GENEVA – The World Health Organization on Monday slammed as “irresponsible” critics who claim swine flu is a fake pandemic created for the benefit of drug companies. The U.N. health agency said the outbreak of a new strain of H1N1... (Continue reading)
RIDGELY OCHS | AND MICHAEL FRAZIER. ridgely.ochs@newsday.com. michael.frazier@newsday.com 6:33 PM EDT, June 16, 2009 A young woman who had just given birth became the first apparent death from swine flu in Nassau County Tuesday, while New York City announced seven... (Continue reading)
RIDGELY OCHS | ridgely.ochs@newsday.com 5:33 PM EDT, June 15, 2009 Long Island has its first deaths from swine flu. Two Brookhaven residents died last week of the virus, Suffolk County Health Commissioner Dr. Humayun Chaudhry announced Monday. They were a... (Continue reading)
BY MICHAEL FRAZIER | michael.frazier@newsday.com 9:13 PM EDT, June 10, 2009 The number of deaths related to swine flu in New York City has reached double digits, with 12 deaths since the outbreak began in April in Queens, health officials... (Continue reading)
BY MICHAEL FRAZIER | michael.frazier@newsday.com 4:33 PM EDT, May 18, 2009 The school closures keep coming. The city Health Department closed four more schools in Queens Monday because dozens of students reported influenza-like symptoms. The schools, which will be closed... (Continue reading)
The swine flu virus claimed its first New York victim Sunday with the death of an assistant principal at a Queens public school who had fallen sick last week. Mitchell Wiener, the assistant principal at IS 238 in Hollis, died... (Continue reading)
BY MICHAEL FRAZIER | michael.frazier@newsday.com 5:33 PM EDT, May 15, 2009 The city’s Department of Health closed three more public schools because of “unusually high levels of influenza-like symptoms,” a health official said Friday afternoon. However, the health department did... (Continue reading)
The Associated Press 6:54 PM EDT, May 14, 2009 New York City has closed three schools in response to a swine flu outbreak that has left one staff member in critical condition and sent hundreds of kids home with flu... (Continue reading)
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BY RIDGELY OCHS | ridgely.ochs@newsday.com 8:23 PM EDT, May 7, 2009 Local health officials confirmed 10 more cases – five in each county – of swine flu Thursday. That brings to 21 the total number of confirmed cases of the... (Continue reading)