Influenza Pandemic Update:

Argentina Confirms 337 Swine Flu Deaths 15-year-old Brazilian Girl Taking Tamiflu Dies on Flight from US WHO Reports Swine Flu Now Resistant to Anti-Viral Drug Relenza WHO: Swine Flu Spreads to Most Remote Parts of the World [JWR Adds: Madagascar?] WHO: Younger People 12-17 at Greater Risk to Catch Swine Flu New Influenza Drug Successful in Trials Swine Flu’s Worst Case Scenario: Paranoia or Preparedness? Eight US Cities Line Up for Swine Flu Vaccine Test




Influenza Pandemic Update:

Swine Flu Outbreak Suspected in Israeli Military Prison Palestinians Confirms First Swine Flu Death 50-yr-old Jerusalem Man 5th Israeli Swine Flu Death Iran Bans Pilgrimage to Mecca as Swine Flu Spreads Mexico Swine Flu Cases Jump, LatAm Deaths Soar 19 New Swine Flu Cases in India, Total 616 Swine Flu Death Triggers Panic in Western India










Influenza Pandemic Update:

Reader Pete A. sent us a link to an updated interactive map: Tracking the global spread of swine flu First Wave of Swine Flu Peaks in UK Mexico registers big jump in swine flu cases Swine Flu Strategy Under Revision “U.S. authorities will release within days other ‘community-mitigation”‘measures, intended to help keep businesses operating, help hospitals avoid being overwhelmed and guide local authorities in deciding whether to cancel public events, officials said.”






















Influenza Pandemic Update:

Swine Flu Rages On at US Coast Guard Academy US Public Health Agencies to Set Up Mass Swine Flu Vaccinations US Warns Seasonal Flu Vaccine Will Not Protect Against Swine Flu Reader H.H. sent these two flu news items: Swine flu cases double as 100,000 people contract disease in just one week U.S. has bought 195 million doses of H1N1 vaccine




Influenza Pandemic Update:

Global Swine Flu Deaths Top 700 “Margaret Chan, WHO director-general, has warned that swine flu will become the biggest flu pandemic ever seen.” Safety of Swine Flu Vaccine to Face Tough Scrutiny Swine Flu Brits to be Quarantined Little Girl 8th Swine Flu Victim in Columbia CBS 60 Minutes: 1976 Swine Flu: 300 Deaths From Vax, One Death From Flu Airlines To Ban Suspected Swine Flu Victims. Gee, that’s a timely move! First Vaccine for Foiling Swine to be Tested -The first human trials of a swine- flu vaccine are set to begin in Australia as deaths and infections from …







Influenza Pandemic Update:

Joan M. sent this: WHO says flu pandemic spreading too fast to count. “…the H1N1 flu pandemic has been the fastest-moving pandemic ever and that it is now pointless to ask countries to count every case.” Britain prepares for 65,000 deaths from swine flu Swine Flu Threatens Muslim Hajj Season Swine Flu to force 1 in 8 to take time off work sick Swine flu sweeping world at ‘unprecedented speed’: WHO “In past pandemics, influenza viruses have needed more than six months to spread as widely as the new H1N1 virus has spread in less than six weeks.” Swine Flu: …