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Argentina
• Flu fears swamp medical services (Link)
Australia
• Australian flu alert level unchanged (Link)
• Medical response in chaos in swine flu pandemic (Link)
• Aussie swine flu victims fighting for lives (Link)
Canada
• The Continuing Mystery of How Canadian Pigs Caught the Novel Flu Virus (Link)
• Guidelines issued for caring for people with the flu at home (Link)
• Swine flu cases in Manitoba spike to 119 with 42 reported Friday (Link)
• First Nations must pay out of pocket for swine flu drug or face delay (Link)
• Northern Manitoba not in 'chaos' over swine flu: minister (Link)
China
• China-Taiwan - Sports events to go ahead despite H1N1: Premier (Link)
• S'pore remains on yellow alert despite flu pandemic announcement (Link)
• Chinese mainland confirms 17 new A/H1N1 cases, total reaches 143 (Link)
Egypt
• Egypt hunts last pigs as three new swine flu cases confirmed (Link)
France
• France keeps H1N1 alert level at 5A, despite WHO declaration (Link)
India
• Swine flu screening stepped up at Delhi airport (Link)
• Delhi makes swine flu patients' hospitalisation mandatory (Link)
Japan
• Clinical observations from school outbreak in Japan (Link)
Morocco
• Morocco confirms first H1N1 flu case (Link)
New Zealand
• No evidence that animals play part in flu spread, says body (Link)
• Confirmed cases of swine flu in New Zealand is now 35 (Link)
Thailand
• Thailand reports 43 new cases of Influenza A/H1N1 in one day (Link)
United Kingdom
• UK swine flu cases pass 900 mark (Link)
• Britons urged not to panic, as flu cases spike (Link)
• Biggest jump in swine flu cases (Link)
• Britain tops world 'risk list' for flu spread: study (Link)
United States
• NYC: New Victims of Swine Flu Include 11-Year-Old (Link)
• Las Vegas: School half empty amid swine flu scare (Link)
• Philadelphia: Despite calls for calm, parents fearing swine flu keep kids out of school (Link)
• Connecticut, New Haven youth is second swine flu death (Link)
• First Anchorage Novel H1N1 confirmed, Alaska (Link)
• New CDC numbers (cases and deaths by state) (Link)
• H1N1 (Swine) Flu Cases Escalate In Rhode Island (Link)
• MI - Police Officer Dies After Illness Hits Dept. (Link)
• Agusta, Georgia - Fort Gordon confirms H1N1 case (Link)
• With 5,000 cases in last week, swine flu count in U.S. grows to 18,000 (Link)
• Miami immigration center has 3 swine flu cases (Link)
• Alex Bay N.Y.: H1N1 closes school district (Link)
• Community transmission of A/H1N1 flu appears to decline in New York City (Link)
• Flu claims another NYC victim, but cases decline (Link)
• Minnesota - Over 30 New Cases/Day for Last 3 Days (Link)
• U.S. university tests drive-through method to rapidly screen A/H1N1 flu patients (Link)
Research
• New England Journal of Medicine: Antibodies against H5 and H9 Avian Influenza among Poultry Workers in China (Link)
• Swine flu vaccine ready for clinical trials (Link)
Commentary
• Effect Measure: Some angry thoughts about the pandemic (Link)
• CIDRAP: Pandemic declaration prompts CDC huddle with businesses (Link)
General News
• Swine flu: world pandemic declared (Link)
• SCENARIOS-What will be the impact of a flu pandemic? (Link)
• European nations activate flu pandemic response plans (Link)
• New Accurate Diagnostic Test For Swine H1N1 Influenza Using RT-PCR Technology (Link)
• Companies urged to plan for H1N1 flu (Link)
• ECDC INTERIM RISK ASSESSMENT Human cases of influenza A(H1N1)(Link)
• Surveillance and studies in a pandemic in Europe (Link)
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