Swine flu
12.09.2011 22:55
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America endorses Taliban officeWe live in a strange and unpredictable world - It’s been ten years since the terrorist attacks of 9/11, and it looks as if the US is ready to pass the olive branch to the Taliban. No, really. 9/11 tragedy |
18.03.2011 19:10
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Fears of radioactive cloud that may never arriveEvents at the Fukushima power plant have left people beyond Japan's border wondering whether they are in harm's way. In Russia's Far East, just across the water from Japan, they are worried about the threat of exposure. Earthquake in Japan Fukushima nuclear disaster |
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Students’ joy, parents’ horror, officials’ headache: flu epidemic hits RussiaWhile happy students in Russian schools enjoy unexpected quarantine holidays, officials are urging the country’s residents to watch out for the highly contagious virus. |
Swine flu legacy – over-expenditure on unused drugsLast year the British government spent almost 1.5 billion pounds to combat swine flu. But when it turned out the scale of the pandemic had been over-estimated, the country was left with a huge stockpile of unused drugs. |
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Swine flu “conspiracy”: I (don’t) want to believeLast year the global media told a wonderful scare story: swine flu was a pandemic and it was threatening the world. Now the UN’s health authority is being accused of fear mongering on the behalf of drug companies. |
29.01.2010 09:24
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Council of Europe to hunt down possible swine flu scamThe Council of Europe is set to decide whether the World Health Organization colluded with drug companies to exaggerate the threat from swine flu. |
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25.01.2010 15:26
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Pharmaceutical companies accused of crying wolf over swine fluSwine flu is under scrutiny once again as pharmaceutical companies are being accused of hyping up a “false pandemic”. The Council of Europe has put the virus on its winter agenda, which starts on Monday. |
13.01.2010 01:59
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Swine flu “false pandemic” seems to be biggest pharma-fraud of centuryThe Council of Europe will launch a probe into pharmaceutical companies after reports that vaccine manufacturers pressured the World Health Organization into declaring swine flu pandemic seeking increase in profits. |
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Moscow’s expats look back at 2009For most expats in Moscow, Wednesday was the last working day before settling down or jetting off for Christmas and also a good time to have a drink and look back on the year that was. |
15.12.2009 22:50
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Setback for fighting swine flu - vaccine recalledHealth officials in the United States are recalling 800,000 swine flu vaccines intended for children. |
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14.12.2009 15:03
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“Ukraine is not a bordello”Ahead of the Euro 2012 Football Championship which Ukraine will co-host, a group of feminist activists in Ukraine are protesting the rise of prostitution and sex tourism to draw attention to the problem in the country. |
07.12.2009 10:38
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The great climate change swindle: global warming is not manmadeClimate change has always existed and humankind does not have the power to affect it insists a critic of global warming theory, Lord Christopher Monckton, on the eve of the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen. |
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26.11.2009 15:12
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The reality behind the swine flu conspiracyThe message is clear – we are all going to die from swine flu. It spreads fast, it is dangerous, and it must be feared – says the World Health Organization. |
25.11.2009 15:49
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Swine flu pandemic is yet another conspiracy – Danish mediaDanish journalists claim that the World Health Organization and drug companies producing the swine flu vaccine are in partnership, and that the true nature of their relationship is shrouded in mystery. |
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19.11.2009 08:20
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“Ukraine swine flu ‘burns’ lungs”– sourceBritish scientists suspect that swine flu virus has mutated in Ukraine. Some doctors say that flu in the country has shown unprecedented symptoms, creating the effect of “burnt” lungs, the Daily Mail reports. |
“Clean hands best solution for swine flu”While there are no specific drugs for swine flu, Simon Matskeplishvili, a professor at the UN Academy of Sciences, told RT that keeping hands clean and drinking a lot of liquids are the best ways to avoid the virus. |
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13.11.2009 09:40
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The latest trend in swine flu fashionAs the H1N1 or “swine flu” virus spreads across the globe, it seems as if many people living in Russia are taking extreme measures to protect themselves. |
10.11.2009 19:58
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“Swine flu may be means of political manipulation in Ukraine”Ukraine may be using the H1N1 virus as a means of political manipulation, said investigative journalist and RT contributor Wayne Madsen. |
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08.11.2009 08:42
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Ukraine in panic over swine fluHealth Officials in Ukraine say the death toll from a suspected swine flu outbreak has reached 144. Almost a million people are thought to be infected, mostly in the west of the country. |
02.11.2009 23:09
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Ukraine pleads for help as flu epidemic spreadsUkrainian President Victor Yushchenko has called on the international community to help the country combat the swine flu epidemic which hit the country last week. Kiev is taking emergency measures to stop the outbreak. |



















