Swine Flu

 
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    World Health Organization (WHO)

  • Public health significance of virus mutation detected in Norway

    20 Nov 2009 | 9:00 am
    The Norwegian Institute of Public Health has informed WHO of a mutation detected in three H1N1 viruses. The viruses were isolated from the first two fatal cases of pandemic influenza in the country and one patient with severe illness.

  • Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 - update 75

    20 Nov 2009 | 1:00 am
    As of 15 November 2009, worldwide more than 206 countries and overseas territories or communities have reported laboratory confirmed cases of pandemic influenza H1N1 2009, including over 6770 deaths.

  • Safety of pandemic vaccines

    19 Nov 2009 | 1:00 am
    To date, WHO has received vaccination information from 16 of around 40 countries conducting national H1N1 pandemic vaccine campaigns. Based on information in these 16 countries, WHO estimates that around 80 million doses of pandemic vaccine have been distributed and around 65 million people have been vaccinated. National immunization campaigns began in Australia and the People’s Republic of China in late September.

  • Pandemic (H1N1) 2009, Ukraine - update 2

    17 Nov 2009 | 2:00 am
    Preliminary tests reveal no significant changes in the pandemic (H1N1) 2009 virus based on investigations of samples taken from patients in Ukraine. Analyses are being performed by two WHO influenza collaborating centres as part of the global influenza surveillance network.

  • Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 - update 74

    13 Nov 2009 | 1:00 am
    As of 8 November 2009, worldwide more than 206 countries and overseas territories or communities have reported laboratory confirmed cases of pandemic influenza H1N1 2009, including over 6250 deaths.
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    Google News: Swine flu

  • China to punish those concealing swine flu info - The State

    20 Nov 2009 | 1:37 pm
    China to punish those concealing swine flu infoThe StateAP BEIJING -- China's health ministry said it will punish officials who underreport cases of swine flu after a doctor famous for exposing the extent of the China orders accurate swine flu talliesAFPSwine flu death cover-ups to be punishedNEWS.com.auSwine Flu: Schools closed in Sri Lanka, doubts about the real number of deaths AsiaNews.itall 188 news articles »

  • 2 more swine flu deaths reported in MA - WBZ News Radio 1030

    20 Nov 2009 | 1:03 pm
    The Money Times2 more swine flu deaths reported in MAWBZ News Radio 1030It's unclear whether either victim had any under-lying medical conditions but the DPH says serious swine flu cases are being seen even in 'healthy' people. THIS STORY HAS BEEN FORMATTED FOR EASY PRINTINGBoston GlobeCalifornia flu-related deaths, hospitalizations slowingLos Angeles TimesCalifornia's H1N1 deaths slow down, flu still a major concernThe Money TimesThe Ledger -MyFoxOrlando.com -Vancouveriteall 97 news articles »

  • UPDATE 1-UK investigates spread of drug resistant swine flu - Reuters

    20 Nov 2009 | 1:01 pm
    The Canadian PressUPDATE 1-UK investigates spread of drug resistant swine fluReutersLONDON, Nov 20 (Reuters) - British health officials are investigating the likely person-to-person spread of a drug-resistant strain of swine flu, Drug resistant swine flu found in NC hospitalUSA TodayDrug-resistant strain of swine flu appearingNew York Daily NewsTamiflu-resistant swine flu cluster reported in NCThe Associated PressWall Street Journal (blog) -Bloomberg -BBC Newsall 567 news articles »

  • UPDATE 1-Swine flu may be peaking in US, reports indicate - Reuters

    20 Nov 2009 | 1:01 pm
    WBNG-TVUPDATE 1-Swine flu may be peaking in US, reports indicateReutersWASHINGTON, Nov 20 (Reuters) - The pandemic of swine flu may be hitting a peak in the United States, health experts Swine flu declined slightly last week, but watch out for Thanksgiving, CDC saysLos Angeles TimesSwine Flu Activity Down in Many StatesABC NewsFewer schools shutting down because of swine fluUSA TodayAFP -Examiner.com -ABC15.com (KNXV-TV)all 119 news articles »

