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Jun 11, 2009

Jun 11, 2009

WHO declares pandemic of novel H1N1 virus

Robert Roos
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Jun 11, 2009

(CIDRAP News) – After delaying action for weeks as the novel H1N1 influenza virus took hold in far-flung parts of the globe, the World Health Organization (WHO) today declared a full-fledged pandemic, formally recognizing that the virus is becoming a global contagion.
Jun 11, 2009

CDC says declaration won't change its pandemic plans

Lisa Schnirring
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Jun 11, 2009

(CIDRAP News) – The World Health Organization's (WHO's) pandemic declaration today isn't a surprise and won't affect the United States' response to the spread of the novel flu virus, which is already aggressive, officials from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said today.
Jun 11, 2009

Researchers say H1N1 virus jumped to humans months ago

Maryn McKenna
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Jun 11, 2009

(CIDRAP News) – At almost the same moment today that the World Health Organization announced recognition of an influenza pandemic, researchers from Hong Kong, the United Kingdom and the United States declared that the novel H1N1 virus responsible has been circulating undetected in humans for months—and that its components have been present in pigs for at least a decade.

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