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Swine flu sweeping world at 'unprecedented speed': WHO
Swine flu has swept the globe at "unprecedented speed," the World Health Organisation said Friday, as a study warned the pandemic could tip the world into deflation and delay the economic recovery.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jul 17, 2009 |
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Flu mortality formula is potentially misleading, say scientists
A standard calculation used in forecasting potential numbers of deaths during the swine flu pandemic risks misleading healthcare planners by being open to both over- and under-estimation of the true figures, ...
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Jul 15, 2009 |
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Humans may give swine flu to pigs in new twist to pandemic
The strain of influenza, A/H1N1, that is currently pandemic in humans has been shown to be infectious to pigs and to spread rapidly in a trial pig population.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jul 09, 2009 |
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Fighting the swine flu pandemic with mathematics
As swine flu spreads across America, good data can make all the difference in controlling it.
Jul 08, 2009 |
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Influenza monitoring by the US military
The recent global swine flu outbreak has underscored the critical need for good surveillance and rapid access to epidemiological data. The US military, starting with early monitoring efforts in the 1970s, has developed a ...
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Jul 07, 2009 |
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World health officials tackle swine flu challenges
(AP) -- Swine flu is running wild in the Southern Hemisphere and is spreading rapidly through Europe, with Britain projected to reach 100,000 daily cases by the end of August. The virus is even showing signs of rebounding ...
Jul 02, 2009 |
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Study: H1N1 flu virus ill-suited for rapid transmission, but new strain bears watching, could mutate
A team from MIT and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has found a genetic explanation for why the new H1N1 "swine flu" virus has spread from person to person less effectively than other flu viruses.
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Jul 02, 2009 |
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WHO working on formulas to model swine flu spread
(AP) -- The World Health Organization said Wednesday it is working to mathematically model the spread of swine flu in an attempt to better understand how the outbreak developed from a handful of cases to a global epidemic ...
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Jul 01, 2009 |
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Researchers describe the 90-year evolution of swine flu
The current H1N1 swine flu strain has genetic roots in an illness that sickened pigs at the 1918 Cedar Rapids Swine Show in Iowa, report infectious disease experts at the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public ...
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Jun 30, 2009 |
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Experts see bad, but not disastrous, flu season ahead
Pandemic. The word alone evokes images of societal chaos. But is that what we're really in for this fall, when the world faces its first official pandemic flu season since 1968?
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jun 25, 2009 |
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US company makes first batch of swine flu vaccine
A US company that on Tuesday was awarded a 35-million-dollar contract to develop an influenza vaccine using insect cell technology has produced a first batch against (A)H1N1 flu, company boss Dan Adams said.
Medicine & Health / Medications
Jun 24, 2009 |
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Swine flu gives rise to Internet hucksters plying questionable treatments
Worried about swine flu? Don't want to wait for a shot or a prescription from your doctor?
Jun 23, 2009 |
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Vaccinating children may be effective at helping control spread of influenza, experts say
Targeting children may be an effective use of limited supplies of flu vaccine, according to research funded by the Wellcome Trust and the EU. The study suggests that, used to support other control measures, this could help ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jun 17, 2009 |
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Majority won't have access to antivirals in pandemic but generic drugs could help prevent deaths
Almost 90 per cent of the world's population will not have timely access to affordable supplies of vaccines and antiviral agents in the current influenza pandemic, but it is possible that inexpensive generic drugs that are ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jun 12, 2009 |
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Nations say they are ready for swine flu pandemic
Nations around the world said they were ready to combat the spread of the swine flu virus Friday, urging people not to panic after the World Health Organization declared a global pandemic.
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Jun 12, 2009 |
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