Both have been shown to be effective against the new swine flu.

Last month the World Health Organization declared a pandemic of the new swine flu.

No one knows if they will do the same with the new swine flu.

He said 16 deaths have been confirmed as caused by the new swine flu and tests

Seven countries have confirmed cases of the new swine flu and a dozen others have suspected infections.

The World Health Organization is poised to declare a full pandemic of the new swine flu virus.

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The United States also reported its eighth death from the new swine flu virus, in a patient in Arizona.

Although most cases appear to be mild, the new swine flu strain has killed just as seasonal flu does.

China imposed the ban after a person spread the new swine flu to a herd of pigs in the province.

Last week, the HSE said the number of new swine flu cases was surging, with the highest infection rates among schoolchildren.

The ferrets did not catch the new swine flu from one another as easily as they catch ordinary viruses, Tumpey said.

In all, the WHO has official laboratory confirmation of a total of 79 cases of the new swine flu virus worldwide.

On Thursday the CDC reported 5,764 confirmed U.S. cases of the new swine flu and nine deaths.

Japan's plans were drafted with the deadly bird flu in mind, while studies show the new swine flu is behaving like seasonal flu.

The virus is not connected to the new swine flu H1N1 strain that has killed 429 people worldwide.