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Don't call it 'swine flu,' farmers implore
Kabul :: Afghanistan | 1 day ago
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Hog farmer David Moody has stopped letting strangers into his barn because he's afraid they'll infect his pigs with swine flu. Not that he would ever call the pandemic H1N1 influenza virus by its colloquial name. Like many pork producers across the heartland,...
Tags: National Pork Producers Council, swine flu, David Moody, Iowa, Afghanistan, Kabul, Influenza, Animal virology, Health in the United States, Pork, Pandemics, Swine influenza, Influenza A virus subtype H1N1, flu pandemic
Be wary of H1N1 this Christmas, Ministry issues warning as confirmed cases rise to 191
Kingston :: Jamaica | 2 days ago
Credibility The ministry indicated in a press release that even if symptoms were mild, persons were being strongly cautioned against going into crowded areas. "As we enter into the regular flu season we will be seeing increased cases of seasonal influenza and Influenza...
Tags: Ministry of Health, Jamaica, Kingston, Health Medical Pharma, Influenza, Animal virology, Pulmonology, flu pandemic in Malaysia, Pandemics, Disaster Accident, Influenza pandemic
School districts worry about swine flu's effect on their finances
Tea :: SD :: USA | 2 days ago
Credibility Because school funding in Texas is tied to student attendance rates, the extra absences due to swine flu could cost some districts millions. Based on absences so far this school year, Richardson is worried about more than $800,000. Mesquite could be on...
Tags: schools district, Texas School Alliance, North Texas, Texas Education Agency, swine flu, absentee rate, texas schools, schools administrators, TEA, attendance rate, flu pandemic in the United States, Influenza, Animal virology, Education, Health in the United States, Influenza A virus, Pandemics, Influenza A virus subtype H1N1, flu pandemic
Nevada expands high-risk group for vaccine
Carson City :: NV :: USA | 2 days ago
Credibility Nev. — State health officials are expanding the high-risk group to receive priority for the swine flu vaccine. Anyone 25 and older with underlying medical conditions will be considered at high-risk beginning Dec...The change will include people 64 and...
Tags: health, Southern Nevada Health District, swine flu, risk group, Carson City, Health Medical Pharma, Influenza, Health in the United States, Pandemics, Influenza vaccine, Swine influenza, Vaccines, Influenza A virus subtype H1N1, flu pandemic
A(H1N1) shot death
Taipei :: Taiwan | 2 days ago
Credibility A 41-year-old woman in her 38th week of pregnancy underwent emergency surgery to have her dead unborn baby removed Thursday, seven days after she was vaccinated against influenza A(H1N1). It was Taiwan's first case of miscarriage suspected to have resulted...
Tags: Taiwan, Taipei, Health Medical Pharma, Influenza, Animal virology, Immunology, Microbiology, Vaccine, Pandemics, Influenza A virus subtype H1N1, flu pandemic
Schools to get masks, gloves to help prevent spread of flu
Santa Clarita :: CA :: USA | 2 days ago
Credibility Purchased with federal grants, the 23 million masks and gloves will be used by ill students as well as the nurses who examine them. "We want to keep students, teachers and staff healthy and in school," said state Supt. of Public Instruction Jack O'Connell.
Tags: Santa Clarita, Influenza, flu pandemic in the United States, Health in the United States, Influenza vaccine, Pandemics, Vaccines, flu pandemic
Ontario women with HIV want babies: study
Toronto :: Canada | 2 days ago
Credibility Toronto police are seeking the public's help after a shooting left one man dead and three others wounded at a highrise building near Jane Street and Highway 401 late Thursday. Some adult hockey teams in Toronto may lose their prime ice time at city-owned...
Tags: Canada, Toronto, Virology, Sexually transmitted diseases and infections, AIDS, Social Issues, Acronyms, Immunodeficiency, Influenza, HIV/AIDS, Health Medical Pharma, Influenza vaccine, Vaccines, Sperm washing, HIV
Santa Claus vaccinated in Montreal
Montreal :: Canada | 2 days ago
Credibility Santa Claus rolls up his sleeve at a Montreal vaccination centre. (CBC) Public health officials in Montreal brought out the man in the bright red suit Friday as officials made a renewed appeal to residents to get vaccinated against the swine flu.
Tags: ET Santa Claus, Montreal Health Agency, Dr. Richard Lessard, getting vaccination, Canada, Montreal, Health Medical Pharma, Virology, Influenza, Immunology, Social Issues, Vaccine, Pandemics, Swine influenza, Influenza A virus subtype H1N1, flu pandemic
VNA to hold final flu shot clinics of season
Chesterton :: IN :: USA | 2 days ago
Credibility With the holidays and the flu season at hand, the Visiting Nurse Association will offer a final week of seasonal flu and H1N1 flu shot clinics to help keep you and your family healthy during the holiday season and into the new year. Seasonal influenza...
Tags: flu shots, Valparaiso YMCA, VNA Flu Phone, Visiting Nurse Association, shots clinic, season flu, Chesterton, Influenza, flu pandemic in the United States, Health in the United States, Influenza A virus, Influenza vaccine, Vaccines, Influenza A virus subtype H1N1, Flu season
Swine flu no longer "widespread" in Georgia
Atlanta :: GA :: USA | 2 days ago
Credibility Twenty-five states reported widespread activity this week, down from 48 in late October, according to the Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. "[Swine flu] disease continues to decline," the CDC's director, Dr. Thomas Frieden, said...
Tags: health, swine flu, Georgia, Atlanta, Health Medical Pharma, Environment, flu pandemic in the United States, Influenza, Animal virology, Health in the United States, Pandemics, Swine influenza, Vaccines, flu pandemic
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