Swine flu affectees reache16: three more killed

Two patients, who tested positive for swine flu infection, are at present under treatment at two private hospitals in the city. They were suffering from cold and cough for the last one week. A 28-year-old man, who is a resident of Palapur Patia, was ...

17:25 AFP Photo / Tim Sloan Six weeks into the flu season, the H1N1 virus is still killing young adults and middle-aged Americans at epidemic levels, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Although the death toll ...

as the city's commuters protect themselves against the H7N9 bird flu virus - by Mark Ralston The boy's two-year-old sister also died on the same day after showing symptoms of H5N1 but officials could not carry out tests before her death to confirm ...

Shanghai authorities have closed all live poultry markets in the city to combat H7N9 bird flu virus from January 31 to April 30, when the virus tends to be at its peak, however, despite the ban, live chicken is being sold online. An official from ...

The Mekong Delta city of Can Tho has carried out drastic measures to deal with bird flu outbreaks and prevent the virus from spreading, after two people in the southern provinces of Binh Phuoc and Dong Thap died from H5N1 in January. The ...

By Kim Se-jeong A case of avian influenza was confirmed at a chicken farm near Gyeongju city, North Gyeongsang Province, over the weekend. Prior to the latest report, the province was among the few unaffected by the contagious disease. We feel ...

Hong Kong confirmed its sixth case of H7N9 avian flu after revealing that the virus was found in an 18 month old girl. Fears over avian flu have grown following the deaths of three men from the H7N9 strain in Hong Kong since December last year, ...

HO CHI MINH CITY, March 5 (Xinhua) -- Latest avian flu epidemic outbreaks were reported in Vietnam's central Khanh Hoa and southern Tra Vinh provinces, raising the total affected localities in Vietnam to 22 so far this year, according to the ...

CAIRO, Egypt -- Egypt's Health Ministry says swine flu has killed 24 people across the country over the past two months. At a Tuesday news conference, the ministry's head of preventive medicine, Amr Qandeel, said 195 people have been hospitalized ...