Study Shows Earlier Flu Viruses Provided Some Immunity to Current H1N1 Influenza

University of California, Davis, researchers studying the 2009 H1N1 influenza virus, formerly referred to as “swine flu,” have identified a group of immunologically important sites on the virus that are also present in seasonal flu viruses that have...

Mozambique Confirms Its First Case of H1N1, Swine Flu

Mozambique has confirmed its first case of the H1N1 flu known as Swine flu, which is currently sweeping across the world, killing dozens of people. Health Minister Ivo Garrido said the case involves a 46-year-old woman, whose diagnosis was done at the...

Mauritius to Buy One Million Doses of H1N1 Vaccine

Panic has swept the Mauritian population following the discovery by the medical authorities that the flu A (H1N1) has reached the shores of the island. Dr Anil Deelchand, Public Health Superintendent (PHS) indicated that three more cases of the disease...

St Stithians College, Johannesburg Issues Swine Flu Alert

St Stithians College in Johannesburg, South Africa, has issued a swine flu alert after one of its students contracted the H1N1 virus. School spokesperson Megan van der Poll told BuaNews that one of the students was confirmed with swine flu last Friday...

Rwandan Ministry of Health Receives $480,000 Swine Flu Anti Viral Consignment

Rwandan Ministry of Health has received Swine Flu anti viral consignment worth about $480,000 a donation from the World Health Organization (WHO). According to a statement by WHO, the 14,256 treatment doses of Tamiflu and 75 sets of personal protective...