OTTAWA (AFP) - A "novel" influenza type A virus was confirmed in two hog farm workers in the central Canadian province of Saskatchewan, according to health authorities who stressed the virus was "non-pandemic." More »
GENEVA (AFP) - The World Health Organisation said Tuesday it would ask countries with large caseloads of swine flu to move away from laboratory testing of individual cases towards collecting more macro-trends of the disease. More »
GENEVA (AFP) - Swine flu has infected 94,512 people worldwide and been blamed for 429 deaths since it was first detected in April, the World Health Organisation said Monday. More »
LIMA (AFP) - Peru on Sunday reported its first two swine flu fatalities and Uruguay and Paraguay saw their death tolls rise, as South America grappled with mounting cases and measures to contain the spread of the virus. More »
LONDON (AFP) - Swine flu infected one of the main stars in the latest Harry Potter movie, a publicist said Saturday, as new deaths and fears of a carve-up on vaccine access underlined the gravity of the pandemic. More »
MONTREAL (AFP) - Canada has reported four new swine flu deaths, bringing to 31 the country's toll from the A(H1N1) virus. More »
CANCUN (AFP) - Universal access to a swine flu vaccine remains a "critical question," the World Health Organization (WHO) said Friday. More »
CANCUN (AFP) - The World Health Organization (WHO) and developing nations called Friday during a swine flu summit here for measures to ensure poorer countries have access to a future A(H1N1) vaccine. More »
GENEVA (AFP) - The World Health Organisation still expects the swine flu pandemic to subside in the northern hemisphere over the summer, despite its persistence in the likes of the United States and Britain. More »
ZAGREB (AFP) - The Croatian government on Friday announced the country's first swine flu case in a woman who had recently returned from Australia. More »
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