2 hrs ago | New York Times
Recalculating the Tally in Swine Flu Deaths
About 4,000 Americans - rather than about 1,200 - have died of swine flu since the disease emerged in April, according to new figures being calculated by epidemiologists for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention .
6 hrs ago | CW11 New York WPIX-TV
NJ Hospitals Being Urged To Suspend Children Visits
In an effort to prevent the spread of swine flu, hospitals in New Jersey are being urged to suspend visiting privileges for persons younger than 18 years old.
11 hrs ago | KTLA-TV Los Angeles
Vaccine Production Method Questioned
Difficulties producing H1N1 vaccine raises concerns about the time-honored production method.
15 hrs ago | Statesman Journal
Another View: Schools and swine flu
Going to school every day can be hazardous to your health - and the health of others.
20 hrs ago | MediLexicon
Pennsylvania Department Of Health Updates H1N1 Vaccine Distribution Effort
The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, or CDC, has allocated a total of 1,351,400 doses of H1N1 vaccine to Pennsylvania to date, the state Department of Health announced today.
Yesterday | Post Tribune
Millions without sick leave fear H1N1 virus
For millions of Americans the rule is simple: If you don't come to work, you don't get paid.
Poor Restroom Cleaning Causes Cruise-Ship Sickness
Poor cleaning of restrooms aboard cruise ships raises the risk of norovirus-caused gastrointestinal illness outbreaks, a new study finds.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported to CBS News that, based on the data available to it, 104 people died from the H1N1 virus for the week ending October 31.
Ohio receives additional one million H1N1 vaccines
Monday, November 09, 2009 at 12:39 p.m. Read more: State , Health , H1n1 , Vaccine , Nasal , Shots , Local Health Department , Hospital , Center Of Disease Control And Prevention , Ohio Department Of Health COLUMBUS- Local health departments and hospitals in all 88 Ohio counties will receive more than 400,000 doses of the H1N1 flu vaccine starting ...
Traditional Healers Choose to Fight H1N1 Naturally
As the death rate of the H1N1 virus surpassed 1,000 people in the United States, Chinese medicine practitioners, Ayurvedic healers, and Latino yerberas faced a dilemma: whether to tell their clients to get the vaccine -- which is recommended by the CDC -- or to prescribe alternative treatments.
Our View: Brave new world of prescriptions
It's becoming rare to sit through an entire television program without seeing at least one commercial advertisement that's trying to convince you to get a prescription for some new medicine.
Flu shots too little, too late
Do your part to stop the spread of swine flu: Get vaccinated. It was a rallying cry, a call to arms of sort from federal health officials after the H1N1 virus appeared last spring and began circling the globe.
On a recent flight from San Francisco, California, to Atlanta, Georgia, Dr. Julie Gerberding was thrilled to get bumped up to first class.
Flu Threat Looms As Mecca Readies For Pilgrims
Hundreds of thousands of Muslim pilgrims circle the sacred Kaaba stone at Mecca's Grand Mosque in December 2008.
CHD receives small supply of injectable H1N1 vaccine
The Coastal Health District, which includes Bryan, Camden, Chatham, Effingham, Glynn, Liberty, Long, and McIntosh Counties, has received 1,300 doses of the injectable form of the 2009 H1N1 influenza vaccine.
NexBio Publishes Two Articles Showing DAS181 (Fludase) Potently...
NexBio Inc., in collaboration with scientists at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention , St.
CDC adopts near real-time flu tracking system
CWmike writes "The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention launched an effort this week to better and more easily track for H1N1, or Swine Flu, and other seasonal influenza activity throughout the U.S. The CDC said it is now tracking data on 14 million patients from physician practices and hospitals that is stored on a relational database ...
Pigs likely caught flu from humans
ABSENCE OF ALTERNATIVES: The six workers on an infected pig farm in Taitung have tested negative for the illness, raising questions about how the pigs caught swine flu STAFF WRITER, WITH CNA Saturday, Nov 07, 2009, Page 4 The Council of Agriculture rejected a claim yesterday that the influenza A virus recently detected among pigs in Taitung County ...
Sat Nov 7, 2009 6:28am EST - People practice coughing into their sleeves as a way to try to control the spread of the H1N1 swine flu virus, during a meeting for workers at the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene in Baltimore, September 3, 2009.
Saudi health minister says swine flu shots recommended but not mandatory for pilgrims
The Saudi health minister said Saturday that the kingdom will not ban anyone considered high risk for swine flu from performing the hajj pilgrimage this year.
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