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The swine flu, what a drag!

GenevaLunch News [public health video] Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – The fight against the A/H1N1 virus in the French-speaking part of Switzerland is taking on a new face, a drag face. The Federal Office...

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Spread of A/H1N1 flu in Switzerland could hinge on a medical certificate

GenevaLunch News Geneva and Bern, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – The Swiss Federal Office of Public Health (OFSP)  recommends that people who come down with symptoms of the flu avoid contact with others...

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Novartis announces start to clinical trials with A/H1N1 vaccine on humans

GenevaLunch News Basel and Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Swiss drugs maker Novartis said 5 August it had begun trials of a swine flu vaccine on humans in Germany, the US  and the UK. If the...

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Doctor infects 12 people with swine flu at Lausanne hospital

GenevaLunch News Lausanne, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) - A doctor who works in the maternity ward at the Cantonal University Hospital (Chuv) in Lausanne, just back from holidays abroad, infected 2...

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Switzerland buys 13 million doses of A/H1N1 vaccine

GenevaLunch News Update 19.09 Bern, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) - Switzerland joins other major industrialized nations in reserving 10 percent of the vaccines for donation to poorer countries, under the...

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Saudi Arabia takes steps against A/H1N1 flu in annual pilgrimage

GenevaLunch News Scientists from Saudi Arabia are assessing the risks posed by the annual hajj, pilgrimage, in the spread of the A/H1N1 swine flu virus along with experts from the World Health...

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Most Swiss will not be getting vaccinated: poll

GenevaLunch News Zurich, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) - A vast majority of Swiss are not interested in getting a swine flu (A/H1N1) vaccination, when the campaign starts in two weeks time, according to a...

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Baby in Basel first swine flu death in Switzerland

GenevaLunch News Basel, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – A small baby who died last week is Switzerland’s first death related to the A/H1N1 flu, authorities in canton Basel Land have confirmed. No details...

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A/H1N1 flu spreads in Switzerland, vaccine available

GenevaLunch News Bern, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Switzerland confirmed 2,423 new cases of swine flu in the week ending 21 November, the Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH) announced Friday 27...

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WHO may call end to H1N1 pandemic soon

GenevaLunch News Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – The World Health Organization (WHO) may soon declare the swine flu pandemic called out in 2009 over. It is winter in the southern hemisphere where...

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