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Generation X: How young adults deal with influenza - Medical Xpress

Tuesday 24 01 12 09:04 UTC

ABC News

Generation X: How young adults deal with influenza
Medical Xpress
Only about one in five young adults in their late 30s received a flu shot during the 2009-2010 swine flu epidemic, according to a University of Michigan report that details the behavior and attitudes of Generation X. But about 65 percent were at least ...
How Did Generation X Respond to the H1N1 'Swine' Flu Epidemic?U.S. News & World Report
Parents led the way in reacting to the H1N1 influenza epidemicMedill Reports: Chicago
Mexico identifies 573 H1N1 casesVaccine News Daily (blog)
Charlotte Observer -WMUR Manchester
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Swine flu death toll hits nine in Mexico as cases almost double - Telegraph.co.uk

Monday 23 01 12 07:23 UTC

Telegraph.co.uk

Swine flu death toll hits nine in Mexico as cases almost double
Telegraph.co.uk
Nine people have died from an outbreak of swine flu in Mexico, with the number of cases almost doubling in a week. Health officials have identified 573 cases of A (H1N1), up from 333 instances on Thursday. The strain represents 90 per cent of influenza ...
Swine flu wonder cure under scannerMoneycontrol.com
Mexico swine flu strikes againIndependent Online
Mexico death toll from swine flu hits nineHerald Sun
Daily Mail -TopNews Arab Emirates
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Swine flu death toll rises in Mexico - Independent Online

Monday 23 01 12 00:00 UTC

Swine flu death toll rises in Mexico
Independent Online
Mexico City - The death toll in Mexico from an outbreak of A(H1N1) swine flu has hit nine, with 573 cases detected, officials said on Sunday. The strain represents 90 percent of detected cases of influenza in the country, the health ministry said in a ...

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New study questions Tamiflu's effectiveness - Daily Mail

Sunday 22 01 12 01:05 UTC

Daily Mail

New study questions Tamiflu's effectiveness
Daily Mail
By Savita Verma The famous swine flu drug that triggered a race among countries for stockpiling it and which earned billions of dollars for its manufacturer may be based on sloppy clinical evidence and may not be effective, a new investigation has ...

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Two die of A(H1N1) swine flu in Mexico: official - AFP

Saturday 21 01 12 19:05 UTC

AFP

Two die of A(H1N1) swine flu in Mexico: official
AFP
MEXICO CITY — An outbreak of A(H1N1) swine flu claimed the lives of two people -- 19 and 21 years old -- in Mexico's capital in the first weeks of the year, health authorities said Saturday. The health secretary of Mexico's Federal District, ...
Libyan baby dies of swine flu in Greece: ministryEmirates 24/7
Flu: Greece, Lybian infant dies of H1N1 virusANSAmed
Baby Dies of H1N1 Flu in AthensCRIENGLISH.com
Greek Reporter
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Libyan baby dies of swine flu in Greece: ministry - Emirates 24/7

Saturday 21 01 12 10:23 UTC

Greek Reporter

Libyan baby dies of swine flu in Greece: ministry
Emirates 24/7
A seven-month old Libyan baby girl died in an Athens childrens' hospital on Friday from swine flu after an emergency airlift from Libya, the health ministry said. The baby girl, Mohmed Khadija Ben Hussein, had been transferred on January 10 from a ...
Flu: Greece, Lybian infant dies of H1N1 virusANSAmed
Baby Dies of H1N1 Flu in AthensCRIENGLISH.com
Libyan Baby Boy Dies Of H1N1 In Athens' HospitalGreek Reporter

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Debate over publication of bird flu studies continues in journal opinion pieces

Saturday 21 01 12 09:18 UTC
Ron Fouchier of Erasmus Medical Center in the Netherlands -- lead researcher of one of two teams that last year reported study results "that showed how the H5N1 [bird flu] virus can be transmitted through airborne droplets between ferrets, a model for studying influenza in humans."

First flu casualty of the winter - Irish Independent

Saturday 21 01 12 05:58 UTC

First flu casualty of the winter
Irish Independent
So far this winter there have been 35 cases of flu reported but none of these are for swine flu. A MAN has been sent forward to stand trial for an alleged 174 sexual offences. The Co Donegal man, who is in his 40s and cannot be named for legal reasons, ...

