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... global pandemic. But now research published in the British ... direct migration of wildfowl is unlikely but also provides a new framework for quantifying the risk of avian-borne diseases. The highly pathogenic ...

safety and risk-aversion. Extensive reporting on pedophilia may have fanned these fears ... While swine flu heralded fears of a global pandemic, subsequent research shows that the real threat of swine flu was less ...

'H1N1 pandemic flu even milder than seasonal strains' By New York Times News Service Friday, 10 Sep 2010. The H1N1 pandemic flu, which swept across the United States last year, was actually no more serious than most seasonal strains, ...

A self-administered patch containing tiny microneedles may effectively deliver influenza virus-like particles through the skin and protect against potentially pandemic flu viruses such as H5N1.

9 September 2010 -- The benefits of medical devices - which range from high-cost, high-tech equipment such as linear accelerators to treat cancer to stethoscopes and wheelchairs, eyeglasses, pacemakers and prostheses - are unevenly and unfairly distributed globally. Health experts from over 100 countries are meeting to review new evidence and agree ways to improve developing country access to life-saving medical devices.

20 August 2010 -- WHO suggests that countries should be prepared to implement hospital infection control measures to limit the spread of multi-drug resistant strains and to reinforce national policy on prudent use of antibiotics, reducing the generation of antibiotic resistant bacteria.

On August 10 the WHO Director-General Dr Margaret Chan announced that the H1N1 influenza event has moved into the post-pandemic period. The influenza situation update will no longer be posted on the Disease Outbreak News website. The global influenza programme will continue to monitor the influenza activity worldwide on a weekly basis and every two weeks a WHO influenza update will be published on the link below.

Angola and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) are experiencing outbreaks of wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1).

The Ministry of Health of Egypt has announced a new human case of A(H5N1) avian influenza infection.

The Public Health Ministry is urging people to pay strict attention to their personal hygiene to cut down on their chances of catching the flu.

The H1N1 pandemic flu, which swept across the United States last year, was actually no more serious than most seasonal strains, a new study confirms.