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Keiji Fukuda

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Name: Keiji Fukuda
First Reported 11/14/2009 - Updated 11/14/2009 - 1 Documents (in Health)
Flu season: the nightmare scenario
What's the worst-case scenario? It could be a continuing vaccine shortage. It might be a mutation in the swine flu virus that suddenly makes the strain resistant to Tamiflu, as some seasonal flu strains already are. Or it could be that hospital ICUs become ... [Washington Post - 11/14/2009]
Entities: Bird Flu, Virus, Swine Flu
First Reported 11/17/2009 - Updated 11/17/2009 - 1 Documents (in Health)
Swine flu becomes world's most common strain
The World Health Organisation's flu chief said the swine flu virus has now become the predominant flu strain worldwide.In some countries, swine flu accounts for up to 70 per cent of the flu viruses being sampled, Dr Keiji Fukuda said.While most people ... [National Indigenous Times - 11/17/2009]
First Reported 11/05/2009 - Updated 11/06/2009 - 10 Documents (in Health)
WHO: H1N1 Differs From Seasonal Flu
(EUNewsNet.com and OfficialWire)GENEVA, SWITZERLANDThe H1N1 influenza virus should not be treated like a seasonal flu strain, a World Health Organization doctor said Thursday in Geneva, Switzerland.Dr. Keiji Fukuda, the U.N. health agency's point man ... [OfficialWire - 11/06/2009]
First Reported 11/05/2009 - Updated 11/05/2009 - 13 Documents (in Health)
H1N1 becomes dominant flu virus
The H1N1 virus has now become the dominant influenza virus around the globe, with high levels and an increase of activity in many regions, the said Thursday. In a weekly update, the WHO's point person on the H1N1 virus, Dr. Keiji Fukuda, also warned the ... [CNN - 11/05/2009]
First Reported 11/05/2009 - Updated 11/05/2009 - 7 Documents (in Health)
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WHO urges people to maintain guard over swine flu
The World Health Organisation on Thursday urged people not to drop their guard over the swine flu pandemic and insisted on the value of vaccination despite the broadly mild symptoms of the virus."At the WHO we remain quite concerned about the pattern ... [France24 - Asia Pacific - 11/05/2009]
First Reported 11/06/2009 - Updated 11/07/2009 - 5 Documents (in Health)
H1N1 on rise in China and Japan, says WHO
GENEVA H1N1 flu is on the rise in China and Japan after triggering an unusually early start to the winter influenza season in Europe, Central Asia and North America, the World Health Organisation said on Friday.According to the UN agency’s latest official ... [Oman Tribune - 11/07/2009]
First Reported 11/05/2009 - Updated 11/05/2009 - 1 Documents
Those Sniffles? Good Chance It's Swine Flu
Lots of people get sniffles, sore throats, fever and other respiratory miseries this time of year. In a normal year, only about one person in four actually has laboratory-confirmed flu when samplings of nasal swabs from sick Americans are tested.This ... [NPR - 11/05/2009]
First Reported 11/04/2009 - Updated 11/04/2009 - 1 Documents (in Health)
Branswell: Flu dogma being rewritten by a strange virus no one pegged to trigger a pandemic
Via Google News, a report from Helen Branswell of The Canadian Press: Flu dogma being rewritten by a strange virus no one pegged to trigger a pandemic. Excerpt (but read the whole article):The World Health Organization's top flu scientist often describes ... [H5N1 - 11/04/2009]
First Reported 05/26/2009 - Updated 05/26/2009 - 2 Documents (in Health)
WHO mulls pandemic threshold as swine flu cases near 13,000
GENEVA (AFP) The WHO wants scientists to help clear up the criteria needed for declaring a pandemic as swine flu cases worldwide soared to nearly 13,000 Tuesday, spreading further in the Middle East. 'We are trying to see what kind of adjustments must ... [AFP via Yahoo! - 05/26/2009]
First Reported 05/27/2009 - Updated 05/27/2009 - 1 Documents
Swine flu cases pass 13,000 mark
GENEVA (AFP) Swine flu has now infected 13,398 people in 48 countries since it was first uncovered last month, the World Health Organisation said Wednesday.The number of deaths rose to 95 after three more deaths were reported by Mexico, while the total ... [AFP via Yahoo! - 05/27/2009]
First Reported 05/28/2009 - Updated 05/28/2009 - 1 Documents (in Health)
WHO reviews pandemic criteria as flu spreads
Mexico reported two more swine flu deaths on Tuesday as WHO scientists asked if it had moved too quickly to declare the outbreak a pandemic.Authorities in Mexico said the death toll had risen to 85, and infected cases rose to 4,721 with scientists advancing ... [Taipei Times Online - 05/28/2009]
First Reported 05/28/2009 - Updated 05/28/2009 - 2 Documents (in Health)
WHO releases H1N1 samples
GENEVA - THE World Health Organisation on Thursday released details of H1N1 flu samples sent to drug companies this week for use in making a vaccine against the new strain of influenza .The three candidate reassortant vaccine seed viruses were developed ... [Straits Times - 05/28/2009]

