02-11-2009 Thousands of people participated in the running festival in Bangkok last week. The event was organised by the UN to raise awareness about the need to curb the spread of H1N1 flu pandemic.
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01-10-2009 A new report says tribals in Australia and Canada are vulnerable to swine flu due to poor health and poverty. The report follows as body bags were sent to native Canadians in Manitoba who have plead the government to send medicines instead.
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18-08-2009 As swine flu sweeps the world, WHO chief Margaret Chan tells how she is trying to turn the tide against it. The Guardian journalist Aida Edemariam writes about the journey of this valiant fighter, who has now earned a nickname of 'Iron Lady'.
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14-07-2009 UN health experts have noted that all countries will be requiring immunisation against the influenza A(H1N1), popularly known as swine flu. According to the World Health Organisation, over 94,000 people have been tested positive so far that includes 429 reported deaths.
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26-06-2009 With estimated one million cases of swine flu in the US alone, the virus is showing no signs of letting up. In Middle East, the number of cases is also growing with many new suspected and confirmed cases reported in the past few days.
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16-06-2009 In view of the ever increasing number of people infected with swine flu, the Indian government has advised citizens not to travel abroad until the threat recedes. Meanwhile, WHO chief Margaret Chan has warned that the pandemic can cripple fragile health services in poor countries.
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27-05-2009 The spread of the influenza A(H1N1) virus is linked to the way food is produced in factories, says Sunita Narain, Director, Centre for Science and Environment. She argues that practices like intensive poultry farming with dense animal population help viruses spread fast causing outbreak of pandemics.
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07-05-2009 Restaurants, offices, high schools and universities have reopened in Mexico City after five-day shutdown due to swine flu scare. The Mexican capital, one of the busiest places in the world, saw a steep drop in its tourist inflow in past weeks.
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06-05-2009 World Health Organisation is in talks with drug manufacturers to ensure that the poor in developing countries do not face shortage of swine flu vaccines. It is also discussing with major funding agencies to provide money for the purchase of medicines.
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30-04-2009 Based on assessment of all available information, WHO has raised the current level of swine flu alert to phase 5, the second highest on its threat scale. Prominent medical journal The Lancet has warned that the pandemic, if full-blown, can kill millions in the developing world.
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27-04-2009 The H1N1 strain of swine flu has claimed at least 103 human lives in Mexico and is suspected to have spread to many other parts of the world. Associated usually with pigs but when the flu spreads from person to person it becomes a tougher strain that is harder to treat.
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