Serum Institute completes Phase-1 of trials for trivalent seasonal flu vaccine - Indian Express

Saturday 21 01 12 02:31 UTC

Serum Institute completes Phase-1 of trials for trivalent seasonal flu vaccine
Indian Express
After the Serum Institute indigenously made the H1N1 (swine flu) vaccine, the institute has now completed the first phase of clinical trials for its first ever trivalent seasonal flu vaccine. Administered via an intra nasal spray, the vaccine aims at ...

Mutant bird flu research halted

Saturday 21 01 12 00:40 UTC
Scientists who created a potentially more deadly bird flu strain to study the virus's spread halt work amid fears it could be used by terrorists.

Russian deputy PM wants prevention of swine flu - vestnik kavkaza

Friday 20 01 12 17:52 UTC

Russian deputy PM wants prevention of swine flu
vestnik kavkaza
Russian Vice-Premier Victor Zubkov requested police to punish violators of veterinary control more actively in Russian regions and prevent outbreaks of African swine flu, Yuga.ru reports. The only way to combat the disease is to prevent it, ...

Avian influenza – situation in Viet Nam

Friday 20 01 12 10:00 UTC
The Ministry of Health (MoH) has announced a confirmed case of human infection with avian influenza A (H5N1) virus.

Avian influenza – situation in Indonesia - update

Thursday 19 01 12 15:00 UTC
The Ministry of Health of Indonesia has announced one new confirmed case of human infection with avian influenza A(H5N1) virus.

Bird Flu Kills Duck Farmer In Vietnam And Toddler In Cambodia

Thursday 19 01 12 13:00 UTC
On Thursday the Vietnamese authorities reported that a duck farmer has died of bird flu, coinciding with reports that a two-year-old boy in Cambodia has also died of the virus this week. The Vietnamese victim died on 11 January. According to the authorities this was the first human death from avian flu for nearly two years...

Avian influenza - situation in Egypt - update

Thursday 19 01 12 12:58 UTC
The Ministry of Health and Population of Egypt has notified WHO of two cases of human infection with avian influenza A (H5N1) virus.‪

Swine flu drug policy criticised - BBC News

Wednesday 18 01 12 17:25 UTC

BBC News

Swine flu drug policy criticised
BBC News
By Michele Paduano BBC Midlands health correspondent The government's reaction to a swine flu outbreak may have done "more harm than good" according to two doctors. Dr Jacky Chambers and Dr Andrew Rouse helped deal with the first cases of swine flu in ...

After FMD, swine flu hits SA province - Mmegi Online

Wednesday 18 01 12 16:04 UTC

After FMD, swine flu hits SA province
Mmegi Online
The importation of live pigs, their feed and fresh products from South Africa has been suspended with immediate effect following the outbreak of African Swine Fever (ASF) in South Africa's Mpumalanga Province. In a press statement released yesterday, ...

Avian influenza – situation in Cambodia – update

Wednesday 18 01 12 10:00 UTC
The Ministry of Health (MoH) of the Kingdom of Cambodia has announced that the case of human infection with avian influenza A (H5N1) virus reported in the Disease Outbreak News posting of 16 January 2012 died on 18 January 2012.

Flu Pandemics May Follow La Niña

Tuesday 17 01 12 18:00 UTC
US scientists propose that flu pandemics follow La Niña weather conditions in the equatorial Pacific. The conditions alter bird migration patterns and this promotes new strains of flu (migrating birds are known to be primary pools of human influenza virus)...

Tamiflu: Side effects and effectiveness of 'wonder-drug' under the microscope - Daily Mail

Tuesday 17 01 12 14:19 UTC

BigPond News

Tamiflu: Side effects and effectiveness of 'wonder-drug' under the microscope
Daily Mail
The conclusions made by the Cochrane Collaboration could pose uncomfortable questions for the Department of Health as to whether they rushed into mass prescriptions of Tamiflu when swine flu hit the nation in 2009. Reports at the time of the swine flu ...
Doctors Raise Doubts Over Safety of Flu Drug TamifluFox News
Tamiflu effects 'still uncertain'The Press Association
No magic bullet on the fluSacramento Bee
The Independent -BigPond News
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