  • Fox News Poll: Worries About Safety of Swine Flu Vaccine Persist - FOXNews

    20 Nov 2009 | 12:02 pm
    Globe and MailFox News Poll: Worries About Safety of Swine Flu Vaccine PersistFOXNewsNearly equal numbers are more afraid of the side effects from the swine flu vaccine as are afraid of getting the flu itself (35 percent vaccine compared to Did us make a swine flu mistake?ReutersFree Swine Flu Vaccinations This WeekendNBC New YorkSeasonal Flu Vaccine May Cut Swine Flu RiskWebMDTampa Tribune -AFP -Examiner.comall 3,498 news articles »
 
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    NPR Health and Science

  • Rethinking The Human Future In Space

    20 Nov 2009 | 10:00 am
    With NASA reporting a "significant amount" of water on the lunar surface, is it time to re-examine our priorities regarding living and working in space? Mark Sykes, director of the Planetary Science Institute, talks about why and how people should venture beyond Earth.» E-Mail This     » Add to Del.icio.us

  • Personalizing Solar Power

    20 Nov 2009 | 10:00 am
    Researchers are hoping to improve solar energy installations by coupling a solar panel to an efficient hydrolysis unit that splits water into oxygen and hydrogen. Daniel Nocera of MIT says the approach could lead to personal solar power units that could get many houses off the grid.» E-Mail This     » Add to Del.icio.us

  • Real-Life Physics Problems Star On TV

    20 Nov 2009 | 10:00 am
    The stars of The Big Bang Theory are two fictional Caltech physicists, but the physics problems they study are real. Bill Prady, the program's co-creator and executive producer, talks about including real-world science in the script, from dark matter to magnetic monopoles.» E-Mail This     » Add to Del.icio.us

  • Fungus Provides Clues To North American Extinctions

    19 Nov 2009 | 10:33 pm
    One of the great mysteries about North America is what killed off woolly mammoths and other exotic animals that roamed the land after the last ice age. Ideas have ranged from a comet impact and climate change to human hunters. A study published Friday in Science Magazine provides new clues about this — cleverly deduced from samples of a fungus that grew on the animal's dung.» E-Mail This     » Add to Del.icio.us

  • Sounds During Sleep May Help You Remember

    19 Nov 2009 | 12:00 pm
    Certain sounds played while people napped helped them remember information associated with those sounds once they woke up, say researchers at Northwestern University.» E-Mail This     » Add to Del.icio.us
 
 
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    Los Angeles Times

  • Catalina bison going on birth control

    20 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    The Catalina Island Conservancy has been rounding up the herd so females can get a reversible contraceptive vaccine. The goal: Control the size of the herd to keep it and the environment healthier. Half a dozen men with walkie-talkies and cattle prods set out on foot at sunrise Thursday to coax a herd of 10 feral bison into a corral a mile away at the bottom of a Santa Catalina Island valley.

  • Group recommends less-frequent Pap tests

    20 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    The cervical cancer screening advice follows another panel's controversial mammogram report, but experts say it's a much different situation. Still, Paps are the only reason some women see a doctor. Only days after a federal panel scaled back on breast cancer screening recommendations for many women, another organization -- the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists -- has done the same for a screening credited with drastically reducing the rates of cervical cancer in the U.S.

  • Scientists zero in on reason for mammoths' demise

    20 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    The sediment beneath an Indiana lake is providing clues. One thing is clear: A meteor didn't kill off the mammoths, mastodons and other large plant-eaters, as previously theorized. About 15,000 years ago, North America was home to an astonishing number of large plant-eating mammals -- giant sloths, mastodons, mammoths. A thousand years later, they were all gone, wiped from the face of the Earth with sudden finality.

  • Senate committee approves food safety bill

    19 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    The measure would expand the FDA's watchdog powers, but the panel doesn't specify how the reforms would be funded. A Senate committee on Wednesday unanimously approved a much-awaited overhaul of the Food and Drug Administration's food safety system, although it gave little hint of how it would pay for the sweeping changes.

