The Department of Homeland Security released a guide to help cost-conscious businesses prepare for an outbreak of the H1N1 virus, most commonly known as swine flu.
– Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano today joined
Small Business Administration Administrator Karen Mills and Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention Influenza Division Deputy Director Daniel Jernigan to
announce a preparedness guide
to assist small businesses in plannin…
Tourists in the Indian resort state of Goa are to be screened for swine flu during the new holiday season, officials said, as the state registered its first suspected death from the virus. State health minister Vishwajeet Rane said confirmed cases of swine flu may increase as the winter
Thai health officials said on Tuesday that a baby had been born in Thailand with H1N1 flu having contracted the virus while still in the womb. The baby was born prematurely on Saturday, when doctors decided to deliver it by caesarean section seven months into the pregnancy of a 24-year-old
More than 5,500 people received antiviral drugs for the H1N1 virus on the first day of England’s pandemic flu service, the health secretary said on Saturday. The drugs were distributed on Thursday after consultation through the telephone and web advice service. “People in need of antivirals
As many as 6,000 people could die from H1N1 in Australia this season in a “worst case scenario” if no preventive measures or vaccines are found, Australian Health Minister Nicola Roxon said on Thursday. The H1N1 influenza has killed 21 people in Australia so far and there are 10,387
Healthcare workers should get priority access to H1N1 flu vaccinations but individual countries should decide who would be next in line for the vaccine, the World Health Organisation said on Monday. Marie-Paule Kieny, WHO director of the Initiative for Vaccine Research, also said
