STRASBOURG – A top of the World Health Organization official has told the Council of Europe that any suggestion that the U.N. body inflated the danger of the Swine Flu virus is improper. And Keiji Fukuda says allegations of improper influence from pharmaceutical organizations trivializes the 14,000 lab confirmed deaths in 120 countries. He also [...]
OTTAWA – Swine Flu has killed five more Canadians in B.C., Alberta and Ontario, according to the Public Health Agency of Canada. The new deaths were reported in a seven days period between Jan. 14 and Jan. 21. Ottawa said 425 Canadians have so far died from Pandemic Swine Flu. With the single death reported, [...]
OTTAWA – Swine Flu has taken six more lives in Canada in a one week period ending on Thursday. The lab-confirmed Canadian death toll from the pandemic virus reached 416 on Jan. 7 with deaths reported in B.C., Quebec and Newfoundland and Labrador where three people died in one week. The latest deaths, including one [...]
ATLANTA – There has been an upsurge in visits to doctors for Swine Flu and deaths associated with flu and pneumonia are again higher than the national epidemic threshold, the CDC said in a report released on Saturday. “Visits to doctors for influenza-like illness (ILI) nationally increased slightly this week over last week. This is [...]
OTTAWA – Nine more Canadians have died from Swine Flu in the one week period leading up to December 30, to take the national death toll to 410. Four people died in Alberta, B.C. reported one death, Ontario had three more deaths while New Brunswick had one. Ontario’s death toll from the H1N1 virus now [...]
TORONTO – Ontario is reporting a declining trend in hospitalizations and deaths as the second wave of Swine Flu weakens. 115 people were admitted to hospitals between Nov. 26 and Dec. 2 while 9 people were reported dead for the same period. In the previous reporting week, 216 people were admitted while 16 deaths were [...]
GENEVA – The World Health Organization says mutations in the Swine Flu virus have been detected in a number of countries but the significance of how it will affect people in unknown. WHO also said there is no evidence at this time that the mutations are significant enough to cause people not to develop immunity [...]
VICTORIA – A ten-year-old is among eight more British Columbians who have died from Swine Flu since Nov. 3 and 202 more have been admitted to hospital as the virus continues to cause wide-spread illnes. B.C. known death toll now stands at 23.
VANCOUVER – Women in their first half of pregnancy can expect to get vaccinated against the Swine Flu virus next week, says B.C. health chief Dr. Perry Kendall. 25,000 shots of unadjuvanted vaccines have been delivered to the B.C. Centre for Disease Control, according to the Canadian government. The first batch that arrived contained an [...]
VANCOUVER – B.C. health authorities continue to paint a rosy picture despite a shortfall in vaccine delivery which means many people in the province will not be vaccinated until December. “Despite unexpected delays in the manufacture of pandemic H1N1 influenza vaccine in Canada, all British Columbians who need or want the vaccine will be able [...]
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