Medical history was made on Thursday when two U.N. agencies stated that promising results with an experimental new AIDS vaccine offered new hope in the battle against HIV, but more tests still need to be done.
The new HIV vaccine tested on volunteers is a mixture of Sanofi-Aventis’s ALVAC canary pox vaccine and the failed HIV [...]

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The Pneumonic plague has hit China. It has already killed a 32-year-old man in Ziketan, according to the health authority.
There are also 11 other infected people who are relatives of the deceased. They are currently in stable condition in a local hospital.
The remaining 10,000 inhabitants of Ziketan, which covers an area of [...]

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The United Nation’s top health expert has started a forum in Mexico on battling swine flu by saying that the spread of the virus worldwide is now unstoppable.
World Health Organization head Margaret Chan stated that holding the unique meeting in Cancun showed confidence in Mexico, which has been hardest hit by the virus.
The [...]

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The World Health Organization, or WHO, has just declared an H1N1 pandemic as of today (Thursday, June 11, 2009).  This marks the first worldwide pandemic in 41 years.
H1N1 infections in the U.S., Europe, Australia, South America and in other countries has risen to about 30,000 cases.
The H1N1 pandemic announcement is scientific confirmation that a new [...]

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The World Health Organization has just raised its pandemic alert to 5.  This is the 2nd-highest level, which means that the outbreak of the Swine Flu virus is nearing widespread human infection.
The rise in the alert level means that all countries are to “immediately” begin pandemic preparedness plans.
“This change to a higher phase of alert [...]

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Add another state to the growing list of states dealing with the Swine Flu.  Three people, all adults, in Maine were diagnosed today with H1N1 Swine Flu virus.
The three adults are said to be recovering in their homes, according to the governor’s office.
Dr. Dora Anne Mills from the Maine Center for Disease Control said the [...]

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There has been a confirmed Swine Flu death in Texas.
A 23-month-old toddler became the first confirmed U.S. victim as officials worldwide attempt to contain a global health crisis.
“Even though we’ve been expecting this, it is very, very sad,” Dr. Richard Besser, acting chief of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said on Wednesday. “As [...]

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The Swine Flu outbreak crossed new borders Tuesday as confirmed cases appeared in the Middle East and the Asia-Pacific region.  In Mexico, the number of deaths blamed on the virulent strain passed 150.
“At this time, containment is not a feasible option,” said Keiji Fukuda, assistant director-general of the World Health Organization (WHO), which [...]

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The Swine Flu outbreak is worsening.  World Health Organization (WHO) officials have raised the Swine Flu Pandemic Alert to Phase 4.
Here is the explanation from the WHO website:
Phase 4 is characterized by verified human-to-human transmission of an animal or human-animal influenza reassortant virus able to cause “community-level outbreaks.” The ability to cause sustained disease outbreaks [...]

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BREAKING NEWS: This is an update to our earlier coverage of the recent Swine Flu outbreak.
The CDC has just issued an official Swine Flu Outbreak Notice in the United States.
At 3:30pm on April 25, 2009, the CDC issued the following notice:
Current Situation
As of 6pm April 24 2009, 8 human cases of swine influenza A (H1N1) [...]

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