Sentences with phrase «swine flu took»

From the day it was first reported in Mexico, swine flu took less than four months to become a full - fledged worldwide pandemic.

14 May A Texan whose pregnant wife died of swine flu takes legal action against the U.S. co-owner of a Mexican pig farm, Granjas Carroll, which he alleges may have kick - started the outbreak.

Not exact matches

Do they not understand why they are unemployed; have to take mandatory swine flu shots; why socialized medicine will destroy our medical system; why Cap and Trade is a scam by Goldman Sachs to increase their taxes 20 % or that our privately owned Federal Reserve is totally corrupt?

12.09 pm: He says the Commons will welcome the steps being taken to deal with swine flu.

Ghana will today [Friday] take delivery of the anti-viral agents Tamiflu from the World Health Organization, as part of measures to combat the threat posed by the 2009 H1N1 strain of influenza, also known as swine flu.

Besser said officials were already taking preliminary steps toward manufacturing a vaccine against the influenza strain responsible for swine flu.

Phil: So, I mean, I think that is one of the problems touched on at the summit was that we have a lot of warnings about potential pandemics — swine flu back in the»70s in this country, avian flu — and there is the real threat of people becoming lackadaisical and not taking any of this seriously after a while.

Pig studies have taken on a new cachet because of the swine origins of the 2009 A (H1N1) strain that's causing the current pandemic — and the pig flu research community's eerily prescient predictions that something like it was bound to make headway in humans.

It was taken after a meeting of WHO's Emergency Committee, originally scheduled for Tuesday but held today in light of the rapidly escalating swine flu situation.

This intriguing idea would explain why swine flu's autumn wave has been slow to take off in some countries and point to new ways to fight flu

Two vaccines for swine flu — a nasal spray that contains weakened virus and a shot that contains inactivated virus — were approved in September, but skepticism and worry about such new vaccines may prevent people from taking advantage of them.

Farmvillain gives you a selection of extremely tasteless fake status updates and gift requests to prank your mates with, including finding a dead hooker, illegal immigrants, swine flu and vomiting sheep on your farm; as well as asking your friends to take them in (and hide the bodies).

Other than a few posters in a few public restrooms, I don't know anyone that took any additional precautions during the swine flu scare.

Parents: take steps to protect your family from swine flu.

As a leader in travel safety, security and relevant travel information, Travel Guard is advising its customers to take precautions when traveling to areas recently affected by the swine flu outbreak.

You have taken all the precautions against swine flu.

I think the biggest thing making me happy right now (even with the swine flu thing) is that I get to fly home with my little man tomorrow, to spend some time with both sets of grandparents, as well as take his first trip to the beach!