Internet Could Get Clogged During Flu Pandemic, Officials Warn
(REUTERS) But the Homeland Security Department accused the GAO of having unrealistic expectations of how the Internet could be managed if millions beg...
(REUTERS) But the Homeland Security Department accused the GAO of having unrealistic expectations of how the Internet could be managed if millions beg...
Rep. Edolphus Towns | Posted 10.06.2009 | Living
With the height of the flu season quickly approaching and our children heading back into the classroom, I recently led a full Committee hearing to examine the Obama Administration's Flu Vaccine program.
GlobalPost | Posted 08.16.2009 | World
It's vacation time in the Northern Hemisphere as families pile into cars for a day at the beach. But in South America, it's winter, and this year that...
AP | DONNA ABU-NASR | Posted 07.31.2009 | World
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — Children, pregnant women, the elderly and those with chronic diseases should stay away from the annual hajj pilgrimage in...
Reuters | Posted 07.30.2009 | World
Scientists have established the first case of the new H1N1 influenza strain showing resistance to Tamiflu, the main antiviral flu drug, Danish officia...
Richard P. Wenzel | Posted 07.17.2009 | Living
A new Pandemic Threat Scale will require unprecedented international cooperation that does not exist today. But surely it is needed, and H1N1 has shown our lack of clarity in 2009.
BBC | Posted 07.16.2009 | World
The family of the first person in Europe to die after being diagnosed with swine flu has suffered a double tragedy with the death of her baby....
World Vision | Posted 06.19.2009 | World
WHO decision-makers would do well to balance the H1N1 pandemic with their broader responsibility to set the right agenda for establishing better health care systems in developing countries.
AFP | Posted 06.12.2009 | World
A 25-year-old Spanish woman who won a record 126 million euros (172 million dollars) in the Euro Millions lottery only learned of her good luck days ...
Rep. Patrick Kennedy | Posted 06.12.2009 | Politics
The un- and under-insured in our country are highly susceptible to any pandemic outbreak. The realities of biology will not let us separate into "us" versus "them" categories.
New York Times | Posted 06.12.2009 | World
Many people suffering from swine influenza, even those who are severely ill, do not have fever, an odd feature of the new virus that could increase th...
AP | RANDOLPH E. SCHMID | Posted 06.12.2009 | World
WASHINGTON — The number of cases of swine flu may have been several times higher than reported and the potential for rapid spread of the illness...
AP | Posted 06.08.2009 | World
TOKYO — Japan confirmed its first three swine flu cases Saturday. The two teenage boys and a teacher arrived at Tokyo's Narita International Ai...
New York Times | Posted 06.08.2009 | World
The slumping economy and the bloody drug war had been Mexican voters' top worries ahead of midterm elections in July. Then the mysterious A(H1N1) viru...
AP | JEREMIAH MARQUEZ | Posted 06.08.2009 | World
HONG KONG — Authorities in Hong Kong released some 280 people from a weeklong quarantine at an upscale hotel late Friday, with guests towing sui...
Huffington Post | Posted 06.07.2009 | World
The media's coverage of the H1N1 swine flu epidemic has been criticized by many for being overblown, fire-fanning, scare-mongering, overly hyped, and ...
AP | MARK STEVENSON and JAMES ANDERSON | Posted 06.05.2009 | World
MEXICO CITY — Mexico emerged from its swine flu isolation Tuesday as thousands of newspaper vendors, salesmen hawking trinkets and even panhandl...
Inter Press Service | Posted 06.05.2009 | World
By Antoaneta Bezlova BEIJING, May 5 (IPS) - Rebuked in the past for its sluggish response and attempts to cover up the 2003 outbreak of severe acut...
AP | DIKKY SINN and MIN LEE | Posted 06.01.2009 | World
HONG KONG — Hundreds of tourists and employees were under quarantine in a downtown Hong Kong hotel Saturday after a Mexican guest tested positiv...
UPI | Posted 05.31.2009 | World
China's health minister expressed confidence that the country could prevent and contain the H1N1 flu, or swine flu, virus....
UPI | Posted 05.31.2009 | World
Eleven countries officially reported 257 cases of H1N1, or swine flu, the World Health Organization in Geneva reported Thursday....
AP | KIM GAMEL | Posted 05.31.2009 | World
BAGHDAD — The Iraqi government decided Thursday to kill three wild boars at the Baghdad Zoo amid worldwide fears of swine flu, officials said. ...
Foreign Policy | Posted 05.31.2009 | World
Comparing the recent outbreak of swine flu to the influenza epidemic of 1918-19 may seem premature. A century ago, 50 million died -- a mortality rate...
Globe And Mail | Posted 05.30.2009 | World
The World Health Organization is moving closer to raising the pandemic alert level once again as the swine flu outbreak continues to hop from one coun...
Josh Nelson | Posted 05.28.2009 | Politics
GOP obstruction is literally interfering with the functioning of the Federal government during a time of crisis.
Reuters | Posted 10.27.2009 | Technology