Protein Sciences Corporation in Connecticut has produced the first batch of swine flu vaccine. The company was given a $ 35 million contract to develop the vaccine using insect cell technology. Dan Adams, CEO of the company, said that about one lakh doses have been manufactured and the ...

"There is much more to this virus than we understand, and nobody knows how lethal it could be in future. Presently, the hot summer is at our rescue. During the rainy and winter season the virus is likely to spread in a big way," senior epidemiologist Narendra Arora told IANS.

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A new strain of the H1N1 virus has been identified by some Brazilian scientists. The new strain of the virus was noticed while examining the sample of an infected person from Sao Paulo.
 
The new variant of the H1N1 virus has been named as A/Sao Paulo/1454/H1N1 by the Adolfo Lutz ...

According to the sources from the Health Ministry which have been reported from South America, the numbers of confirmed cases of infection due to the swine flu virus have soared up to a 3,125, as several hundreds of cases were reported yesterday.  
 
The total number of cases from the ...

Forty One new cases of the infection caused by the H1N1 virus have been reported from the Mainland of China which makes the total number of infected cases to 226. But no deaths due to the H1N1 infection have been reported from the China mainland till now.
 
Sichuan, which is a southwestern ...

The first of the vaccines for swine flu has been produced by the world famous drug manufacturer from Europe, Novartis AG. The drug manufacturer has stated on 15 June, 2009 that the first batch has completed successful production.
 
The company had earlier announced on Friday that the new ...

The total number of the confirmed cases of the A/H1N1 virus infection has increased by 109, making a total of 310 in Thailand. This information was announced by the Deputy Public Health Minister Manit Nopamornbodi on the 16th June, 2009, Tuesday, in Bangkok.
 
But the Deputy Public Health ...

An automated IVRS (Interactive Voice Response System) for information related to swine flu has been launched in Hyderabad, India. The launch was done by the Health Minister, Mr. Danam Nagendar.  The IVRS is a joint effort made by the Andhra Pradesh Government, BSNL and Voicegate technologies. ...

The declaration of the swine flu by the World Health Organization as a pandemic is a little more than the official stamp on the reality. The number of infected cases of H1N1 virus, more commonly known by the name of swine flu, is around 29,000 from around 74 countries of the world. The death toll ...

The Health authorities of Hong Kong have confirmed that eight more cases of swine flu have been confirmed. With this, the total number of swine flu cases reported from Hong Kong has become 92.
 
The Health Department of Hong Kong have been quoted saying that the health authorities have ...

A new research that has been conducted by an international team at the Oxford University, London has revealed the origins of swine flu. The revelation came after the scientists of the research team discovered that the H1N1 influenza virus is transmitted into the body of the human being several ...

The first death caused due to H1N1 virus has been recorded in Europe. The Scottish officials were quoted saying that the person who died had the disease. 
The news of this death in Europe came on 154 June, 2009, Sunday, just a few days after the disease had been labeled as a pandemic by the ...

On 12 June, Friday, yet another life was claimed by the A/H1N1 flu virus in Wisconsin, a state located in Northern U.S. This has been confirmed by the health officials of Milwaukee.

The victim in this case, was an adult, who did not show any symptoms of the infection which are generally found ...

The Union health ministry has decided to implement thermal scanners on a trial basis at the IGI Airport in New Delhi. This step was taken up by the health ministry on the light on the declaration of swine flu as a pandemic by WHO. Around 5 out of the 16 cases reported till now from India have been ...

The World Health Organisation on Thursday (June 11) declared swine flu a pandemic. So far influenza A (H1N1) or swine flu has killed 141 people and infected another 27,737 in about 74 countries. This is the first flu pandemic since the Hong Kong flu pandemic in 1968. Following the rapid spread of ...

Two more cases of dreaded swine flu have been found in India thereby raising the total number of infected people to 10. As per a civil ministry statement, one of the persons from New Delhi has been tested positive for swine flu. The 35-year-old man reached the national capital form New York by AI ...

The fist human to human transfer of swine flu has been reported from Germany. According to reports, a nurse in Bavaria apparently got infected by the deadly swine flu virus from a patient who had been in Mexico. With this, the number of infected people in Germany stood at five. Meanwhile, the ...

The outbreak of swine flu has so far claimed 152 lives in Mexico and is spreading like contagion with cases being reported from the US, Canada, Britain, New Zealand, South Korea and Israel. Mexico was place where the disease caused by influenza Type A virus was first detected. The rapid spread of ...