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News tagged with “pandemic influenza”. Found:
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Unpublished studies question whether seasonal flu shot raises swine flu risk

Toronto :: Canada | 2 months ago

Credibility Credibility of 5

Unpublished Canadian data are raising concerns about whether it's a good idea to get a seasonal flu shot this season. Drawn from a series of studies from British Columbia, Quebec and Ontario, the data appear to suggest that people who got a seasonal flu...

Tags: influenza, vaccines, can, viruses, health, season flu, flu shots, swine flu, pandemic influenza, Canada, Toronto

INDIA: Swine Flu Tests Privatised Health Care

New Delhi :: India | 3 months ago

Credibility Credibility of 5

While the swine flu pandemic has not hit India too hard, it has sorely tested the country's ailing health delivery system and its plans to remedy the situation through ‘private-public partnerships.' Much of the drama is playing out in the western Indian...

Tags: swine flu, pandemic influenza

Schools brace for swine flu

Baghdad :: Iraq | 4 months ago

Credibility Credibility of 5

On Monday ten of Switzerland's 26 cantons go back to school and it's business as usual. But despite concerns over the A/H1N1 virus – which to date has been confirmed in more than 600 Swiss – no schools have been closed preventively. The authorities are...

Tags: swine flu, Iraqi, health ministry, Dr. Ihsan Jaafar, pandemic influenza

Malaysia confirms 2 new swine flu-related deaths

Christchurch :: New Zealand | 4 months ago

Credibility Credibility of 5

The ministry said an 11-year-old boy died Sunday and a 10-year-old girl died Friday...The virus has infected more than 130,000 people and killed more than 800 worldwide since the outbreak was reported earlier this year. Comments (0)  |   Post comment...

Tags: swine flu, pandemic influenza

Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 Swine Flu – Update 115

Newport :: ME :: USA | 4 months ago

Credibility Credibility of 5

But the system is coping well and we are working with the sector to ensure issues about capacity and capability are managed appropriately,” he noted. “DHBs, for their part, are working together and sharing resources to ensure the needs of patients are...

Tags: swine flu, WalesOnline, pandemic influenza

New flu virus attacks two Sask. hog barn workers

Regina :: Canada | 5 months ago

Credibility Credibility of 5

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

Swine Flu: Protective Measures for Pandemic Influenza

Posted by: abby_ravera  | 

Mexico City :: Mexico | 7 months ago

Credibility Credibility of 1

A video series from the UN World Food Programme. The videos have been shared by UNMS with UN Physicians as part of their preparedness activities. To view the whole series: http://www.wfp.org/protective_measures_pandemic_influenza

Tags: swine flu, pandemic influenza, unms, un, world food programme, protective health measures, videos

TVNZ.co.nz: Bird flu vaccine still in short supply

Geneva :: Switzerland | 9 months ago

Credibility Credibility of 5

Reuters Drug companies have increased their capacity to make bird flu vaccines by 300% in the past two years but will still need four years to meet global demand in the event of a pandemic, a study says. It also said doses of vaccine tailored to the...

Tags: pandemic influenza, developing countries, influenza vaccine, flu vaccine, bird flu

Genetic Engineering News: Vical and AnGes MG Sign Letter of Intent for Pandemic Influenza Program

Tōkyō :: Japan | about 1 year ago

Credibility Credibility of 5

AnGes MG, Inc ., have signed a non-binding Letter of Intent indicating their mutual interest to license the development and marketing rights for Vical's pandemic influenza DNA vaccines in Japan to AnGes. AnGes plans to conduct due diligence on the pandemic...

Tags: pandemic influenza

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