Japan Acts to Contain Flu, but W.H.O. Resists Raising the Alert Level
The increasing number of swine flu cases in Japan raises the likelihood that the World Health Organization will soon have to raise its pandemic alert level to 6.
View ArticleTravelers to China risk 'random' quarantine
Travelers to China who display flu-like symptoms may be randomly quarantined over concerns of the swine flu virus, the U.S. State Department warned.read more
View ArticleAsia Prepares For Swine Flu Second Wave
A health official in the region said the second wave of swine flu cases has come sooner than expected. “The level [of H1N1 cases in Japan and Korea] has already passed the threshold reached at the end...
View ArticleThird death in China from new bird flu strain
Chinese authorities tried to calm spreading health concerns Wednesday after a third person was reported to have died from a new type of bird flu. The emergence in China of the H7N9 strain of avian flu...
View ArticleNew bird flu strain causes fifth death in China
A middle-aged man who transported poultry for a living and another unidentified person have died from a new strain of bird flu, bringing the death toll to five among 14 confirmed cases in China, the...
View ArticleChina Escalates Response to Avian Flu Outbreak
With confirmation that a sixth person has died from a mysterious avian-borne virus, Chinese officials escalated their response on Friday, advising people to avoid live poultry, dispatching virologists...
View ArticleChinese colonel claims new bird flu strain is a biological weapon from US
As cases of H7N9 continue to grow in China, one Chinese Air Force officer is blaming the outbreak not on genetic mutations – but on the United States government. In a post on his blog Saturday,...
View ArticleHong Kong goes on alert bird flu alert
The death toll in China's bird flu crisis stood at 10 on Friday, as Hong Kong authorities announced plans to test all poultry imported from the mainland.read more
View ArticleNew strain of bird flu virus kills 14 people in China
China reported another death and three new infections from a new strain of avian influenza known as H7N9 on Monday, bringing the total death toll to 14 and the number of infections to 63, the official...
View ArticleStudy: New bird flu jumped directly from chickens
Chinese scientists have for the first time found strong evidence of how humans got infected with a new strain of bird flu: from chickens at a live market. In a small study of four patients who caught...
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