Seoul – Seoul shipped Friday morning medical aids to North Korea to help North Korea fight an outbreak of swine flu, as eight trucks of medicines crossed the border into the North, Yonhap news agency reported. The shipment was made on eight truckload..

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Belgrade – Serbia began inoculations against swine flu on Thursday, amid what has been described as a deteriorating health situation and waning public concern over the epidemic. The first batch of 170,000 vaccines, supplied by the Swiss company Nov..

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Sydney – If only worries about climate change were as overblown as the alarm over swine flu. The pandemic H1N1 virus has proved to be not as serious as predicted, Jim Bishop, Australia’s chief medical officer, admits.

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Sydney – If only worries about climate change were as overblown as the alarm over swine flu. The pandemic H1N1 virus has proved to be not as serious as predicted, Jim Bishop, Australia’s chief medical officer, admits. The fact is that everyone …

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Taipei – Taiwan launched an island-wide H1N1 vaccination campaign on Saturday, offering cabbages and other small gifts to induce people to take the shot. More than half a million people took the vaccination shot on Saturday at 2,573 places designated… (source: Earth Times) – News widgets and RSS feeds on Feedzilla.com

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Washington – Swine flu has claimed an estimated 10,000 lives in the United States, more than double the estimated death toll in November, the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said Thursday. The H1N1 virus has infected about 50 million..

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Gaza City – A Palestinian doctor from the Gaza Strip died of swine flu at an Israeli hospital Tuesday, Palestinian health officials said. Mahmoud al-Haddad, a blood vessel specialist from Gaza City, was transferred to Israel on Monday after being dia..

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New Delhi – Multinational pharmaceutical firms GlaxoSmithKline and Baxter have received approval to carry out human trials in India for their H1N1 swine-flu vaccine, news reports said Tuesday. Since India reported its first swine flu case in May, mor… (source: Earth Times) – RSS feeds and Feed widget on Feedzilla.com

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Seoul – South Korea on Tuesday offered help to its isolated northern neighbour following reports of deaths following a possible outbreak of swine flu in North Korea. President Lee Myung Bak ordered his cabinet to review the reports and find ways to h… (source: Earth Times) – RSS widgets and RSS feeds on Feedzilla.com

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Gaza – Two Gaza residents died from swine flu, the first fatalities from the disease, Palestinian doctors said Monday. Three other Gazans found to be suffering the disease remain in stable condition in Shifa Hospital in the Gaza Strip, Hassan Khalaf,…

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