Mexico City suspends schools over flu epidemic (AP)
AP - Mexico City closed schools across the metropolis of 20 million Friday after at least 16 people died and more than 900 others fall ill from what health officials suspect is a new strain of swine...
View ArticleWhite House closely following U.S. swine flu outbreak (Reuters)
Reuters - The White House is closely following the outbreak of a new strain of swine flu in the United States and President Barack Obama has been informed, an administration official said Friday.
View ArticleSwine Flu Appears Spreading In U.S.
Two new cases of swine flu have been confirmed in the U.S., as a Kansas couple has been diagnosed with the virus that has swept Mexico and threatened an international health crisis. The Centers for...
View ArticleSwine flu virus has pandemic potential warns WHO
Alarmed world health officials are scrambling to contain an outbreak of swine flu that has killed as many as 68 people in Mexico. The new strain of swine flu has also been confirmed in eight people in...
View Article8:06am Swine flu has 'pandemic...
THE World Health Organisation has branded the outbreak of a new strain of swine flu 'a public health emergency of international concern', following a meeting of its emergency committee. The World...
View Article'Pandemic potential' flu hits Mexico, US:
A new swine flu outbreak that has killed up to 81 people in Mexico has 'pandemic potential', the World Health Organisation has warned, as concern grew of the virus spreading in the US and worldwide....
View ArticleSwine flu outbreak has pandemic potential, warns UN health agency
Margaret ChanDirector-General of World Health Organisation 25 April 2009 The head of the United Nations health agency today warned that the recent outbreak of a deadly new strain of the flu virus,...
View ArticleWHO Warns of Possible Pandemic as Mexico Seeks to Contain Swine Flu (HealthDay)
HealthDay - SATURDAY, April 25 (HealthDay News) -- Mexican authorities continued to take dramatic steps Saturday to try to contain the swine flu outbreak that has killed as many as 68 people, and...
View ArticleUK monitoring swine flu outbreak
The UK's Health Protection Agency says the deadly outbreak of swine flu in America requires vigilance from other countries.
View Article81 feared dead from swine flu in Mexico (AFP)
AFP - Mexicans took new precautions amid fears that a new flu epidemic believed to have killed up to 81 people in the country could reach "pandemic" proportions and spread to the United States and...
View ArticleMexico fights swine flu 'pandemic'
MEXICO CITY: A new swine flu strain that has killed as many as 68 people and sickened more than 1,000 across Mexico has 'pandemic potential,' the World Health Organization chief said yesterday, and it...
View ArticleExperts concerned about potential flu pandemic
PM Experts are clearly extremely concerned about the new swine flu virus which the World Health Organisation warned today has the potential to cause a pandemic. The virus has killed at least 60 people...
View ArticleWHO warns of global flu pandemic
INTERNATIONAL. The outbreak of a new flu virus that has killed up to 60 people in Mexico is a âserious situationâ with a âpandemic potentialâ, says the WHO People wearing masks as they walk with their...
View ArticleWorld Health Org Chief Says Swine Flu Has Pandemic Potential
Outbreaks of swine flu in Mexico and the United States have the potential to cause a worldwide pandemic but it is too early to say whether they will, the head of the World Health Organization said on...
View ArticleNew strain of influenza sparks pandemic fear
Mexicans were taking new precautions on Sunday amid fears that a new flu epidemic believed to have killed up to 81 people in the country could reach 'pandemic' proportions and spread to the United...
View ArticleMexico flu sparks worldwide fear
Mexican authorities take drastic measures to contain a swine flu virus which has killed 81, amid fears the virus may be spreading.
View ArticleSuspected cases of swine-flu spur fears of global pandemic
Fears of a global flu pandemic grew as new suspected cases appeared across the world on Sunday, including up to 81 people who died in Mexico, where millions hid indoors to avoid contamination. While...
View ArticleWorld 'well prepared' for virus
The world is said to be better prepared than ever for a possible pandemic of Mexican swine flu, which has killed as many as 81.
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