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UCLA researchers have found high numbers of pigs in Africa have been exposed to human H1N1 flu, which they say could lead to a pandemic in humans.
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Two young children were reported to have contracted a new 'hybrid' influenza virus, a gene 're-assortment' that appears to have successfully jumped from pigs to humans and again from one human to another.
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With the ongoing threat of a global influenza pandemic as a backdrop, the World Health Organization announced that it is working with a large pool of nations to more readily share viral samples to help avert more widespread infection.
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The H1N1 swine flu virus - responsible for 36 of the 39 flu deaths across the UK - is spreading more rapidly in Britain than elsewhere in Europe.
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Fears of a more virulent return of last year's H1N1 swine flu pandemic emerged in the United Kingdom this week as nearly 200 patients struggle to stay alive. Fourteen people have already lost their lives.
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The plague pathogen originated in or near China. Then it evolved and emerged multiple times to cause global pandemics. And it spread far and wide, an international team of scientists has found using DNA fingerprinting analyses.
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One of the most virulent and deadly influenza species, H5N1 - known commonly as bird flu - is on the rise, according to markers identified by a vaccine producer implementing unique predictive modeling.
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In press conference today, WHO director general Dr Margaret Chan has announced an end to the H1N1 pandemic that had been declared on June 11, 2009. He added that we're now in the post-pandemic phase and that the virus has largely run its course.
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Those who suspected a money- and greed-driven conspiracy behind the 2009 swine flu outbreak - declared a pandemic by overzealous WHO officials and their advisers from within the industry - are being proven right by recent revelations in Der Spiegel.
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The World Health Organization warned government health authorities to remain vigilant on the H1N1 swine flu pandemic, saying the virus could mutate before vaccines can help it dissipate.
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Scientists discover indications of a relationship between La Nina climatic conditions and influenza pandemics.
 Closing schools helps to slow the spread of flu during pandemics, a study of infection patterns in Alberta suggests.
Researchers are ready to report new information on the deadly virus.
The Olympics will increase the already "extreme" risk of a flu pandemic spreading in the UK, a report has said.
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