ATLANTA – Nine more child deaths have been blamed on Swine Flu and deaths from pneumonia and flu have climbed back above the epidemic threshold in the U.S. for the third consecutive week, reports the CDC. 39,794 hospitalizations and 1,905 deaths have been reported to the Centers for Disease Control since August 30 when the [...]
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 [...]
VICTORIA – B.C.’s death toll from Swine Flu has reached 51 with four new fatalities and 23 hospitalizations added to the list since Dec. 8, according to a ministry of health report released Tuesday. Two of the deaths occurred during the period Dec. 8 to Dec. 15 while two deaths which occurred during the previous [...]
ATLANTA – Swine Flu hospitalizations jumped by 2,170 cases in the U.S. and the Centers for Disease Control, CDC, states an additional 109 deaths were reported including 15 new pediatric deaths suspected of being caused by the virus. “The proportion of deaths attributed to pneumonia and influenza (P&I) was above the epidemic threshold for the [...]
OTTAWA – Swine Flu has taken ten more lives in Canada in the past three days and the national toll now stands at 373 with additional deaths being reported by six provinces and territories. Canada’s chief health officer, Dr. David Butler-Jones, has personally appealed to Canadians not to get complacent over the Swine Flu threat. A [...]
ATLANTA – The proportion of deaths from pneumonia and Swine Flu continue to remain above the epidemic threshold in the U.S. with an additional 17 pediatric deaths reported to the Centers for Disease Control. 31,320 people have been hospitalized since Aug. 30 when the second wave struck. Since then, 1,336 people have died. Since the [...]
OTTAWA – Even though Swine Flu’s second wave is on the downswing, 804 Canadians were hospitalized and 56 died across the country in a one week reporting period between Nov. 22 and Nov. 28, according to the latest assessment released by the Public Health Agency of Canada.
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