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Swine flu death toll South Africa at 57

According to the South African National Institute of Communicable Diseases (NICD), a total of 57 South Africans have died of Swine Flu.

In the Media by Miriam Mannak

Israel will call swine flu 'Mexican flu' due to kosher laws

Israel will start using the term “Mexican flu” instead of “swine flu” because pork is banned by Judaism. Two men in Israeli have been hospitalized after they complained of swine flu-like symptoms.

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Op-Ed: Flu-like disease kills 61 in Mexico, offers lessons on reporting

The idea was to do a story on the Mexican flu outbreak. But the reporting quality is now news in its own right. Sixty-one people are said to have died from a disease “genetically identical” to a new form of swine flu.

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Swine flu cases rise in Mexico

Three years after swine flu closed Mexico City and caused an international scare, the Mexican government and local media are at odds over the severity of this season's flu virus.

VIDEO: Bird flu data 'to remain secret'

Experts have delayed a decision on whether controversial research into the H5N1 bird flu virus should be released.

'Flu risk increase' during Games

The Olympics will increase the already "extreme" risk of a flu pandemic spreading in the UK, a report has said.

Flu pandemics slowed by school closures

Closing schools helps to slow the spread of flu during pandemics, a study of infection patterns in Alberta suggests.

5 reasons why flu season is M.I.A. this year

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has reported the lowest influenza infection rate in 30 years of tracking flu activity, as well as the slowest recorded start to the flu season.