against swine flu
Oslo - All citizens of Norway were urged Friday to vaccinate themselves against theA(H1N1) virus, or swine flu. The Nordic country of 4.8 million people has registered 10 deaths among more than 2,000 cases reported. ...
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Ukraine confirms first swine flu death, quarantine ordered
Kiev- Ukraine suffered its first death from swine flu, as the government declared a massive quarantine and control effort to head off a possible epidemic, the Interfax news agency reported. The victim was a man living in Ukraine's western Lviv region...
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European Commission authorizes two H1N1 vaccines
Brussels - The European Commission on Tuesday authorized the use of two vaccines for the pandemic A(H1N1) virus, commonly known as swine flu, after successful testing was carried out by the European Medicines Agency (EMA). The vaccines are Focetria, ...
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Dutch report first patient resistant to Tamiflu drug
Amsterdam - Dutch health authorities have recorded a first case of a swine flu-infected patient resistant to the anti-viral drug Tamiflu. The Royal Institute for Public Health and the Environment RIVM said the patient had been hospitalized, but decli...
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Belarus registers first swine flu death
Minsk- The first Belarusian death from swine flu was registered by health officials on Tuesday. The victim, a 37-year-old female resident of the town of Drogichin, died on Friday, but results of blood tests confirming the presence of the H1N1 virus o...
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Swine flu claims 11th victim in Turkey
Istanbul - The death toll from the swine flu has more than doubled in the last day in Turkey, with health officials announcing Tuesday that the illness has claimed its eleventh victim in that country. The latest victims included a 22-month-old baby a...
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Tommy Haas in swine flu scare - Summary
Hamburg - German tennis player Tommy Haas has overcome a bout of swine flu quickly because of his fitness as a professional athlete, the nation's Davis Cup team doctor said on Tuesday. Athletes are more resistant than other people, leading to a shor...
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First swine flu death reported in Slovenia
Ljubljana- Slovenia reported its first death from swine flu after an elderly woman succumbed to the illness, local media reported Tuesday. The woman, between 50 to 60 years old, was admitted to Ljubljana hospital on Friday, where her condition deteri...
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South Korea declares red alert against swine flu
Seoul - South Korea on Tuesday raised the flu alert level to its highest status because of the rising spread of swine flu. The red alert level, the highest on South Korea's four-level scale, means that government authorities would be mobilized to fig...
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WHO backs China's H1N1 prevention, reporting
Beijing - China's mass vaccination programme against the H1N1 influenza virus and its reporting of confirmed H1N1 infections both appear to conform with international guidelines, although the country has so far not reported any swine-flu deaths, the ...
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Tunisia is first country to prohibit Hajj because of swine flu
Tunis/Cairo - Tunisians will not be allowed to travel to Saudi Arabia for the Muslim pilgrimage or Hajj because of fears of the H1N1 virus, known also as swine flu, the government announced Tuesday. No other country has yet said it would prevent its ...
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EU agency approves two H1N1 vaccines - Summary
Geneva/Brussels - The European Medicines Agency (EMA) on Friday approved two vaccines for the pandemic A(H1N1) virus, commonly known as swine flu , after testing them on more than 6,000 subjects. The vaccines are Focetria, which is produced by Swiss...
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Cambodia reports first swine flu death
Phnom Penh - Cambodia on Monday reported its first death from swine flu. Dr Sok Touch, the director of the Communicable Diseases Control Department at the Ministry of Health, said the patient was a 41-year-old female patient with underlying health pr...
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Third death from swine flu in Hungary as vaccine campaign starts
Budapest - A 33-year-old woman has become the third Hungarian to die following infection with swine flu, the Hungarian Health Minister Tamas Szekely said on Thursday. The woman had been undergoing debilitating chemotherapy and radiation treatment for...
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EU calls for swine flu vaccine-sharing rules - Summary
Luxembourg- The European Union needs clear rules on how member states can share stockpiled vaccines against the human A(H1N1) variant of the swine flu virus to overcome shortages in some member states, health ministers meeting in Luxembourg agreed Mo...
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