Global Swine Flu Cases Now Over 94,500 -WHO

According to a World Health Organization statement from earlier, the A/H1N1 virus, commonly referred to as the swine flu, has now infected more than 94,500 people worldwide, claiming 429 lives along the way. Swine flu has now been reported in about 136 countries across the globe.

Since the WHO's last reading on Friday, 4,591 more cases of swine flu have been reported with 47 more deaths. As a Dow Jones article earlier noted, the U.S. currently has the highest death toll, 170, with Mexico just behind at 119 and Argentina in third at 60.

Some stocks that have been moving on swine flu news:

• Hemispherx BioPharma (AMEX: HEB)
  
• Pure Bioscience (Nasdaq: PURE)
  
• Novavax (Nasdaq: NVAX)
  
• AVI BioPharma (Nasdaq: AVII)
  
• BioCryst Pharma (Nasdaq: BCRX)
  
• Sinovac Biotech (AMEX: SVA)

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