Influenza A virus subtype H1N1
Flu deaths in Greece rise to eight
The number of people in Greece who have died this flu season after contracting the virus has risen to eight, health officials said on Monday.
Another 30 people have been hospitalized in intensive care units. Fifteen of those remain in the hospital, under observation.
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Flu death toll reaches 7
The number of Greeks who have died from flu this winter has reached 7, the AMNA news agency reported on Thursday.
According to figures released by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (KEELPNO), 12 patients were admitted to intensive care units in the last few days, raising the number of people being treated at intensive care units to 22.
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Health officials concerned weather will increase cases of flu
Health authorities in Greece are on standby for a sharp rise in the number of flu cases, believing that the current cold snap following a mild winter has created the ideal conditions for the virus to spread.
WHO braces for bird flu spread in European poultry
The World Health Organization cautioned Nov. 18 that a new kind of bird flu hitting European poultry farms would spread among birds, after Britain confirmed its outbreak was of the same strain as in the Netherlands and Germany.
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Americans 'can't give in to hysteria or fear' over Ebola: Obama
President Barack Obama urged Americans on Oct. 18 not to give in to "hysteria" about the spread of the virus.
US Ebola case is first diagnosed outside Africa
The United States has diagnosed its first case of Ebola in a man who was infected in Liberia and traveled to Texas, US health officials said Tuesday, pledging to contain the virus that has killed more than 3,000.
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Trial opens in swine flu vaccines fraud case
Trial opens in swine flu vaccines fraud case
BELGRADE -- Svetlana Vukajlović Popržen has denied charges of having embezzled millions of dinars of state budget funds in a procurement of swine flu vaccines in 2009.
She is a former director of the Serbian Institute for Health Insurance.
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Flu deaths reach 111
The number of people who have died from the flu since the beginning of the year rose to 111 on Wednesday, according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (KEELPNO).
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Number of flu deaths in Greece reaches 110
The number of people in Greece who have died after contracting flu this winter rose to 110 on Monday.
The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (KEELPNO) said that another 46 people are receiving hospital treatment.
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Number of flu deaths in Greece this winter surpasses 100
The number of flu-related deaths in Greece exceeded 100 on Wednesday, according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (KEELPNO), which has been monitoring the spike in the number of cases of the virulent H1N1 strain this year.