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Gen Mansour al-Turki told the BBC that although the number of international visitors might not be affected, a 40% drop in domestic pilgrims was expected. The BBC's Shahzeb Jillani says it is the first official recognition that fear of swine...

The association said criticisms that the vaccine was unsafe and unneeded, were “scientifically unfounded.” Last week, the World Health Organization data showed that around 6,750 people had died from swine flu since the virus was first uncovered in Mexico and...

H1N1 Vaccine is on the way to all of the countries, this is what was given as a report from the head of the CDC in US last week. The disease is becoming less dangerous and fatal, the vaccine is...

Four pilgrimage peoples died on swine flu in Saudi Arabia Event the Government of Saudi Arabia give a strict warning to all pilgrimage peoples whose should get a flu vaccinations before entering to Jeddah, and Mecca, Arab Saudi, today about...

RAMALLAH, Nov. 22 (Xinhua) -- A Palestinian woman died of A/H1N1 virus in the West Bank, the health ministry said on Sunday. The 45-year-old woman was from southern West Bank town of Hebron, said Asad al-Ramlawi, an official from the...

MECCA: A security official wearing a protective mask keeps an eye on cars at a checkpoint between Jeddah and Mecca before the annual Haj pilgrimage. Saudi authorities announced four pilgrims have died of the H1N1 swine flu virus in the...

Folic acid and vitamin supplements had long been believed to have a critical role in the development of healthy new cells. Taking such supplements in the first months of pregnancy was also reported to prevent serious birth defects such as...

A teenager and three elderly people in Saudi Arabia for the hajj pilgrimage have died of the H1N1 flu virus, the Saudi Health Ministry said. The victims of the virus were a 17-year-old Nigerian female and a Sudanese man, an...

Days before a forecast three million Muslim pilgrims pack Mecca to begin the holy ritual of the hajj, the spectre of a possible outbreak of swine flu seems to be fazing few of them. There might be posters in the...