Swine Flu Sweeps Globe

New Zealand is at the face of a global health crisis with numerous Auckland secondary school students in isolation after returning home from a school trip to Mexico where they have potentially contracted influenza A - a strain of the deadly swine flu virus.

Outbreaks have been recorded in the US and Canada and suspected cases have been reported in Spain as well as New Zealand.

Border controls around the world's airports are on high alert after advice from the World Health Organisation who declared a public health emergency of international concern.

Swine Flu Outbreak- Full Coverage

Severe reactions to swine flu vaccine in Canada

GENEVA (AFP) - An unusual number of severe allergic reactions to swine flu vaccinations have been recorded in Canada, where a batch of the vaccine from GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has been recalled, the WHO said on Tuesday.

November 25, 2009, 3:45 am

Canada notes swine flu vaccine allergies
An unusual number of allergic reactions to swine flu vaccinations have been recorded in Canada, where a batch of the vaccine has been recalled, the WHO says.
November 25, 2009, 12:16 am
WHO probing spread of drug-resistant swine flu
GENEVA (Reuters) - The World Health Organisation (WHO) is looking into reports in Britain of the likely spread of a drug-resistant strain of swine flu, the U.N. agency said on Tuesday.
November 24, 2009, 11:37 pm
Swine flu vaccine effective, say experts
Swine flu vaccines are still effective despite reported cases of mutations in the A(H1N1) virus, health experts in Europe and North America said.
November 23, 2009, 12:34 pm
Swine flu vaccine effective despite mutations: experts
PARIS (AFP) - Swine flu vaccines are still effective despite reported cases of mutations in the A(H1N1) virus, health experts in Europe and North America said Saturday.
November 22, 2009, 9:26 am
Swine flu kills four hajj pilgrims
Swine flu has killed four pilgrims in Saudi Arabia for the annual hajj pilgrimage.
November 22, 2009, 5:52 am
Swine flu may have hit one peak; more to come
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The pandemic of swine flu may be hitting a peak in the Northern Hemisphere, global health officials said on Friday, but they cautioned it was far from over.
November 21, 2009, 8:58 am
Five million given swine flu jab in EU
The European Medicines Agency announced that five million people in the European Union have been vaccinated against swine flu.
November 21, 2009, 8:42 am
Mutation found in Norway swine flu virus
The World Health Organisation says a mutation had been found in samples of the swine flu virus taken following the first two deaths from the pandemic in Norway.
November 21, 2009, 7:06 am
China demands more accurate swine flu reporting
BEIJING (AFP) - China has ordered more accurate reporting of swine flu fatalities after a doctor renowned for helping expose the scale of the 2003 SARS outbreak said deaths were being deliberately underplayed.
November 20, 2009, 9:04 pm
WHO plays down 'swine flu vaccination deaths'
GENEVA (AFP) - The World Health Organisation said on Thursday that checks on many of the 30 deaths recorded following mass pandemic flu vaccinations had so far ruled out a direct link to the vaccines.
November 20, 2009, 1:12 am
Swine flu death toll spikes in Canada
The swine flu has contributed to 37 deaths in Canada over the past five days, bringing the total number of fatalities blamed on the A(H1N1) virus to 198.
November 18, 2009, 9:30 am
Online gangs cash in on swine flu
LONDON (Reuters) - Criminal gangs are making millions of dollars out of the H1N1 flu pandemic by selling fake flu drugs over the internet, a web security firm said on Monday.
November 17, 2009, 4:39 am
Poland reports first swine flu death
Swine flu has claimed its first victim in Poland, after a 37-year-old man died of respiratory complications, a medical official said.
November 15, 2009, 10:26 am
Groups at risk from swine flu should avoid hajj: study
PARIS (AFP) - People at risk of suffering severe consequences from swine flu should postpone going to the hajj in 2009, according to a study released on Saturday.
November 14, 2009, 11:12 am
Pacific swine flu donation
The New Zealand Government is giving more than $400,000 to the World Health Organisation, to help vaccinate people in the Pacific against swine flu.
November 14, 2009, 9:16 am
Global swine flu deaths slow as WHO toll passes 6,250
GENEVA (AFP) - More than 6,250 people have died in the swine flu pandemic, World Health Organisation data showed Friday, as the global death rate appeared to slow.
November 14, 2009, 8:13 am
China shuts bogus swine flu masks firm
A company in northern China that claimed its face masks could prevent swine flu has been shut down and ordered to recall the product, a safety watchdog said.
November 14, 2009, 8:04 am
Swine flu victim dies, brings toll to 20
A 43-year-old woman from Timaru is the 20th New Zealander to die with swine flu, after battling it for three months.
November 13, 2009, 11:57 am