News Source: Kiev Post
| 6 months ago
The World Health Organisation may cut short its annual assembly this month because health ministers are needed at home to combat the new flu virus spreading around the globe, a spokesman said on Friday. Diplomats said consensus was building among the...
News Source: Star Tribune
| 6 months ago
Bird flu kills more than 60 percent of its human victims, but doesn't easily pass from person to person. Swine flu can be spread with a sneeze or handshake, but kills only a small fraction of the people it infects...This is the scenario that has some...
News Source: National Public Radio
| 6 months ago
Morning Edition , May 7, 2009 · A crash effort to analyze the genes of the swine flu virus has revealed that it first emerged in humans last year — most likely last fall. "The consistent range we're getting out is the second half of last year —...