Sunday, June 14, 2009

Confirmed cases of influenza A/H1N1 rise to 71 in New Zealand

Confirmed cases of influenza A/H1N1 rise to 71 in New Zealand

WELLINGTON, June 14 (Xinhua) -- The number of confirmed cases of influenza A/H1N1 in New Zealand rose to 71 on Sunday, up from 43 on Saturday, the Health Ministry said.



The WHO's askew flu fears


By Michael Fumento
June 14, 2009

The World Health Organization has apparently redefined 'flu pandemic' to reflect popular angst, as well as its own.



Summer playgrounds may pose flu risk in NYC - mayor

By Joan Gralla

Fri Jun 12, 2009

NEW YORK, June 12 (Reuters) - Cases of the new H1N1 flu virus are declining in New York, one of the U.S. cities hit earliest and hardest by the new pandemic virus, health officials said on Friday.



New York woman dies of swine flu in Vegas

LAS VEGAS—Southern Nevada health officials said Friday that an elderly woman infected with the swine-flu virus has died, the first death in the state.



Marin health officials won't change response to swine flu pandemic

By Richard Halstead
06/13/2009

The World Health Organization's decision Thursday to formally recognize the swine flu as a global pandemic won't alter the way that the disease is dealt with in Marin, county health officials say.



2009 flu pandemic

The 2009 flu pandemic, also referred to as swine flu, is a global outbreak of a new strain of influenza A virus subtype H1N1 identified in April 2009 which infects and is transmitted between humans. It is thought to be a mutation—more specifically, a reassortment—of four known strains of influenza A virus subtype H1N1: one endemic in humans, one endemic in birds, and two endemic in pigs (swine). A June 10, 2009 update by the U.N.'s World Health Organization (WHO) states that "74 countries have officially reported 27,737 cases of influenza A(H1N1) infection, including 141 deaths".



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