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Ukraine confirms first swine flu death, quarantine ordered

October 30, 2009 on 11:58 am | In Health | Comments Off Kiev- Ukraine suffered its first death from swine flu, as the government declared a massive quarantine and control effort to head off a possible epidemic, the Interfax news agency reported. The victim was a man living in Ukraine's western Lviv region...

Switzerland authorises two pandemic vaccines for H1N1

October 30, 2009 on 8:58 am | In Health | Comments Off Geneva - Switzerland has authorized two vaccines against the A(H1N1) pandemic virus, the regulating agency said Friday. One shot of Pandemrix, manufactured by GlaxSmithKline, mixed with the AS03 adjuvant, would be sufficient for antibody formation, S...

Norway’s higher swine flu death toll to be analyzed

October 29, 2009 on 1:04 pm | In Health | Comments Off Oslo - Norway had as of Thursday registered a higher number of swine flu cases and fatalities than its Nordic neighbours, sparking speculation of a possible mutation of the A(H1N1) virus. The Norwegian Institute of Public Health reported Norway has r...

Taiwan student eats cow dung to protest against US beef imports

October 29, 2009 on 12:06 pm | In Health | Comments Off Taipei - A Taiwan student has consumed cow dung in protest against the government's decision to renew US beef imports, local television reported Thursday. The student, Chu Cheng-chi, of the National Taiwan University's PhD programme in sociology, was...

Morocco diagnoses 82 cases of swine flu in one day

October 29, 2009 on 10:28 am | In Health | Comments Off Rabat, Morocco - Eighty-two cases of the H1N1 influenza have been diagnosed in Morocco in a single day, press reports said Thursday. The cases were discovered in the cities of Casablanca, Fes, Meknes, Kenintra and Rabat on October 28, Health Minister...