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Flu Pandemic Slacks Off, But 'It's Not Over'

Tamiflu-resistant cluster crops up in NC; 3 of 4 patients dead

Nov 20, 09 4:25 PM CST
(Newser) - The swine flu outbreak is slacking off in some areas, but don't get complacent, officials say: Pandemics naturally fluctuate. "There can be multiple ups and downs over the season," says a CDC doctor. "We have many weeks ahead of us where disease is going to be circulating.... More »

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention • influenza • Tamiflu • Duke University Medical Center. • pandemic • antiviral drugs • swine flu • H1N1 virus • CDC

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Swine Flu Mutation Worries Norway Scientists

CDC official says it's no cause for alarm

Nov 20, 09 1:37 PM CST
(Newser) - Norwegian scientists say they've discovered a mutated version of swine flu in two patients who died and another who is severely ill. The mutation "could possibly make the virus more prone to infect deeper in the airways and thus cause more severe disease," said the nation's health institute.... More »

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Our Immune System Already Prepared for Swine Flu

Disease isn't as contagious, deadly as feared

Nov 17, 09 9:45 AM CST
(Newser) - The initial fear that swine flu is a totally new virus that your immune system isn’t equipped to handle turns out to be pure hype. According to a new study, immune systems that have previously had contact with flu viruses recognize H1N1 and deal with it the same way,... More »

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Shortage of Seasonal Flu Vaccine Looms

Supplies running low, manufacturers
can't make more

Nov 5, 09 1:19 AM CST
(Newser) - Severe shortages of seasonal flu vaccines are expected across the country in coming weeks as supplies run short amid increasing demand. Manufacturers have committed their production to making H1N1 vaccines and lack the capacity to make any more seasonal flu vaccines this year. The director of the CDC told lawmakers... More »

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention • vaccination • vaccine • influenza • swine flu • H1N1 virus • seasonal flu

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 Vaccine Delay 
 Aggravates 
 Swine Flu 
 Fears 

Uncertainty of supply makes scheduling immunization clinics tough

Oct 18, 09 5:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - Production delays that are slowing the distribution of the H1N1 flu vaccine could hardly have come at a worse time, with the death toll in young people mounting and antivaccine activists seizing on any chance to make their position heard. Experts point out that the H1N1 version uses the same... More »

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention • immunization • vaccine • influenza • swine flu • H1N1 virus • CDC • seasonal flu

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Swine Flu More Likely to Cause Pneumonia

WHO urges doctors to treat suspected cases with antiviral meds

Oct 16, 09 3:52 PM CDT
(Newser) - Swine flu is much more likely than seasonal flu to cause potentially life-threatening viral pneumonia, the World Health Organization said today, urging doctors to immediately treat even young and otherwise healthy suspected H1N1 cases with antiviral meds. “It’s not like seasonal influenza,” said a WHO officer. It... More »

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County Will Fire Sick Employees for Working

Arizona municipality tries to put brakes on spread of swine flu

Oct 16, 09 1:13 PM CDT
(Newser) - In a desperate attempt to curb the spread of swine flu, Pima County, Ariz., has notified its employees that they could be canned if they come to work sick. Any employee with a fever over 100.4 accompanied by any other flu symptom will be sent packing. “It seems... More »

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Swine Flu Turns Critical With Deadly Speed, Taxing ICUs

Sickest H1N1 patients deteriorate rapidly, studies say

Oct 12, 09 4:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - Swine flu can turn from mild to critical extremely rapidly, with the sickest patients needing to be moved to intensive care only a day or so after being admitted to the hospital, new studies show. The worst cases have the potential to overwhelm health care facilities in the event of... More »

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Canada • influenza • academic research • scientific study • swine flu • H1N1 virus

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 Swine Flu Spreads to 
 'Virtually Entire Country' 

H1N1 has claims 76 children since April

Oct 9, 09 3:58 PM CDT
(Newser) - The swine flu is “widespread” in 37 states, the CDC says, and extended into 10 new states this week. And reports that areas where flu activity was relatively high last spring will be spared this winter are incorrect—in 50 such locations under study, "the vast majority of... More »

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Fight Swine Flu: Wear
This Suit

