News tagged with swine flu epidemic
Manufacturing genes to attack flu virus
An international research team has manufactured a new protein that can combat deadly flu epidemics.
May 27, 2012 |
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No evidence WHO in cahoots with vaccine makers: members
The World Health Organisation had problems handling the swine flu epidemic, but there was no evidence it tried to boost vaccine makers, the UN body's member countries agreed on Friday.
Medicine & Health / Medications
May 20, 2011 |
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Mexico state near US on alert after H1N1 deaths
Authorities in Mexico's Chihuahua state along the US border announced preventive health measures Sunday to stanch a return of an H1N1 epidemic after four people recently died of the virus.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Mar 28, 2011 |
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British flu death toll hits 39
Britain's flu death toll has risen to 39 since October, the Health Protection Agency (HPA) announced Thursday, with 36 of the fatalities due to swine flu.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Dec 31, 2010 |
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Two dead as flu cases widen in France
French health watchdogs said on Wednesday the country was officially in the grip of a flu epidemic after 176,000 people had fallen sick, two of whom have died.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Dec 29, 2010 |
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1 in 3 Americans already got a flu shot this year
(AP) -- As the flu season gets under way, about 1 in 3 Americans have already been vaccinated, health officials reported Friday.
Dec 03, 2010 |
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China, US open disease study center in Shanghai
(AP) -- American and Shanghai health authorities opened an epidemiology center in the Chinese city Tuesday to train experts in sleuthing out ways to prevent chronic and epidemic diseases.
Jun 29, 2010 |
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CDC: Not too late to get swine flu vaccination
(AP) -- Health officials are renewing their push for Americans to get swine flu vaccinations following a recent uptick in hospital cases in Georgia.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Mar 29, 2010 |
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Is the US swine flu epidemic over?
(AP) -- If the U.S. swine flu epidemic isn't over, it certainly looks as if it's on its last legs. While federal health officials are not ready to declare the threat has passed and the outbreak has run its ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Feb 05, 2010 |
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Girl's odyssey shows challenge of fighting obesity
(AP) -- Paris Woods is hardly a poster child for the obesity epidemic. Lining up dripping wet with kids on her swim team, she's a blend of girlish chunkiness and womanly curves.
Feb 01, 2010 |
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CDC: Swine flu cases seem to be dropping in US
(AP) -- Health officials say swine flu cases appear to declining throughout most of the U.S., but the specter of Thanksgiving gatherings next week makes it hard to predict what will happen next.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Nov 20, 2009 |
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CDC: Swine flu has sickened 22 million in 6 months
(AP) -- Government health officials say swine flu has sickened about 22 million Americans since April.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Nov 12, 2009 |
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Scientists track swine flu virus for tiny changes that would cause big problems
As the H1N1 flu virus spreads at breakneck speed, a team of scientists are close behind. They are watching its evolution through a cutting-edge technology in hopes of answering the question: Where did it come from -- and ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Nov 04, 2009 |
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Ukraine calls for help fighting swine flue
Ukraine made an urgent appeal to world powers for help battling swine flu on Sunday, after 60 people died from respiratory problems in a week.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Nov 01, 2009 |
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Scientists join forces to explain HIV spread in Central and East Africa
Scientists studying biology and geography may seem worlds apart, but together they have answered a question that has defied explanation about the spread of the HIV-1 epidemic in Africa.
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Sep 29, 2009 |
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