Rates of infection by the 2009 H1N1 influenza virus may have peaked in late October, but the pandemic flu virus continues to be a potential source of illness in all age groups, including the elderly, according to a new report by Quest Diagnostics Incorporated, the world's leading provider of diagnostic testing, information and services.
The World Health Organization (WHO)said on Friday that it was assessing the public health significance of a mutation of the pandemic H1N1 virus detected in Norway and some other countries. The Norwegian Institute of Public Health has informed the WHO of a mutation of the H1N1 flu virus detected in two patients who died and one with severe illness. In addition to Norway, the mutation has also ...
For the protection of frontline health care and emergency medical workers at high risk of infection, the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) today issued a compliance directive to ensure uniform procedures when conducting inspections to identify and minimize or eliminate high to very high risk occupational exposures to the 2009 H1N1 influenza A virus.
Agence France-Presse, 21 November 2009 THE World Health Organisation said Friday that a mutation had been found in samples of the swine flu virus taken following the first two deaths from the pandemic in Norway. However, it stressed that the mutation did not appear to cause a more contagious or more dangerous form of A(H1N1) influenza and [...]
GENEVA - THE World Health Organisation said Friday that a mutation had been found in samples of the swine flu virus taken following the first two deaths from the pandemic in Norway. However, it stressed that the mutation did not appear to cause a more contagious or more dangerous form of A(H1N1) influenza and that some similar cases observed elsewhere had been mild.
For some it feels like a bad cold, for others the H1N1 virus can hit suddenly, eliminating any chances of survival. That's what happened to one Shiro man who contracted the swine flu.
ZURICH -(Dow Jones)- The mutated H1N1 swine flu virus found in Norway remains sensitive to current antiviral drugs, the World Health Organization said Friday in a statement.
SAN FRANCISCO -- The Norwegian Institute of Public Health said Friday that it has found a mutated version of the H1N1 virus in three patients in Norway, two of whom died. The institute suggested this...
GENEVA - The World Health Organisation said Friday that a mutation had been found in samples of the H1N1 flu virus taken following the first two deaths from the pandemic in Norway. "The Norwegian Inst...
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