Swine flu - H1N1

Drug resistant swine flu probed

BBC News (Free subscription) | yesterday

Health officials in Cardiff investigate the possible person-to-person spread of a Tamiflu-resistant strain of swine flu.

Five-year-old is swine flu victim

BBC News (Free subscription) | yesterday

A Berkshire schoolgirl who died from swine flu was a five-year-old from Slough, the council says.

Scottish News: Scots swine flu death toll hits 40

The Daily Record (Free subscription) | yesterday

SCOTLAND'S swine flu death toll has reached 40 after another adult fatality was confirmed.

Scots swine flu deaths reach 40

BBC News (Free subscription) | yesterday

The number of deaths linked to swine flu in Scotland rises to 40 following confirmation that an adult from the Glasgow area died from the strain.

Rise in swine flu deaths recorded

BBC News (Free subscription) | yesterday

Another seven people with the swine flu virus have died in north west England in the past month, figures show.

Ukraine Swine-Flu Update

The Final Redoubt (Free subscription) | yesterday

British scientists are examining the strain of swine flu behind a deadly Ukrainian outbreak to see if the virus has mutated. A total of 189 people have died and more than one million have been infected in the country. Some doctors have likened the symptoms to those seen in many of the victims of the Spanish flu which caused millions of deaths world-wide after the World War One. An unnamed doctor in...

Health News: All Scottish children under five to receive swine flu vaccination, confirms Nicola Sturgeon

The Daily Record (Free subscription) | yesterday

ALL children between the ages of six months and five years are to be offered swine flu jabs.

• Children under five to get swine flu jab as death toll rises to 39 - Scotsman.com
• Children under five to get swine flu jab as death toll rises to 39 - News Scotsman
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Officials probe link between Welsh patients with drug-resistant swine flu

icWales (Free subscription) | yesterday

AN INVESTIGATION has been launched to discover whether a drug-resistant strain of swine flu has spread between patients at a Welsh hospital.

'Drug resistant' swine flu probed

BBC News (Free subscription) | yesterday

Health officials in Cardiff investigate the possible person-to-person spread of a Tamiflu-resistant strain of swine flu.

Saudi health ministry reports 20 swine flu cases among Haj pilgrims

H5N1 (Free subscription) | yesterday

Via The International News in Pakistan: Saudi health ministry reports 20 swine flu cases among Haj pilgrims. Excerpt:Twenty swine flu cases have been reported among foreign Haj pilgrims since they started arriving for this year’s pilgrimage, Health Minister Dr. Abdullah...

Swine Flu Hits Barça

FCB News (Free subscription) | yesterday

If we thought it was bad yesterday with the news of Zlatan Ibrahimovic's hamstring injury, today it is worse as news arrives of two cases of Swine Flu in Barça's first team squad. Eric Abidal is the first player to be confirmed as having the H1N1 viral strain of influenza A while Toure Yaya is suspected of having the virus but is waiting for conformation. We may feel relieved that Abidal has...

Barcelona defender Eric Abidal gets swine flu

The Telegraph (Free subscription) | yesterday

Barcelona confirm has contracted swine flu and midfielder Yaya Toure has shown symptoms of the virus.

• Barcelona's Ibrahimovic out of action for at least a week - The Earth Times Online Newspaper
• Barcelona players Abidal and Toure hit by swine flu - The Earth Times Online Newspaper
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Healthy Children Below Age of Five to Get Swine Flu Jab

Connecting the Dots in the New World Order (Free subscription) | yesterday

Currently people in priority groups - including young children with asthma or diabetes - are being vaccinated. But the programme will now be rolled out to children with no underlying health issues, aged over six months and under five.' Read more...

Sharp rise in England swine flu deaths

The Empire Chronicles (Free subscription) | yesterday

Healthy children between six months and five years old will be vaccinated against swine flu, as the latest weekly bulletin showed a sharp rise in patient deaths and the number of children being admitted to hospital, the Guardian reports. The overall number of new cases showed a second successive weekly fall. Health officials estimate there were 55,000 new cases this week in England compared with 64,000...

• Swine flu jab to be offered to healthy under-fives - The Guardian

Swine flu death toll in Scotland reaches 40

News Scotsman (Free subscription) | yesterday

ANOTHER swine flu death was announced today, bringing the death toll in Scotland to 40 since the outbreak began.

Swine flu striking pregnant women hard: CDC study

bsalmons | 29/07/2009

Pregnant women infected with the new H1N1 swine flu have a much higher risk of severe illness and death, U.S. government researchers said on Wednesday, confirming a trend that has worried global health experts. While pregnant woman have always had a higher risk of severe disease from influenza in general, the new H1N1 virus is taking an exceptionally heavy toll, the researchers

Third Md. Death From Swine Flu

bsalmons | 17/07/2009

Maryland state health officials said yesterday that a third resident has died of a swine flu-related illness. Health officials said the person lived on the Eastern Shore and had underlying health issues. Further information about the person is not being released because of privacy restrictions. The other Maryland residents whose deaths were attributed to swine flu also had underlying health conditions.

WHO confirms flu spreads to Cuba, Finland, Thailand

bsalmons | 13/05/2009

H1N1 flu has now reached Cuba, Finland, and Thailand, with nearly 6,000 people infected in 33 countries, the World Health Organization said on Wednesday.