Farm News
Swiss mull banning factory farms
The Swiss will vote Sunday on whether to ban intensive livestock farming in the largely rural country, which already has some of the world's strictest animal welfare laws.
Ice World
Swiss hold high-altitude wake for lost glacier
Dozens of people dressed in black went on a "funeral march" up a steep Swiss mountainside on Sunday to mark the disappearance of an Alpine glacier amid growing global alarm over climate change.
Ice World
Swiss glaciers melting away at record rate
Switzerland's glaciers lost six percent of their total volume this year due to a dry winter and repeated summer heatwaves, shattering previous ice melt records, a report revealed Wednesday.
Ice World
Swiss glaciologist bears witness to relentless Alpine glacier melt
After hiking for hours across the mountain and a vast expanse of white, Swiss glaciologist Matthias Huss crouches down near the middle of the massive glacier and checks the measurements.
Milplex
Swiss army made covert mission in Libya: media
A Swiss soldier entered Libya on a covert mission in 2009 to make plans to whisk across the border two Swiss citizens prevented from leaving the north African country, a newspaper reported Sunday.
Farm News
Swiss NGO links pesticide to Indian farmer deaths
The Swiss NGO Public Eye called Tuesday for an export ban on the pesticide Polo, produced by agriculture giant Syngenta, implicating it in the death of 20 Indian farmers last year.
Del.icio.us
Swiss, Chinese unveil one-shot swine flu vaccines
Swiss pharmaceutical giant Novartis said Thursday it had tested a new swine flu vaccine that may work after one dose while health chiefs hailed another one-dose drug developed in China.
Del.icio.us
Swine flu situation in China ‘grim’: health minister
China's health minister said Tuesday the swine flu situation in the world's most populous nation was "grim," as the number of cases surged rapidly at the start of the school year, with winter on the way.
Del.icio.us
Swine flu will expose global health inequality: WHO
The global swine flu pandemic will expose the failure of the international community to invest in health protection in poor countries, the world's top health official warned here Tuesday.
Epidemics
Swine flu less serious than other influenza: US study
Infection from the 2009 A(H1N1) pandemic virus presented a lower risk of serious complications than other recent strains of the flu, according to US research presented Tuesday.
Del.icio.us
Swine flu vaccine production lags as death toll mounts
Production of swine flu vaccines will fall "substantially" short of the amount needed to protect the global population, the World Health Organisation warned Friday as the pandemic death toll rose.
Epidemics
Swine flu vaccine linked to child narcolepsy: EU watchdog
A swine flu vaccine used in 2009-10 is linked to a higher risk of the sleeping disorder narcolepsy in children and teens in Sweden and Finland, the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control said Friday.
Del.icio.us
Swine flu infects cells deep in lungs: study
Swine flu can infect cells deeper in the lungs than seasonal flu, thus helping to boost the severity of the illness, a study released on Thursday said.
Del.icio.us
Swine flu in poorer nations a WHO priority in Western Pacific
Top of the agenda for the World Health Organization's Western Pacific meeting this week will be how to combat the swine flu pandemic in developing nations.
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Swine flu has not mutated into more serious disease: WHO
The head of the World Health Organization said Monday the swine flu virus had apparently not yet mutated into a more serious disease, but she is concerned about poorer nations' access to vaccines.
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Swine flu deaths climb past 2,800: WHO
The World Health Organisation said Friday that at least 2,837 people had died from swine flu since the new A(H1N1) virus was uncovered in April.