Articles tagged with: swine flu
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Health officials in Iowa have diagnosed the nation’s first cat with swine flu.
The 13-year-old indoor cat apparently caught the H1N1 virus from a member of its household of the human variety. Such human-to-feline transmissions have occurred with other strains of flu, so it’s not a... read more
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The set of Desperate Housewives is on swine flu alert since Wednesday, after series star Teri Hatcher informed the show that she was recently diagnosed with the potentially fatal H1N1 virus.
Teri’s diagnosis comes at crunchtime for the top-rated ABC drama, which had been shooting scenes for... read more
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CNN’s chief medical correspondent is recovering from a bout with swine flu after a recent tour of Afghanistan. Dr. Sanjay Gupta was reporting from the war-torn country this week when he felt himself becoming ill. He was later transported to a battlefield hospital where he was diagnosed with th... read more
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U.S. soccer star Landon Donovan has tested positive for the H1N1 virus, otherwise known as the swine flu virus.
Donovan said he contracted the virus in the United States last week. But he played a World Cup qualifying match Wednesday in Mexico, where the ongoing H1N1 flu pandemic began. He re... read more
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The number of new swine flu infections in England has doubled in the past week, the government says.
There were an estimated 100,000 new cases with the under 14s the worst hit.
It comes as the National Flu Service was launched, offering sufferers access to drugs on the phone and via th... read more
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Harry Potter actor Rupert Grint has been struck down with swine flu.
Grint, who plays Harry’s pal Ron Weasley, was forced to take a break from filming the latest instalment about the young wizard when he was hit by the bug. (Chek out read more
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The number of Internet scammers offering fake anti-swine flu drug Tamiflu has surpassed those selling counterfeit Viagra, a UK body said Friday.
Since the H1N1 virus, also known as swine flu, was declared a global pandemic last month, there has been an increase in the number of Web sites and ... read more
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The World Health Organization raised the swine flu alert Thursday to its highest level, saying the H1N1 virus has spread to enough countries to be considered a global pandemic.
Increasing the alert to Phase 6 does not mean that the disease is deadlier or more dangerous than before, just that ... read more
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This week should have been a joyous time for Judy Trunnell, a 33-year-old schoolteacher who had just given birth to a healthy baby girl.
But the friends and relatives whose cars lined the quiet street in front of her home in a quiet subdivision Tuesday instead were mourning her, the first Ame... read more
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President Barack Obama said Wednesday that wider school closings in the U.S. may be necessary in an escalating global health emergency that claimed the first death in the United States and swept Germany onto the roster of afflicted nations. Obama said local schools across America should consider tem... read more













