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New flu virus found at Canadian hog farm

AFP - Yesterday, 04:00 am

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 »

WHO to ask infected countries to stop testing swine flu cases
AFP - Tuesday, July 7 05:50 pm
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 »
Global swine flu infections pass 90,000
AFP - Monday, July 6 05:37 pm
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 »
Peru reports first swine flu deaths, region's cases swell
AFP - Sunday, July 5 10:05 pm
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 »
Swine flu fells Harry Potter star
AFP - Saturday, July 4 09:48 pm
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 »
Canada reports four more swine flu deaths
AFP - Saturday, July 4 04:07 pm
MONTREAL (AFP) - Canada has reported four new swine flu deaths, bringing to 31 the country's toll from the A(H1N1) virus. More »
Access to swine flu vaccine a 'critical question': WHO
AFP - Saturday, July 4 12:43 am
CANCUN (AFP) - Universal access to a swine flu vaccine remains a "critical question," the World Health Organization (WHO) said Friday. More »
WHO, poor nations urge global access to swine flu vaccine
AFP - Friday, July 3 08:18 pm
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 »
WHO sees swine flu tailing off in summer
AFP - Friday, July 3 06:53 pm
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 »
Croatia announces first swine flu case
AFP - Friday, July 3 06:34 pm
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 »