swine flu alerts and updates

Swine Flu Must Be Global to Spark Pandemic, WHO Says Bloomberg - USA By Jason Gale Japan's swine flu taskforce eased policies on quarantine and flight inspections and downplayed the severity of the virus in new guidelines ... See all stories on this topic

Flu Update: Pigs, Genes and Vaccines Wall Street Journal Blogs - New York,NY,USA Pandemic Bonus: Also today, the WHO's Keiji Fukuda said the agency is considering redefining the criteria for its pandemic alert levels. ... See all stories on this topic

The Associated Press WHO to consider severity of 'sneaky' swine flu The Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — The World Health Organization said Friday it will change the rules for declaring a swine flu pandemic, a virus the agency's chief called ... See all stories on this topic

Schools closing in swine flu alert The Australian - Sydney,New South Wales,Australia AUSTRALIA'S escalating swine flu outbreak has prompted an upgrade of the nation's pandemic alert with three schools now closed in South Australia and ... See all stories on this topic

China, Hong Kong announce new swine flu cases eTaiwan News - Taiwan On Friday, Australia raised its swine flu alert level after 10 new cases of the virus were confirmed this week, raising the total to 11. ... See all stories on this topic

Flu Spreads, but Some Countries Ease Measures New York Times - United States By SHARON OTTERMAN Japanese authorities began to ease measures aimed at controlling the spread of swine flu on Friday, saying the virus was not as lethal as ... See all stories on this topic