Japanese company says its duds slay  H1N1 virus on contact

Oct 9, 09 12:32 PM CDT
(Newser) - Want to avoid the swine flu and look sharp doing it? A Japanese menswear company has just the thing. Haruyama Trading claims its latest suit, which goes on sale today for about $590, guards against H1N1 with a thin titanium dioxide coating. The chemical, found in toothpaste and makeup, reacts... More »

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Flu Plan Directs Docs to Take Sickest Off Life Support 

Plan could grant legal exemption to extreme rationing in case of disaster pandemic

Sep 24, 09 7:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Authorities planning for a severe flu outbreak are drawing up rules for life-saving ventilators that instruct doctors to take severely ill patients off life support and give the equipment to those with a better chance of survival. The plan, to be used in an outbreak comparable to the pandemic that... More »

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 Little Kids Still Need 
 2 Swine Flu Shots 

Older kids, like adults, get effective H1N1 inoculation from just 1 dose

Sep 21, 09 3:41 PM CDT
(Newser) - Kids over age 9 can safely join adults in receiving just one shot of swine flu vaccine, the Washington Post reports. A test of 650 subjects showed 76% of children between 10 and 17 had a response to a vaccine produced by Sanofi Pasteur, and it was strong enough that... More »

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First Swine Flu Vaccine Will Be Nasal Spray

But pregnant women, newborns should wait
for needle version

Sep 18, 09 5:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - The first Americans to take a swine flu vaccine will be spraying it up the nose, NPR reports. About 3.4 million hits of the nasal spray will come out early next month, a couple of weeks ahead of 195 million by-the-needle doses. Dubbed FluMist, the spray carries a live... More »

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention • vaccine • influenza • nasal passages • swine flu • H1N1 virus

 Swine Flu Can Burrow 
 Deep Into Lungs: Docs 

H1N1 can infect cells where seasonal flu can't: study

Sep 10, 09 4:31 PM CDT
(Newser) - Swine flu can worm its way deeper into the body than seasonal flu, a dangerous capability that could result in increased fatalities if the virus mutates, AFP reports. Seasonal influenza is able to bind only to the tissues in the nose, throat, and upper airway—that’s why it causes... More »

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 Brit Nurses Fear 
 Swine Flu Vaccine: Poll 

One third won't have it for fear of danger; one third undecided

Aug 17, 09 4:46 PM CDT
(Newser) - A full two thirds of British nurses are undecided about or outright against getting vaccinated for swine flu, the Telegraph reports. Some 60% of those who plan to decline say they are concerned about the safety of the untested treatment. “I would not be willing to put myself... More »

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(Newser) - The US and other northern nations are steeling for a possible explosion in swine flu cases as the weather cools, the Washington Post reports. Experts believe the second round of H1N1 cases could cause a major disruption and strain the health care system. "The virus is still around and... More »

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(Newser) - The entire structure of the virus that causes AIDS has been decoded for the first time, a breakthrough that may eventually lead to effective treatments for the disease and others like it, Reuters reports. University of North Carolina researchers, using a new method they liken to zooming out on a... More »

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 'Swine Flu Ship' 
 Docks In France 

France, Belgium see first swine flu deaths

Jul 31, 09 1:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - A cruise ship carrying 60 crew members diagnosed with swine flu and 70 more showing symptoms has docked in southern France, the BBC reports. The infected will receive onboard treatment in Villefranche-sur-Mer. French officials say Spanish authorities confirmed the diagnosis, but Royal Caribbean, which owns the Voyager of the Seas,... More »

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(Newser) - Pregnant women and people who care for infants will be first in line for the swine flu vaccine this fall, the Washington Post reports. Infants, children and young adults under 24, chronically ill adults aged 25 to 64, and health care workers are the other top priority groups under guidelines... More »

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention • public health • epidemic • vaccination • vaccine • influenza • pandemic • pregnant women • swine flu • H1N1 virus

Brit Flights Will Bar 'Flu-ish' Passengers

Docs blast 'nonsense' plan to keep ill
off airplanes

Jul 20, 09 4:05 AM CDT
(Newser) - British Airways and Virgin Atlantic will refuse to check in passengers with symptoms of swine flu unless they have doctors' notes saying they're healthy, reports the Times of London. Passengers with runny noses, headaches, or sore throats will be told not to board their flights. The new policy has outraged... More »

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