Nyheter om svininfluensan A(H1N1) 2009-08-05

Detta är en sammanfattning av nyheterna om svininfluensan A(H1N1) 2009-08-05. Meningen är att skapa ett nyhetsflöde som går att följa över tiden. Detta kan bland annat vara intressant i framtiden samtidigt som de viktigaste nyheterna finns samlade på samma plats

Hundreds Panic as India Reports Swine Flu Death
"NEW DELHI (AP) -- Hundreds of anxious people, many with young children, crowded a hospital Wednesday to be tested for swine flu in a western Indian city that reported the country's first fatality two days ago."

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2009/08/05/world/AP-AS-India-Swine-Flu-Panic.html?_r=1&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss


Novartis Starts Testing Swine Flu Vaccine
"LONDON (AP) -- Swiss drugmaker Novartis has begun injecting its swine flu vaccine into people in the company's first human tests, a spokesman said Wednesday. The vaccine is being tested in a yearlong trial of 6,000 people of all ages in Britain, Germany and the United States, Novartis spokesman Eric Althoff told The Associated Press, adding that the vaccine will likely be on the market before the trial finishes."

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2009/08/05/health/AP-EU-MED-Swine-Flu-Vaccine.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss


Homeland security chief: Flu will get jump on vaccine
"Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said Tuesday that pandemic flu probably will flare up soon after schools open in the fall, before vaccine is available."

http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2009-08-04-swinefluoutbreak-pandemic_N.htm?csp=34


Global swine flu deaths top 1,100
"(CNN) -- More than 1,100 people worldwide have died from swine flu since it emerged in Mexico and the U.S. in April, according to the latest figures from the World Health Organization."

http://edition.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/08/05/swine.flu.deaths/index.html?eref=rss_health