Tag Archives : Influenza pandemic

The H1N1 virus, cause of the swine flu, that caused about of 2.200 deaths in 177 countries, became the most dominant influenza in the world, overcoming the seasonal (common) influenza, announced WHO on this Friday. Up to now, the organization considered “probable” a domain of H1N1 starting from next winter in Northern Hemisphere. According [...]

The director-general of the World Health Organization (WHO), Margaret Chan, said this Thursday, at the opening of an international forum on swine influenza in Mexico, that the spread of H1N1 virus around the world “can not be more contained. ” “From what we see today, with more than 100 countries recording cases of influenza, since [...]