News tagged with new flu strain
Researchers describe the 90-year evolution of swine flu
The current H1N1 swine flu strain has genetic roots in an illness that sickened pigs at the 1918 Cedar Rapids Swine Show in Iowa, report infectious disease experts at the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jun 30, 2009 |
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Probing Question: Can a pandemic be predicted?
SARS. Ebola. West Nile. Avian flu. Over the past decade, the world has watched and waited to see if these viruses would develop into global health threats. In recent weeks, the World Health Organization (WHO) sent a shockwave ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jun 04, 2009 |
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Mexico on edge as reports of swine flu cases climb
(AP) -- A new strain of swine flu has this metropolis of 20 million people increasingly fearful as suspected flu deaths grow, and world health officials warn that Mexico City could be at the epicenter of ...
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Apr 26, 2009 |
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