Middle East Health News

A 2-year-old girl died on Thursday only three days after receiving the swine flu vaccine in the Rambam hospital in Haifa, despite Health Ministry regulations stating that the vaccine should not be given to children below the age of three...

According to the Health Ministry, the death was not related to the vaccination. It should be noted, however, that the swine flu vaccination is not recommended for children under the age of three. (Meital Yasur-Beit Or) A two-year-old toddler from...

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...

RIYADH - A second wave of swine flu has begun in Saudi Arabia, the health ministry said on Friday, as the death toll from A(H1N1) neared 60 just weeks before the annual hajj brings two million pilgrims to the country....

The spread of swine flu is fast emerging as No 1 healthcare emergency not just in the country but the world over. Despite the issue being in the media for a long time, there continue to be ignorance and mis-information...

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...

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...