Dogs diagnosed with swine flu in China – News.com.au
The A(H1N1) virus detected in the dogs is 99 per cent identical to the one circulating in humans, the state-run Beijing Times reported today, quoting China’s agriculture ministry. The news comes 10 days after four pigs in China’s Heilongjiang read more..
MINA, Saudi Arabia (AP) – The Saudi health minister says five people have died from the H1N1 flu virus during the annual hajj. Abdullah al-Rabeeah said Sunday authorities recorded 73 cases of H1N1, commonly known as swine flu, during the pilgrimage read more..
GENEVA (AP) รข The World Health Organization says isolated cases of drug-resistant swine flu in Britain and the United States have not changed the agency’s assessment of the disease. It says Tamiflu remains highly effective against the vast read more..
Five people died from swine flu during the hajj, Saudi Arabia said Sunday, a relatively small number considering the event is the largest annual gathering in the world and is seen as an ideal incubator for the virus. But some experts warned the true read more..
the French government’s Health Surveillance Institute (InVS) said today. “For one of these patients, this mutation was accompanied by another mutation known to confer resistance to oseltamivir,” it added, referring to the main drug being used to read more..
