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H1N1 toll in Cincinnati detailed
Cincinnati :: OH :: USA | 15 days ago
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H1N1 flu has likely claimed two lives in Cincinnati, and made more than 20,000 residents sick, health officials said Tuesday. Steve Englender, director of emergency preparedness for the Cincinnati Health Department, said the pandemic flu strain had also...
Tags: h1n1 flu, Ohio Department of Health, Cincinnati Health Department, flu strain, Noble Maseru, Steve Englender, Cincinnati, Health Medical Pharma, Influenza, flu pandemic in the United States, Health in the United States, flu pandemic in the United States by state, Pandemics, Influenza A virus subtype H1N1, flu pandemic, Influenza pandemic
Panel urges some swine flu vaccine next month
Washington :: DC :: USA | 3 months ago
Credibility The government should speed availability of at least a little swine flu vaccine next month instead of in October, the president's scientific advisers recommended Monday. The report also urges that federal health officials do more social networking to...
Tags: health threat, swine flu, White House, flu vaccinations, h1n1 flu, report released, U.S, flu poses, current strain, flu strain
Mother Jones: Flu Triggers Parkinson's
Toronto :: Canada | 4 months ago
Credibility Here's news of an avian flu strain that makes you more susceptible to Parkinson’s, maybe Alzheimer ’s, later on. H5N1 flu strain are more likely than uninfected mice to develop brain changes associated with neurological disorders like Parkinson’s and...
Tags: flu strain, Flu Triggers Parkinson
Sci-Tech Today: How a Flu Strain Becomes a Pandemic
San Francisco :: CA :: USA | 4 months ago
Credibility The three pandemic flu strains of the 20th century, which killed millions, may have circulated in a precursor form for years before cutting their deadly swath. The finding could give flu detectives today a clue for where to watch for future outbreaks.
Tags: pig farm, flu strain
New flu virus attacks two Sask. hog barn workers
Regina :: Canada | 5 months ago
Credibility Two workers in Saskatchewan's hog farm industry have tested positive for what health officials are calling a "novel" strain of flu virus and have fully recovered, government officials reported Tuesday. Dr. Moira McKinnon, the province's chief medical...
Tags: Saskatchewan, flu virus, farm workers, hog farm, Western Canada, Dr. Moira McKinnon, chief medical, flu strain, health officer, pandemic influenza
World's health ministers tackle pandemic flu
Beijing :: China | 6 months ago
Credibility The H1N1 flu strain is spreading fast in Japan, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Monday, and ministers and top officials in Geneva discussed how to fight pandemic flu with drugs and vaccines. WHO Director-General Margaret Chan said the flu...
Tags: pandemic, h1n1, swine flu, h1n1 flu, North America, World Health Organization, h1n1 virus, flu strain
Swine flu cases mount, more expected
Atlanta :: GA :: USA | 7 months ago
Credibility A public health mystery widened yesterday when federal health officials identified three new cases of swine flu in San Diego and Imperial counties and predicted more will surface. That brings the total to five for the region since last week, experts at...
Tags: swine flu, Southern California, CDC, Texas, business owners, disease control, major concerned, flu strain, flu cases
Scientists warn of drug-resistant 'super-flu'
Ottawa :: Canada | 9 months ago
Credibility A new drug-resistant “super-flu” has become increasingly common and may pose a serious risk to hospital patients, scientists have warned. Two research papers, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, show that a drug-resistant mutation...
Tags: Tamiflu, common strain, drug tamiflu, popular drug, flu strain, americans medical, proves resistant, American Medical Association
Team finds secret that could stem flu viruses
Bethesda :: MD :: USA | 9 months ago
Credibility Scientists led by a team from Dana-Farber Cancer Institute have discovered what they describe as the Achilles' heel of the influenza virus, a finding that suggests it might be possible to end the ritual of the annual flu shot. Yearly vaccination is currently...
Tags: flu virus, flu vaccinate, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, flu strain, bird flu
Grand Forks Herald, North Dakota: ND health officials report resistant strain
Fargo :: ND :: USA | 10 months ago
Credibility North Dakota health officials say they have found a flu strain in the state that resists the leading flu medicine, but there are other options for treating it. âBecause this strain is resistant, it doesnât mean itâs easier spread and it doesnât...
Tags: Burleigh County, flu strain
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