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May take a year more to surmount H1N1: WHO

Wed, 12/30/2009 - 15:54 by Jamie Anderson

Geneva, December 30 -- If the predictions of Margaret Chan, director-general of the World Health Organization (WHO), are anything to go by, the world will not see the end of the lethal swine flu virus anytime soon.

Single dose of anti-swine flu vaccine enough for kids: Study

Tue, 12/22/2009 - 14:21 by Pankhuri kapoor

Melbourne, Australia, December 22 -- A new study from Australia has proposed that a single dose (15mg) of the anti-swine flu vaccine can provide effective resistance against the pandemic disease among infants and children.

38 million doses of H1N1 vaccine available: CDC

Sat, 11/07/2009 - 16:42 by Arushi Chaudhary

Atlanta, November 7 -- Officials from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Friday said that over 38 million doses of vaccine against the pandemic influenza are now available.

Swine flu upgraded to pandemic status

Fri, 06/12/2009 - 15:54 by Neka Sehgal

Geneva, June 11: The formal declaration of swine flu as the first global pandemic in 41 years was issued by the World Health Organization (WHO) after elevating the pandemic warning level from five to six, the highest level on its scale.