An editorial published today in BMJ Clinical Evidence reports that more flu viruses could qualify as pandemic strains as a result of recent changes to the World Health Organisation (WHO) criteria for a flu pandemic. A change...
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The Ukrainian government is coming under increasing criticism in the German media for imposing military rule on the country in response to a pandemic. The Ukraine yesterday said it would close all schools in the country for a...
Via Google News, a report from Helen Branswell of The Canadian Press: Flu dogma being rewritten by a strange virus no one pegged to trigger a pandemic. Excerpt (but read the whole article):The World Health Organization's top...
Swine flu has driven up the price of horse meat in Mongolia, closed schools across Afghanistan and Ukraine and sparked a quarrel over whether detainees at a US base in Cuba should be vaccinated. As infections accelerated across...
TORONTO - Many Canadian companies expect the H1N1 flu to hand them staff shortages and dropping revenue, but others are looking to turn a healthy profit. The Bank of Montreal (TSX:BMO) has calculat...
TORONTO - Many Canadian companies expect the H1N1 flu to hand them staff shortages and dropping revenue, but others are looking to turn a healthy profit. The Bank of Montreal (TSX:BMO) has calculat...
TORONTO - Many Canadian companies expect the H1N1 flu to hand them staff shortages and dropping revenue, but others are looking to turn a healthy profit. The Bank of Montreal (TSX:BMO) has calculated that a mild pandemic would...
As some companies struggle with flu plans, others profit from pandemic THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO - Many Canadian companies expect the H1N1 flu to hand them staff shortages and dropping revenue, but others are looking to turn a...
TORONTO - Many Canadian companies expect the H1N1 flu to hand them staff shortages and dropping revenue, but others are looking to turn a healthy profit. The Bank of Montreal (TSX:BMO) has calculated that a mild pandemic would...
TORONTO - Many Canadian companies expect the H1N1 flu to hand them staff shortages and dropping revenue, but others are looking to turn a healthy profit. The Bank of Montreal (TSX:BMO) has calculated that a mild pandemic would...
TORONTO - The World Health Organization's current definition of a flu pandemic is too broad and should be revised to avoid potential false alarms, a journal editorial published Monday argues. The e...