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Swine flu toll includes a few pets
(AP) -- A handful of pets have been sickened with swine flu in recent weeks, but here are doctors' orders: Wash your hands and don't panic.
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Dec 08, 2009 |
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British researchers: little evidence Tamiflu works
(AP) -- British researchers say there is little evidence Tamiflu stops complications in healthy people who catch the flu, though public health officials contend the swine flu drug reduces flu hospitalizations and deaths.
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Dec 08, 2009 |
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Severity of H1N1 flu in US during current flu season may be less than feared
A new study from researchers at the UK Medical Research Council and the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) projects that the severity of the H1N1 flu during the autumn-winter flu season in the U.S. will likely be less ...
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Dec 08, 2009 |
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Gene Hijacked By HIV Ancestor Suggests New Way to Block Viral Reproduction
(PhysOrg.com) -- An ancestor of the AIDS virus hijacked an entire gene, perhaps from some prehistoric cat it had infected, a gene that makes it much better able to infect humans, according to a study published ...
Dec 07, 2009 |
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H1N1 more risky than seasonal flu in children with sickle cell disease
Infection with the H1N1 virus, or swine flu, causes more life-threatening complications than seasonal flu in children with sickle cell disease, according to research from Johns Hopkins Children's Center. The findings, to ...
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Dec 07, 2009 |
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CDC: Swine flu is widespread only in 25 states (Update)
(AP) -- Swine flu infections continue to wane, just as vaccine is becoming plentiful enough that some communities are allowing everyone to get it, not just those in priority groups.
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Dec 04, 2009 |
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Glaxo's swine flu shot may give kids fever
(AP) -- The European Medicines Agency warns that young children given GlaxoSmithKline's swine flu shot may get a fever after their second dose.
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Dec 04, 2009 |
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Netherlands reports mutant swine flu death
Dutch authorities said Thursday a patient infected by a mutant strain of the swine flu virus had died, but added that this was not the cause of death.
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Dec 03, 2009 |
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'Outbreaks Near Me' app now available for Android mobile phones
(PhysOrg.com) -- "Outbreaks Near Me," an up-to-the-minute disease-tracking system released as an iPhone application in September, is now available for use on Android mobile phones, greatly increasing the number of people ...
Dec 01, 2009 |
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WHO approves Glaxo's swine flu shot
(AP) -- Drug giant GlaxoSmithKline says one of its swine flu vaccines has been certified by the World Health Organization, making it available for donors to buy for developing countries.
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Dec 01, 2009 |
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CDC: Swine flu less widespread, down to 32 states
(AP) -- A new government report says swine flu infections seem to be dropping, but the number of children who died with the illness rose by about 30.
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Nov 30, 2009 |
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Hajj devil stoning ritual biggest swine flu risk
(AP) -- Millions of Muslim pilgrims, many wearing surgical masks, jostled together shoulder-to-shoulder furiously casting pebbles at stone walls representing the devil Saturday - the hajj ritual of highest ...
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Nov 28, 2009 |
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School closure could reduce swine flu transmission by 21 percent
A survey carried out in eight European countries has shown that closing schools in the event of an infectious disease pandemic could have a significant role in reducing illness transmission. Researchers writing in the open ...
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Nov 27, 2009 |
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WHO says Tamiflu still works against swine flu
(AP) -- The World Health Organization says isolated cases of drug-resistant swine flu in Britain and the United States have not changed the agency's assessment of the disease.
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Nov 26, 2009 |
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CDC: Swine flu vaccine safe; no big problems seen
(AP) -- U.S. health officials say there's no evidence that the swine flu vaccine is causing any serious side effects.
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Nov 25, 2009 |
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