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Full Text of WHO's Declaration of H1N1 Pandemic: Swine Flu Virus

On Thursday, June 11th, Dr. Margaret Chan, the Director-General of the World Health Organization, issued a statement indicating that enough "scientific criteria for an influenza pandemic" has been met for the WHO to declare Influenza A (H1N1), also known as the swine flu...

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WHO Declares Swine Flu Level 6, H1N1 Pandemic: First in 41 Years

The World Health Organisation's director-general Dr. Margaret Chan has officially declared the first flu panemic of the 21st century. She called for an emergency conference call in Geneva to discuss the spread...

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Australia Swine Flu Jump Could Signal Pandemic

A sharp increase in people infected with swine flu in Australia, New Zealand and the Philippines could tip the H1N1 virus into epidemic status, said the World Health Organisation on Wednesday. Over 1,200 people have contracted the virus in Australia, four times the amount...