News Source: Voice of America
| 19 days ago
A new report about the H1N1 flu virus indicates that the elderly are not immune from the disease afterall. And another report seems to support the early decision to make pregnant women among the first to receive flu vaccinations. New research in...
News Source: BBC
| 19 days ago
The Scottish government said the latest victim was an adult from the the NHS Ayrshire and Arran area. Health Secretary Nicola Sturgeon said the patient had significant underlying health conditions. The roll out of a vaccination programme aimed at...
News Source: The Washington Times
| 19 days ago
While the government's free H1N1 vaccination program is struggling to produce the expected doses, three times as much "regular flu" vaccine -- most of which is purchased on the open market -- already has been produced, even though that flu season...
News Source: The Dallas Morning News
| 19 days ago
In much of the country, long lines have formed at clinics where the vaccine is available. In Dallas County, two vaccination clinics are planned for today: one run by the Dallas County health department, the other by the Garland health department...
News Source: The New York Times
| 19 days ago
Calling demand for the seasonal vaccine “unprecedented,” Dr. Thomas R. Frieden , director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention , said, “We think this year will be the highest-ever uptake.” The C.D.C. expects 114 million doses of...
News Source: Trinidad Express
| 19 days ago
I am a wine bibber Courtenay Bartholomew Wednesday, November 4th 2009 Last weekend a newspaper article carried a headline: ’H1N1 here to stay.’ This is ever so scientifically wrong...He said: ’We will develop a resistance against it but it...