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- CDC finds racial differences in pandemic flu hospitalizations (Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy)
Feb 25, 2010 - Feb 25, 2010 (CIDRAP News) – Racial minority groups have been more heavily impacted by pandemic H1N1 flu hospitalizations, with severe illness during the fall wave hitting American Indian and Alaska Native populations especially hard, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said yesterday in an update. - Pandemic has not yet peaked: Flu experts (Canada.com)
Feb 24, 2010 - The pandemic of H1N1 swine flu has not yet peaked, a committee of experts advised the World Health Organization on Tuesday. - Pandemic Hybrid Of Bird And Human Seasonal Flu Possible Say Scientists (Medical News Today)
Feb 24, 2010 - An international team of scientists has created a highly pathogenic laboratory hybrid of the H5N1 bird flu and human seasonal flu viruses by swapping just one gene, and propose that a similar genetic interaction could happen in nature between the current pandemic H1N1 swine flu and H5N1 avian flu strains, highlighting the importance of continued surveillance... - Has Flu Pandemic Peaked? 'Not Quite,' Say Health Experts (Insurance Journal)
Feb 24, 2010 - Has the swine flu pandemic peaked globally? Not quite, World Health Organization advisers decided on Tuesday. WHO is taking a big risk in making such an announcement at all, and the wording of WHO ... - Too early to change swine flu pandemic phase: WHO (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Feb 24, 2010 - The World Health Organisation said Wednesday that it was "not appropriate" to change its pandemic phases to show that the peak of the swine flu is over. - Is flu pandemic waning? Not yet, experts say (Reuters via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)
Feb 24, 2010 - Has the swine flu pandemic peaked globally? Not quite, World Health Organisation advisers decided on Tuesday. - Is flu pandemic waning? World health leaders debate (Vietnews Online)
Feb 24, 2010 - Has the swine flu pandemic peaked globally? World Health Organization experts have decided and will tell the world Wednesday - Virus hybridization could create pandemic bird flu (Science Daily)
Feb 23, 2010 - Genetic interactions between avian H5N1 influenza and human seasonal influenza viruses have the potential to create hybrid strains combining the virulence of bird flu with the pandemic ability of H1N1, according to a new study. - WHO scientists decide if flu pandemic has passed peak (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Feb 23, 2010 - The World Health Organisation's emergency committee of scientists was due to meet on Tuesday to decide whether the swine flu pandemic has passed its peak. - Flu experts assess whether H1N1 pandemic peaked (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Feb 23, 2010 - Flu experts convened Tuesday to assess whether the H1N1 pandemic has peaked, the World Health Organization (WHO) said.