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6-year-old critical as city posts 1st serious child case of H1N1

Metro | Food
2009-11-21

THE Shanghai Health Bureau reported the city's fourth serious case of swine flu yesterday -- and the first child to be severely stricken by the disease. The 6-year-old boy was being treated last night at the Children's...

Vaccine threat rumor 'baseless'

National
2009-11-20

BEIJING health authorities said yesterday that swine flu shots would continue, dismissing rumors circulating over the mobile phone network that the program would be shut down. "The inoculations will not be suspended,"...

Doctor raises doubts over swine flu toll

National
2009-11-20

CHINA'S health watchdog is encouraging the public and news media to keep a close watch over how it controls the spread of swine flu after a prominent medical expert raised concern that fatality figures for the disease...

US officials defend swine flu vaccination plan

World
2009-11-18

US public health officials defended the distribution of swine flu vaccines yesterday against criticism that their plan to protect Americans was confusing and over-optimistic. Manufacturers have delivered 48.5...

Doctors say most Britons reject swine flu vaccine

World
2009-11-18

MORE than half of Britons being offered vaccination against pandemic H1N1 flu are turning it down because they fear side-effects or think the virus is too mild to bother, a survey of doctors showed today. Many...

High alert: It's disease season

Metro | Health
2009-11-14

SHANGHAI has entered the key period for swine flu, seasonal flu and other infectious diseases, and medical authorities need to be on high alert to head off possibly deadly outbreaks, the Shanghai Health Bureau said...

Swine flu: city's schools safe

Metro | Health
2009-11-7

THE Shanghai Health Bureau acted quickly yesterday to avert panic with the official line: There is no outbreak of swine flu in city schools. Its initiative was sparked after East China University of Science and...

Inner Mongolia reports 12th swine flu death on mainland

National
2009-11-6

THE Chinese mainland reported one more death from swine flu today after at least 12 people had fallen victim to the disease, authorities said. The new death case, reported in northern China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous...

More than 3.78 mln Chinese inoculated with A/H1N1 flu vaccine

National
2009-11-1

MORE than 3.78 million Chinese people have been inoculated with the A/H1N1 flu vaccine as of yesterday, with no reports of serious adverse reaction, the Ministry of Health said today. The vaccination campaign...

Britain starts giving swine flu shots

World
2009-10-21

BRITAIN will start giving swine flu shots to top priority groups, including health care workers and pregnant woman, the department of health said today. Britain hopes to vaccinate about 11 million people, also...