News Source: I Africa
| about 1 month ago
Public health leaders from all across the world met in Johannesburg on Monday to discuss their response to the pandemic. The second wave of the virus has hit the northern hemisphere now that winter is approaching. It is expected to hit South Africa a...
News Source: The Scotsman
| about 1 month ago
AN elderly person has died after contracting swine flu, bringing the total number of H1N1 related deaths in Scotland to 30. The patient, from the NHS Fife area, was said to have underlying health conditions. Three deaths in the Glasgow and Ayrshire...
News Source: Kuwait Times
| about 1 month ago
Kuwait's Minister of Health Dr Hilal Al-Sayer announced yesterday that Mubarak Al-Kabeer Hospital will be handed over to Kuwait University in 2013. "The handover of the hospital will coincide with the ministry's takeover of Jaber Al-Ahmad Hospital,"...
News Source: Kuwait Times
| about 1 month ago
Health Minister Dr Hilal Al-Sayer reiterated that the swine flu vaccine is safe under international standards, after members of the country's Cabinet were all vaccinated yesterday. He told reporters at the inauguration of the new Al-Adan laboratory...
News Source: News 24
| about 1 month ago
South Africa include vaccines for H1N1 flu in ordinary seasonal flu vaccines next year...Should this be approved, he said, the vaccines would be available early next year, before a possible second wave of H1N1, or swine flu, hits the country in the...
News Source: Kuwait Times
| about 1 month ago
Kuwait yesterday launched a national campaign to vaccinate high-risk categories of people against the deadly swine flu virus, as the Ministry of Health announced two deaths from the infection, bringing the total number of victims to 19. Minister of...