  • Sebelius distances herself from new mammogram guidelines

    19 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    The secretary says panel of experts doesn't set federal policy. Some critics link recommendations to healthcare reform debate. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said Wednesday that the controversial new guidelines for breast cancer screening do not represent government policy, as the Obama administration sought to keep the debate over mammograms from undermining the prospects for healthcare reform.
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    BBC News

  • Barcelona duo contract swine flu

    20 Nov 2009 | 11:18 am
    Barcelona players Yaya Toure and Eric Abidal are put in isolation after contracting swine.

  • Drug resistant swine flu hits UK

    20 Nov 2009 | 9:14 am
    Health officials in Cardiff say a Tamiflu-resistant strain of swine flu has spread between hospital patients.

  • Vaccine offered for under-fives

    20 Nov 2009 | 8:41 am
    Swine flu vaccine is to be offered to children under five in Guernsey within the next few weeks.

  • Scots swine flu deaths reach 40

    20 Nov 2009 | 6:23 am
    The number of deaths linked to swine flu in Scotland rises to 40 following confirmation that an adult from the Glasgow area died from the strain.

  • Five-year-old is swine flu victim

    20 Nov 2009 | 4:45 am
    A Berkshire schoolgirl who died in a London hospital from swine flu was a five-year-old from Slough, the council says.
 
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    San Jose Mercury News

  • Downtown San Jose's Lowell Elementary first school to get swine flu vaccine

    <p class="bylinejb">By Joe Rodriguez<br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation"><a href='mailto:jrodriguez@mercurynews.com'>jrodriguez@mercurynews.com</a>
    17 Nov 2009 | 11:16 pm
    Nurses vaccinated 200 children at Lowell Elementary, a school serving poor and immigrant families who likely don't have health coverage. Rumors of death and African monkeys surrounding the vaccine kept some parents and children away.

  • San Jose Unified's chief nurse sees swine flu vaccines as an education matter

    <p class="bylinejb">By Julia Prodis Sulek<br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation"><a href='mailto:jsulek@mercurynews.com'>jsulek@mercurynews.com</a>
    15 Nov 2009 | 9:22 pm
    San Jose Unified is the only district among the 31 in Santa Clara County to attempt the mass inoculation. And county health and education officials say it wouldn't be happening without the unflagging optimism and conviction of Melinda Landau.

  • San Jose Unified postpones swine flu vaccination program

    <p class="bylinejb">By Julia Prodis Sulek<br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation"><a href='mailto:jsulek@mercurynews.com'>jsulek@mercurynews.com</a>
    12 Nov 2009 | 9:40 pm
    County gets 89,000 doses for weekend clinics

  • CDC: Swine flu has sickened 22 million in 6 months

    By LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer
    12 Nov 2009 | 6:24 pm
    WASHINGTON—Swine flu has sickened about 22 million Americans since April and killed nearly 4,000, including 540 children, according to startling federal estimates released Thursday.

  • Flu fears usher in new social protocol

    By Chuck Barney<br>Contra Costa Times
    12 Nov 2009 | 5:35 pm
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    Disease Outbreak News (WHO)

  • Avian influenza - situation in Egypt - update 24

    20 Nov 2009 | 1:00 am
    The Ministry of Health of Egypt has reported a new confirmed human case of avian influenza A(H5N1).

  • Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 - update 75

    20 Nov 2009 | 1:00 am
    As of 15 November 2009, worldwide more than 206 countries and overseas territories or communities have reported laboratory confirmed cases of pandemic influenza H1N1 2009, including over 6770 deaths.

  • Dengue fever in Cape Verde - update 1

    18 Nov 2009 | 3:01 am
    As of 16 November 2009, the Ministry of Health has reported 16 744 suspected cases of dengue in five islands: Brava, Fogo, Maio, Sal and Santiago.

  • Pandemic (H1N1) 2009, Ukraine - update 2

    17 Nov 2009 | 2:00 am
    Preliminary tests reveal no significant changes in the pandemic (H1N1) 2009 virus based on investigations of samples taken from patients in Ukraine. Analyses are being performed by two WHO influenza collaborating centres as part of the global influenza surveillance network.

  • Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 - update 74

    13 Nov 2009 | 1:00 am
    As of 8 November 2009, worldwide more than 206 countries and overseas territories or communities have reported laboratory confirmed cases of pandemic influenza H1N1 2009, including over 6250 deaths.
 