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...medical treatment, officials are also continuing to see severe cases in people under 65 - a group not usually at risk during regular flu seasons. "we remain quite concerned about the patterns that we're seeing" Mr Fukuda said during a media briefing last Thursday
Swine flu becomes world's most common strain [National Indigenous Times - 11/17/2009]
"at the who we remain quite concerned about the pattern we are seeing, particularly because a sizeable number of people do develop serious complications and death" said Keiji Fukuda, special adviser on pandemic
Vaccination Helps Guard Against Swine Flu [MedIndia - 11/06/2009]
Flu activity is picking up across European countries such as the Ukraine, "where clearly they are seeing high levels of infections" Fukuda said. Countries in eastern Asia, such as Mongolia, are seeing rising pandemic flu case numbers...
WHO warns countries not to underestimate pandemic virus [Centre For Infectious Disease Research and Policy - 11/06/2009]
"we anticipate seeing continued or increased activity during the winter period in the northern hemisphere. this also means that we expect to see continued reports of serious cases and deaths" Fukuda told a news conference. 'At WHO we remain quite concerned about the pattern that we are seeing.'
More H1N1 deaths in winter [Straits Times - 11/06/2009]

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Swine Flu Mystery; is It Exaggerated Or Genuine... [AllAfrica.com - 22 hours ago]
Swine flu becomes world's most common strain [National Indigenous Times - 11/17/2009]
Flu season: the nightmare scenario [Washington Post - 11/14/2009]
H1N1 on rise in China and Japan, says WHO [Oman Tribune - 11/07/2009]
Poland distrustful of H1N1 vaccination (AAP) [Yahoo! News Australia - 11/06/2009]
WHO says pandemic flu on rise in China, Japan [Washington Post - 11/06/2009]
WHO says pandemic flu on rise in China, Japan [Reuters India - 11/06/2009]
H1N1 is now world's dominant flu virus, WHO says [CNN - 11/06/2009]
WHO: H1N1 Differs From Seasonal Flu [OfficialWire - 11/06/2009]
Vaccination Helps Guard Against Swine Flu [MedIndia - 11/06/2009]
WHO warns countries not to underestimate pandem... [Centre For Infectious Disease Research and Policy - 11/06/2009]
More H1N1 deaths in winter [Straits Times - 11/06/2009]
WHO Says H1N1 World's Dominant Flu Virus [GlobalSecurity.org - 11/06/2009]
WHO Says H1N1 World's Dominant Flu Virus [VOA News - 11/05/2009]
WHO: H1N1 is the dominant flu virus globally [CNN - 11/05/2009]
WHO: H1N1 is world's dominant flu virus [CNN - 11/05/2009]
Swine flu now in virtually every country [Los Angeles Times - 11/05/2009]
Swine flu 'becomes most common strain' (AAP) [Yahoo! News Australia - 11/05/2009]
H1N1 becomes dominant flu virus [CNN - 11/05/2009]
Those Sniffles? Good Chance It's Swine Flu [NPR - 11/05/2009]
No serious side effects so far with H1N1 vaccin... [CFCN Plus - 11/05/2009]
Swine flu is world wide -WHO [Sky News Australia - 11/05/2009]
H1N1 to cause more deaths in northern winter: W... [Yahoo! News - 11/05/2009]
WHO: Swine flu virus is predominant strain worl... [Houston Chronicle - 11/05/2009]
WHO: H1N1 is now world's dominant flu virus [CNN - 11/05/2009]
H1N1 is now world's dominant flu virus, World H... [CNN - 11/05/2009]
H1N1 to cause more deaths in northern winter - WHO [Reuters UK - 11/05/2009]
WHO warns to keep up swine flu fight [Herald Sun - 11/05/2009]
A/H1N1 virus now dominant flu virus in all coun... [Xinhua News Agency - 11/05/2009]
H1N1 vaccine safe after millions of doses: WHO [CBC - 11/05/2009]
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Branswell: H1N1 vaccine, given to millions, saf... [H5N1 - 11/05/2009]
Via Google News, a report from The Canadian Press by Helen Branswell: H1N1 vaccine, given to millions, safe, no serious side-effects seen: WHO. Excerpt:Millions ...
Branswell: Flu dogma being rewritten by a stran... [H5N1 - 11/04/2009]
Via Google News, a report from Helen Branswell of The Canadian Press: Flu dogma being rewritten by a strange virus no one pegged to trigger a pandemic. Excerpt (but ...
Flu experts gear up for pandemic of vaccine worry [H5N1 - 09/16/2009]
Via Reuters: Flu experts gear up for pandemic of vaccine worry. Excerpt:One million heart attacks, 700,000 strokes and 900,000 miscarriages -- U.S. public health ...
Is WHO losing the information fight? [H5N1 - 07/21/2009]
Via FT.com, Andrew Jack writes: WHO backlog hampers swine flu battle. Excerpt:The World Health Organisation is struggling to process a wave of information about ...
WHO to ask infected countries to stop testing s... [H5N1 - 07/07/2009]
Via ABS-CBN News, an AFP report: WHO to ask infected countries to stop testing swine flu cases. Excerpt:The World Health Organisation said Tuesday it would ask countries ...
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