Wellington | 4 days ago
New Zealand quake: Christchurch faces year to recover
Wellington, Sep 5 - Shops and offices in the centre of Christchurch will be closed through Monday after engineers ruled it too dangerous to allow people back into the area following a 7.1-magnitude quake.Teams of engineers inspected about 90 damaged buildings in the central business district. City officials said a police cordon around several blocks would be maintained for another night and worker ... read more

1 year ago
Researchers unravel how flu virus evades body's defences
Washington, May 21 - Researchers have identified a critical molecular mechanism that allows the flu virus to evade the body's immune response system. 'We have found a mechanism that the influenza virus uses to inhibit the body's immune response,' said Jae Jung, professor in molecular microbiology at University of Southern California -, and the principal study investigator. 'This finding could ... read more

1 year ago
India free from swine flu virus: Official
New Delhi, May 9 - India continues to be free of the H1N1 swine flu virus, a health ministry official said here Saturday. The official said 30 samples tested in in India were found negative and four samples were still under investigation. The health authorities are taking adequate measures for surveillance at airports and airports. At least '179 doctors and 97 paramedics have been deployed t ... read more

1 year ago
Mexico changes swine flu death toll to seven
Mexico City, April 29 - Mexican authorities corrected the number of people killed by swine flu to seven from a previous 20. At least 159 people have been killed by flu infections in Mexico, Health Minister Jose Angel Cordova said. On Tuesday, 1,311 people remained hospitalised out of a total of 2,498 suspected cases, he added. Miguel Angel Lezana, director of the national epidemiological and d ... read more

1 year ago
Container carrying swine flu virus explodes on Swiss train
Lausanne -, April 28 - A container for transporting swine flu virus samples exploded on a Swiss train, authorities said Tuesday, but stressed that there was no danger to the public. The container, which was filled with dry ice and carried samples of the H1N1 swine flu virus and was destined for Switzerland's national influenza centre in Geneva, exploded Monday night on board a train. A laborator ... read more

1 year ago
Death rate from swine flu slows down in Mexico
Mexico City, April 28 - Mexican Health Minister Jose Angel Cordova Villalobos said late Monday that the number of people dying from an infection with the mutated swine flu virus rose slower than expected. Six people died on Saturday, five on Sunday and three Monday, Cordova said. The number of new infections was also slowing down, from 145 registered new cases to 110 in the past 24 hours. An es ... read more