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    CNN Health Feed

  • Health care rhetoric heats up before key vote

    20 Nov 2009 | 10:42 am
    Traditional Senate decorum yielded to brass-knuckle politicking Friday in the health care debate as top Democrats sought to close party ranks before a key procedural vote this weekend.

  • Can your doctor spot H1N1?

    20 Nov 2009 | 10:26 am
    You know what the flu looks like, don't you? Fever, aches and pain, sometimes an upset stomach. But an estimated 10 to 50 percent of H1N1 flu cases are showing up without fever -- long thought of as the flu's defining feature.

  • After suicide takes their loved ones, survivors find purpose

    20 Nov 2009 | 8:12 am
    Dozens of people shared stories of losing loved ones to suicide on CNN.com's iReport. They're part of a growing movement that openly speaks out about the experience, despite the stigma.

  • New cervical cancer screening guidelines released

    20 Nov 2009 | 7:59 am
    The new mammogram recommendations out earlier this week caused quite an uproar. Now comes another change in screening tests for women -- this one for cervical cancer.

  • Vicks nasal spray recalled over bacteria

    20 Nov 2009 | 6:39 am
    Procter & Gamble is recalling Vicks Sinex nasal spray in the United States, Britain and Germany after finding it contained bacteria, the company said.
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  • CDC States H1N1 Vaccine May Maim and Kill 30,000 Americans, FDA Requires Minimal Efficacy

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    20 Nov 2009 | 12:44 pm
    The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has officially stated that there will be as many as 30,000 serious, potentially lethal adverse reactions to the novel H1N1 vaccine, while the FDA guidelines for the novel H1N1 vaccine only require that it work in 3 out of every 10 recipients. Last Saturday, I attended one of 10 “public engagement” meetings the CDC is holding across the country, utilizing a new model of public engagement designed to provide a public viewpoint or societal perspective on the topic at hand (mass vaccination) to the sponsor (in this case, the CDC). Part of…

  • Regular flu: sick kids go to schools, principals say

    Petr Bokuvka
    20 Nov 2009 | 12:38 pm
    Aside from the swine flu, the situation is getting worse in terms of the numbers of the people who have the “regular flu”. Some schools have recently been closed, as the Education Ministry and the Health Ministry issued a notice according to which school principals could make their decisions more freely. However, some principals have been reporting an increase in the numbers of children (students) who keep going to schools and are seen taking their pills regularly during/in class, the Radio Impuls radio station reported today. “Apparently, the kids’ parents could not…

  • Have you heard of a little thing called Swine Flu?

    theeldest
    20 Nov 2009 | 12:28 pm
    A few weeks ago my father and I sat down with my mother to have a very serious discussion about her illness, her denial about her illness and the ways she was destroying our family. Maybe I’ll post something about this discussion at some point since it was sort of a big deal but for now I’m just focusing on something that has become a running joke between my father and I. In the middle of this talk I asked her why she was getting up in the middle of the night and calling her daughters  and if she felt like that wasn’t a little off behavior wise. My mom took a second, looked…

  • K&B Daily Recap: Friday November 20th

    Dave the King of Mexico
    20 Nov 2009 | 12:27 pm
    On today’s show: We catch up with Linda Polley, Ralph reviews the latest movies released in the Movie Beat, Adam Carolla’s “This Week in Rage” and Santa can’t get a Swine Flu shot. We talked sports with DIRECTV’s Andrew Siciliano and we heard Miss Cleo’s New Moon midnight screening interviews.  Also, don’t forget to sign up for the Miss Double D-cember contest.

  • Tamiflu-resistant swine flu strain spreads in UK

    Mritunjay
    20 Nov 2009 | 11:22 am
    Tamiflu: What Now? As various health bodies are still struggling to counter the swine flu pandemic, reports of a Tamiflu resistance developing in a few individuals across the world were causing concerns. Now, to add to their worries, UK has reported the first instance of confirmed cases of person-to-person transmission of a Tamiflu-resistant strain in the world.   Some other reports also listed cases of scores individuals developing the drug resistant strain but there were no reports of person-to-person transmission. Authorities reported five patients at a unit treating people with…
 
 
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  • Floods in United Kingdom

    GC Editor
    20 Nov 2009 | 7:14 am
    Heavy rain has triggered floods across northern England, southern Scotland and Wales this week, inundating hundreds of homes and businesses and causing widespread damage and disruption. The Environment Agency (EA) currently has 4 severe flood warnings and a further 28 flood warnings in place in northeast and northwest England, Wales and the Midlands following the [...]

