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WHO Reports Over 5,000 H1N1 International Deaths

Nearly 5,000 people have reportedly died from swine flu since it emerged this year and developed into a global epidemic, the World Health Organization said Friday. Since most countries have stopped counting individual swine flu cases, the figure is considered an underestimate. (Source: WBZ-TV - Breaking News, Weather and Sports for Boston, Worcester and New Hampshire)

WHO: Over 5,000 H1N1 International Deaths

Nearly 5,000 people have reportedly died from swine flu since it emerged this year and developed into a global epidemic, the World Health Organization said Friday. Since most countries have stopped counting individual swine flu cases, the figure is considered an underestimate. (Source: WBZ-TV - Breaking News, Weather and Sports for Boston, Worcester and New Hampshire)

WHO: Nearly 5,000 H1N1 Deaths Worldwide

World Health Org. Says Toll From Swine Flu Epidemic Is Underestimated (Source: Health News: CBSNews.com)

WHO: nearly 5,000 swine flu deaths worldwide

Nearly 5,000 people have been reported dead from swine flu since it emerged earlier this year and developed into a global epidemic, the World Health Organization said Friday. (Source: CTV Health)

WHO: Nearly 5,000 Swine Flu Deaths Worldwide

Nearly 5,000 people have reportedly died from swine flu since it emerged this year and developed into a global epidemic, the World Health Organization said Friday. (Source: WDSU.com - Health)

A vaccine for anxiety? The real reason why drug companies are pushing more vaccines

(NaturalNews) There's a new vaccine for nicotine addiction, and another one for drug addiction. There's an AIDS vaccines (which doesn't work) and a vaccine for cervical cancer that's been approved for use on boys (boys don't have a cervix). Through the pharmaceutical industry, the big push for vaccines is on!But why, exactly? Is there suddenly a new rash of epidemic disease requiring vaccine treatments? No, not really. What's new is the way Big Pharma is latching on to these diseases as new opportunities to sell more drugs.There's a huge shift underway from drugs designed for sick people to a whole new class of drugs manufactured for healthy people. The new paradigm is that people need drugs before they get sick, as a sort of "protection" against sickness. Drugs, in essence, are being posi...

Flu Surveillance Boosts Control, Treatment Options

Tracking and understanding the patterns of H1N1's spread is crucial to keeping a big-picture look at the disease. Says one expert, "Back in 1918 and 1919 when we had the great flu epidemic, it took six months or more to spread across the world. The new H1N1 swine flu spread across the world in six weeks." (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)

What is a Pandemic?

A pandemic is a global outbreak of disease that occurs when a new virus appears or “emerges” in the human population, causes serious illness, and then spreads easily from person to person worldwide. Pandemics are different from seasonal outbreaks or “epidemics” of influenza. Seasonal outbreaks are caused by subtypes of influenza viruses that already circulate among people, whereas pandemic outbreaks are caused by new subtypes, by subtypes that have never circulated among people, or by subtypes that have not circulated among people for a long time. Past pandemics have led to high levels of illness, death, social disruption, and economic loss.