AP - It is too early to declare that the swine flu pandemic has peaked worldwide and many more people could become sick with the virus this winter, the head of the World Health Organization said in an interview published Tuesday. [...more]
The United Nations' senior health officer has warned that the spread of H1N1, so-called swine flu is now unstoppable. Dr Margaret Chan delivered her. (source: Euronews.net) - News widgets and RSS feeds on Feedzilla.com [...more]
Straits Times WHO warns swine flu 'unstoppable' BBC News The UN's top health official has opened a forum in Mexico on combating swine flu by saying that the spread of the virus worldwide is now unstoppable. World Health Organization head Margaret Chan added that the holding of the meeting in Cancun showed ... World health officials tackle swine flu challenges The Associated Press WHO chief identifies "warning signs" of severe flu Reuters WHO guarantees swine flu treatment for the Americas AFP Xinhua [...more]
Times Online Britain projects 100000 swine flu cases per day Reuters LONDON (Reuters) - Britain is projecting more than 100000 new cases a day of the H1N1 flu by the end of August and will change the way it deals with the virus, the government said Thursday. "We could see over 100000 cases per day by the ... Britain braces for 100000 swine flu cases a day The Associated Press Swine flu confirmed in Antioch student San Jose Mercury News Swine flu 'cannot be contained' BBC News Independent [...more]
Sir Liam Donaldson says tens of thousands of cases could emerge each week Tens of thousands of new swine flu cases could emerge every week by the autumn, the chief medical officer, Sir Liam Donaldson, warned today . Swine flu is continuing to spread quickly in the worst affected areas of Britain, with 390 new cases in England, Scotland and Wales in the last 24 hours, taking the UK total to 3,708. In the West Midlands, the number of cases rose by 115 to 1,358 today. [...more]
USA Today Pandemic Flu Washington Post WITH CASES numbering more than 59000 across 110 countries, Margaret Chan of the World Health Organization has declared a swine flu pandemic. "The world is moving into the early days of its first influenza pandemic in the 21st century," Dr. Chan said ... New York City swine flu case tally could be as high as 500000, CDC ... New York Daily News US passes million swine flu cases BBC News US Passes Million Swine Flu Cases, Officials Say New York Times Wall Street Journal [...more]
CDC Estimate Based On Mathematical Modeling; Average Age Of Patients Is 12 (source: CBS News) - RSS and News widget on Feedzilla.com [...more]
MOSCOW: The swine flu virus is "stable" but must be monitored closely, director general of the World Health Organisation Margaret Chan said... [...more]
When World Health Organization (WHO) chief Margaret Chan declared last week that for the first time in more than 40 years the world is facing an influenza pandemic, she simply stated what everybody already knew.Authors: Jon Cohen, Martin Enserink (Source: Science: This Week) MedWorm Message: Get the very latest Swine Flu news via the MedWorm Swine Flu RSS news feed - updated hourly from thousands of authoritative health and news sources. [...more]
Here we present a review of the literature of influenza modeling studies, and discuss how these models can provide insights into the future of the currently circulating novel strain of influenza A (H1N1), formerly known as swine flu. We discuss how the feasibility of controlling an epidemic critically depends on the value of the Basic Reproduction Number (R0). The R0 for novel influenza A (H1N1) has recently been estimated to be between 1.4 and 1.6. [...more]
