A simulation of a multi-agency chemical and biological attack in Ireland. [illustrative]
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Days after an acid attack in downtown Hong Kong, and in preparation for a non-conventional attack on Israel, the National Emergency Authority (NEA) will hold the largest-ever exercise to train security forces how to respond to a citywide biological attack.
WHO chief Chan says will take 6-12 months to conquer H1N1
Confirmed! H1N1 Swine Flu Mutation Detected In Norway – Is The Virulent Ukraine Strain Spreading?
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HONG KONG (Reuters) – China must be alert to any mutation or changes in the behavior of the H1N1 swine flu virus because the far deadlier H5N1 bird flu virus is endemic in the country, a leading Chinese disease expert said.
A DEADLY plague could sweep across Europe, doctors fear, after an outbreak of a virus in Ukraine plunged the country and its neighbours into a state of panic.
Commuters wear protective masks after the Ukraine government announced a swine-flu epidemic
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Ukraine is in the midst of what some might call swine-flu hysteria. The country is in virtual lockdown mode, with the government closing schools, universities and movie theaters and banning all public gatherings until the end of November. Pharmacies have run out of protective masks; those who missed the rush are improvising with scarves or homemade facsimiles. And rumors are running rampant, much as they did during Soviet times when the authorities tried to cover up disasters like the Chernobyl nuclear-plant meltdown. “We are worried that the swine flu has mutated and is killing scores of people,” says Nina Sokolovska as she stands in line at a pharmacy.
President Obama’s school age daughters have not been vaccinated against the H1N1 flu virus. White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs says the vaccine is not available to them based on their risk.
Registered nurse Bethlehem Tekolla administers the swine flu vaccine to Katie Alms, 3, as her mother Kim Alms of McLean Va., watches during a vaccine clinic at the Fairfax County Government Center in Fairfax, Va., on Saturday, Oct. 24, 2009.
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(Health.com) — Swine flu vaccines are rolling out this month — finally. Health-care workers in Indiana and Tennessee were the first to get the nose-spray version, while New Yorkers clamoring for the H1N1 vaccine finally had their chance too.
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