WHO says swine flu pandemic is over (AP)
AP - The World Health Organization says the swine flu pandemic is over.[Read more...]
August 10, 2010 | Posted in health | Read More »
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Kesa in focus as FTSE 100 bounces off 10-month low
FTSE 100 In a note to clients, UBS highlighted the potential strategies Knight Vinke – the activist investor that recently bought a 3.5pc stake in Kesa – might pursue to unlock value at the group. One of the options includes the sale of Darty’s property, which is estimated to be worth [...]
July 2, 2010 | Posted in Business | Read More »
AP IMPACT: Millions of vaccine doses to be burned (AP)
AP - About a quarter of the swine flu vaccine produced for the U.S. public has expired — meaning that a whopping 40 million doses worth about $260 million are being written off as trash.[Read more...]
July 1, 2010 | Posted in health | Read More »
Eurozone approves Greece bail-out
Eurozone laders agreed to “accelerate” plans to reduce public deficits Leaders of the 16 EU member states that use the euro have approved an 110bn euro ($145bn; £95bn) loan to Greece to prevent its debt crisis from spreading.European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso [...]
Is the US swine flu epidemic over? (AP)
AP - If the U.S. swine flu epidemic isn’t over, it certainly looks as if it’s on its last legs. While federal health officials are not ready to declare the threat has passed and the outbreak has run its course, they did report Friday that for the fourth week in a row, no states had [...]
February 6, 2010 | Posted in health | Read More »
CDC: Swine flu now widespread only in 1 state (AP)
AP - Swine flu infections continue to drop and only one state — Alabama — was reporting widespread cases last week.[Read more...]
January 8, 2010 | Posted in health | Read More »
Swine flu not as catchy as other pandemic strains (AP)
AP - How contagious is swine flu? Less than the novel viruses that have caused big world outbreaks in the past, new research suggests.[Read more...]
December 31, 2009 | Posted in health | Read More »
WHO to send swine flu vaccine to poor countries (AP)
AP - The World Health Organization plans to start shipping swine flu vaccine to Azerbaijan, Afghanistan and Mongolia in the next few weeks, flu chief Keiji Fukuda said Thursday.[Read more...]
December 17, 2009 | Posted in health | Read More »
Swine flu vaccine now plentiful in half the states (AP)
AP - After weeks of shortages, swine flu vaccine is plentiful enough that nearly half the states now say everyone can get it, not just people in high-risk groups.[Read more...]
December 17, 2009 | Posted in health | Read More »
Kids’ Swine flu shots recalled; not strong enough (AP)
AP - Hundreds of thousands of swine flu shots for children have been recalled because tests indicate the vaccine doses lost some strength, government health officials said Tuesday.[Read more...]
December 16, 2009 | Posted in health | Read More »
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