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The headline that dominated the year 2009 was easily the H1N1 pandemic. On 11 June, 2009, WHO declared the start of the first influenza pandemic since 1968. These were the daily headlines from February 2010 about H1N1 Swine Flu and other influenza and Bird Flu (H5N1) topics.

NOTE: As of 21 February 2010, worldwide more than 213 countries and overseas territories or communities have reported laboratory confirmed cases of pandemic influenza H1N1 2009, including at least 16226 deaths as reported by WHO (the World Health Organization).

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The headline that dominated the year was easily the H1N1 pandemic. On 11 June, 2009, WHO declared the start of the first influenza pandemic since 1968. These were the daily headlines from December 2009 about H1N1 Swine Flu and other influenza and Bird Flu (H5N1) topics.

NOTE: As of 27 December 2009, worldwide more than 208 countries and overseas territories or communities have reported laboratory confirmed cases of pandemic influenza H1N1 2009, including at least 12220 deaths.

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These were the daily headlines from October 2009 about H1N1 Swine Flu and other influenza and Bird Flu (H5N1) topics.

Note: As of 20 December 2009, the WHO (World Health Organization) reports more than 208 countries and overseas territories or communities have reported laboratory confirmed cases of pandemic influenza H1N1 2009, including at least 11516 deaths.

(As more and more countries have stopped counting individual cases, particularly of milder illness, the case count is significantly lower than the actually number of cases that have occurred. While the case counts no longer reflect actual disease activity, WHO is actively monitoring the progress of the pandemic through frequent consultations with the WHO Regional Offices and member states and through monitoring of multiple sources of data.)

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These were the daily headlines from October 2009 about H1N1 Swine Flu and other influenza and Bird Flu (H5N1) topics.

Note: As of 25 October 2009, the WHO (World Health Organization) reports worldwide there have been more than 440,000 laboratory confirmed cases of pandemic influenza H1N1 2009 and over 5700 deaths reported to WHO.

(As more and more countries have stopped counting individual cases, particularly of milder illness, the case count is significantly lower than the actually number of cases that have occurred. While the case counts no longer reflect actual disease activity, WHO is actively monitoring the progress of the pandemic through frequent consultations with the WHO Regional Offices and member states and through monitoring of multiple sources of data.)

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These were the daily headlines from September 2009 about H1N1 Swine Flu and other influenza and Bird Flu (H5N1) topics.

Note: As of 20 September, the WHO (World Health Organization) reports there have been more than 300,000 laboratory confirmed cases of pandemic influenza H1N1, 3917 deaths, in 191 countries and territories reported to WHO.

(As more and more countries have stopped counting individual cases, particularly of milder illness, the case count is significantly lower than the actually number of cases that have occurred. While the case counts no longer reflect actual disease activity, WHO is actively monitoring the progress of the pandemic through frequent consultations with the WHO Regional Offices and member states and through monitoring of multiple sources of data.)

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These were the daily headlines from August 2009 about H1N1 Swine Flu and other influenza and Bird Flu (H5N1) topics.

Note:  As of 23 August, the WHO (World Health Organization) estimated over 209438 cases and at least 2185 deaths. (Given that countries are no longer required to test and report individual cases, the number of cases reported actually understates the real number of cases.)

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These were the headline news from July 2009 about influenza whether Bird Flu (H5N1) or Swine Flu (H1N1).

31 July » The most dangerous yet
Business Standard
That is twice as many as the number killed by the bird flu infection H5N1 since its first outbreak in 2003. Moreover, unlike the bird flu virus, …

30 July » Two out of three H1N1 flu deaths are in Latin America
Channel News Asia
One of the biggest worries is that A(H1N1) might combine with elements of A(H5N1) – a recent bird flu type that, while it passed with great difficulty from … Read the rest of this entry →