Argentina confirms 3 more swine flu deaths, bringing total to 4

September 1st, 2009 Colombia's Uribe recovering from swine fluBOGOTA — Colombian President Alvaro Uribe is still recovering from the swine flu, and now his defense minister is showing some symptoms of the illness, officials said Monday. Uribe, 57, was diagnosed with swine flu when he returned from Friday's summit of South American leaders and his government urged other leaders who attended the meeting in Bariloche, Argentina, to check if they have been infected.

August 11th, 2009 Presently deadly swine flu virus H1N1 is spreading quickly across India. The World Health Organisation already warned about the global swine flu pandemic possibility.

August 4th, 2009 WHO says swine flu deaths surge to 1,154GENEVA — The World Health Organization said Tuesday that 1,154 swine flu victims have died since the virus emerged in April. WHO said that includes 338 deaths reported in the week leading up to last Friday.

July 17th, 2009 Argentina attacks swine flu infection in pigsBUENOS AIRES, Argentina — Agricultural authorities in Argentina have declared an alert to prevent the spread of swine flu among pigs. Farm sanitation chief Jorge Dillon says the flu's symptoms are fairly benign for infected pigs and the pig outbreak poses no health risk to humans.

June 22nd, 2009 WHO: 51 more swine flu deaths as pandemic spreadsGENEVA — The World Health Organization says the global tally of deaths from swine flu has increased by 51 to 231. WHO says most of the latest deaths occurred in the United States.

June 10th, 2009 US military: 4 more swine flu cases in GermanyBERLIN — The U.S. military says it has confirmed four more cases of swine flu among troops in Germany, for a total of six.

May 16th, 2009 MEXICO CITY - Ecuador and Turkey have confirmed their first cases of swine flu infections. The number of countries affected by the swine flu in Latin America has risen to 12 after Ecuador reported its first infection Friday.

May 10th, 2009 SAN JOSE - Costa Rica has confirmed its first death from the influenza A(H1N1) virus, also called swine flu. The 53-year-old man died early Saturday after contracting the virus.

May 9th, 2009 Costa Rica confirms 1st swine flu deathSAN JOSE, Costa Rica — Costa Rica's health minister confirmed the death of a 53-year-old patient with swine flu on Saturday, the first death from the epidemic outside of a North American nation. The man, who also had diabetes and chronic lung disease, was one of eight swine flu cases in the Central American country that have been confirmed by the U.S.

May 9th, 2009 Costa Rica confirms its 1st swine flu deathSAN JOSE, Costa Rica — Costa Rica's health minister confirmed the death of a 53-year-old patient with swine flu on Saturday, the first death from the pandemic outside of a North American nation. The man, who also had diabetes and chronic lung disease, was one of eight swine flu cases in the Central American country that have been confirmed by the U.S.

April 30th, 2009 LIMA - Peru's health authorities have confirmed the country's first case of swine flu. The victim was an Argentinian woman who was in Mexico only for a few hours on a layover when travelling from the US to Argentina, Peru's Health Minister Oscar Ugarte said Wednesday.

April 30th, 2009 GENEVA - A total of 148 confirmed swine flu cases have been reported to the World Health Organisation (WHO), the UN agency said. As of Wednesday, the cases were reported from nine countries, including 91 from the US with one death, and 26 from Mexico, with seven deaths, the agency said in its latest update.

April 29th, 2009 MEXICO CITY - The number of confirmed swine flu infections in Mexico rose from 26 to 49, although the number of deaths was still at seven from the new strain of flu, according to laboratory results that Mexico's health authorities made public Wednesday. In total, there have been 159 deaths and 2,498 infections in Mexico's flu epidemic.

April 29th, 2009 A timeline of events in the swine flu outbreakA timeline of events in the swine flu outbreak: — December 2005 to January 2009: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention receives reports of 12 cases of human infection with swine flu. Five of these 12 cases occurred in patients who had direct exposure to pigs and six reported being near pigs.

April 27th, 2009 Developments on swine flu worldwideKey developments on swine flu outbreaks, according to U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, World Health Organization and government officials: —Deaths: Global total of 63 — 58 in Mexico; three in U.S.; one in Canada and one in Costa Rica.