  • Week’s Top Stories: Nov 14 - 20, 2009

    GC Editor
    19 Nov 2009 | 9:00 pm
    Group-Level Implications of Solvency II: Group support will not be permitted when Solvency II becomes effective in 2012. As a result, the flexibility to use capital held anywhere in the group in calculating the Solvency Capital Requirement (SCR) will not be available. Rather, each entity will have to calculate its SCR based on the capital [...]

  • Inflation: Not All Bad News for European (Re)Insurers

    GC Editor
    18 Nov 2009 | 9:00 pm
    George Carrington, Head of International Casualty Specialty Practice Contact Inflation is always a major risk factor for the casualty industry. For the past seven years, monetary inflation has been low across most of Europe, and this has helped keep interest rates low. For casualty insurers, this can lead to a challenge, because the key cost-drivers of long-tail [...]

  • Protect Your Balance Sheet from Casualty Catastrophe Risk

    GC Editor
    17 Nov 2009 | 9:00 pm
    David Lewin, Managing Director Contact Indications of an economic recovery and fairly flat renewal are already beginning to obscure the experience of the past year. For professional liability insurers, this is particularly disconcerting, for even as balance sheets grow stronger, the implications of the largest casualty catastrophe in more than 70 years are still unfolding. The lawsuits [...]

  • Group-Level Implications of Solvency II

    GC Editor
    16 Nov 2009 | 9:00 pm
    Frank Achtert, Managing Director, and Eddy Vanbeneden, Managing Director Contact Group support will not be permitted when Solvency II becomes effective in 2012. As a result, the flexibility to use capital held anywhere in the group in calculating the Solvency Capital Requirement (SCR) will not be available. Rather, each entity will have to calculate its SCR based [...]
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    MexicanFlu2009

  • This Website and Domain Name are For sale

    admin
    19 Nov 2009 | 2:16 am
    If you are interested in operating a very popular domain name and website, this will be of interest to you. As you know through history influenza outbreaks take on a common name in addition to their technical or medical name. Flu names normally are associated with a year and a location of the outbreak, such as the [...]

  • Military is Preparing to Assist Civilians when Mexican Flu Breaks Out Again this Fall

    admin
    1 Aug 2009 | 5:02 am
    Well it is official the U.S Government is making preparations to use U.S. military troops this fall to ‘assist’ the civilian population and medical authorities in controlling the distribution of vaccines and medications during the Mexican Flu outbreak this is likely to re-appear this coming fall. As reported today on CNN: “WASHINGTON (CNN) — The U.S. military [...]

  • Mexican Flu 2009 has been added to ALLTOP

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    20 Jul 2009 | 12:04 pm
    We are very pleased to announce to our readers that this site has been selected by ALLTOP to be in their online directory magazine rack. ALLTOP is operated by Guy Kawasaki and friends and is an aggregator of websites in most all different categories. They do not accept all websites as the content is screened [...]

  • British Airways and Virgin Atlantic to Block Passengers with Flu Symptoms

    admin
    20 Jul 2009 | 5:38 am
    In an attempt to halt the spread of Mexican Flu airlines are now implementing policies to train employees on how to observe passengers at the check-in point to look out for any flu like symptoms and to not allow them to board the flight. From Avionews Security Report Monday July 20, 2009: British Airways and Virgin Atlantic [...]

  • Hong Kong Witness to the Mexican Flu 2009 and a Fatality

    admin
    19 Jul 2009 | 4:06 pm
    This is a report about a friend of mine and his experience in the Mexican flu 2009 scare. He was a passenger on Dragon Air flight KA912 from Manila to Hong Kong on June 6th 2009. Before landing in Hong Kong all passengers were required to fill out a Health Declaration form for the Hong [...]
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