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NS on lookout for new swine flu - CBC.ca

Friday 06 01 12 15:41 UTC

CBC.ca

NS on lookout for new swine flu
CBC.ca
(CBC)Nova Scotia's chief public health officer is keeping a wary eye open for any cases of a new swine flu that has popped up only in the United States so far. Dr. Robert Strang said he's had several teleconferences with the Public Health Agency of ...

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New flu strain puts pork industry on alert - The Seattle Times

Friday 06 01 12 07:06 UTC

National Hog Farmer

New flu strain puts pork industry on alert
The Seattle Times
The H1N1 strain contained genetic material from five flu viruses, including North American swine and bird flu and two swine-flu viruses found in Europe and Asia. Federal agencies are not referring to the new strain as swine flu, mindful of the popular ...
New flu strain found in Maine, four other states, puts pork industry on alertBangor Daily News
Many Jails Got No Flu Shots During H1N1 Outbreak: CDCU.S. News & World Report
Doctors Watch for Influenza StrainWDIO-TV
National Hog Farmer
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Controversial bird flu studies defy easy solutions: WHO - CTV.ca

Thursday 05 01 12 15:56 UTC

CTV.ca

Controversial bird flu studies defy easy solutions: WHO
CTV.ca
US World Health Organization Assistant Director Keiji Fukuda attends a conference on swine flu in Cancun, Mexico, Friday, July 3, 2009. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Miguel Tovar) Controversial bird flu studies that are pitting influenza researchers and ...
Controversial bird flu studies raise complex problem, defy easy solutions: WHOWinnipeg Free Press
State, area health officials stay on guard against virusesSacramento Bee

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Avian influenza - situation in China

Thursday 05 01 12 12:58 UTC
The Ministry of Health of China has notified WHO of a human case of avian influenza A (H5N1) virus infection.‪

Avian influenza - situation in Egypt

Thursday 05 01 12 12:58 UTC
The Ministry of Health and Population of Egypt has notified WHO of a case of human infection with avian influenza A (H5N1) virus.‪

Avian influenza - situation in China - update 6

Thursday 05 01 12 12:58 UTC
The Ministry of Health of China has notified WHO of a human case of avian influenza A (H5N1) virus infection.‪

Avian influenza - situation in Egypt - update 60

Thursday 05 01 12 12:58 UTC
The Ministry of Health and Population of Egypt has notified WHO of a case of human infection with avian influenza A (H5N1) virus.‪

Swine flu virus may be spreading between people - CBC.ca

Wednesday 04 01 12 21:49 UTC

CBC.ca

Swine flu virus may be spreading between people
CBC.ca
A new strain of the swine flu virus called A(H3N2) may now be spreading through person-to-person contact, the Public Health Agency of Canada says. The announcement comes after a number of warnings concerning the H3N2 virus by US authorities in recent ...
Swine Flu Could Make Influenza Season ComplicatedHealth Aim (blog)
New Flu Strain Puts Pork Industry on AlertMoneynews
Viruses and Viral Diseases: Vaccine Against New Swine Flu Strain Being DevelopedThirdAge
The Turlock Journal -WJXT Jacksonville
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Shenzhen Man Dies Of Bird Flu

Wednesday 04 01 12 02:00 UTC
The Hong Kong Centre for Health Protection (CHP) received notification from the Ministry of Health (MoH) on the 30th December concerning a suspected human case of influenza A (H5N1) in Shenzhen. The man has unfortunately died...

Hong Kong Bans Poultry After Chinese Man Dies Of Bird Flu

Monday 02 01 12 12:00 UTC
Authorities in Hong Kong have banned imports of poultry products from certain places in neighbouring Shenzhen, a major city in the south of Southern China's Guangdong Province, following the death there of a man confirmed as having the deadly form of bird flu known as highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1...

Mutated Bird Flu Research Worries World Health Organization

Friday 30 12 11 19:00 UTC
Research on the H5N1 influenza (bird flu) virus' human transmissibility is seriously starting to worry WHO (World Health Organization) experts - in a written statement, the authors express concern about the potential risks linked to this research. The possible negative consequences of some experiments are serious and potentially dangerous...

New Swine Flu Virus Could Complicate Influenza Season - TIME

Friday 30 12 11 13:09 UTC

TopNews United States

New Swine Flu Virus Could Complicate Influenza Season
TIME
But the widespread perception that the 2009 swine flu pandemic was much ado about nothing means health authorities risk further damage to their already battered credibility if they sound an alarm and this virus turns out to be a dud. And they know it. ...
Viruses and Viral Diseases: Swine Flu Could Complicate Flu SeasonThirdAge
2 Cases of Novel Swine Flu Confirmed in W.Va.WBOY-TV
Health Authorities Urging people To Get themselves Vaccinated Against FluTopNews New Zealand
The Province -TopNews United States -Vancouver Sun
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Farm workers urged to get flu shot - Vancouver Sun

Thursday 29 12 11 16:16 UTC

Farm workers urged to get flu shot
Vancouver Sun
While swine influenza does not normally infect humans, it can spread very rapidly through populations that have no inherent resistance to it. In 2009, the H1N1 swine flu virus became a global pandemic, killing 56 people in BC, according to the BC ...

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Novel Swine Flu Virus Now Reported in 5 States, Says CDC - Medscape

Thursday 29 12 11 01:02 UTC

ABC7Chicago.com

Novel Swine Flu Virus Now Reported in 5 States, Says CDC
Medscape
New Flu Question: "Have You Been Around Pigs?" The CDC reported the first 2 cases of the A(H3N2)v influenza — both involving children under 5 years of age — on September 2 in its Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR). ...
Swine flu variant reported in W.Va.Daily Mail - Charleston
Swine Flu Case in the Mountain StateWDTV
Health officials watching for new version of swine fluSanta Rosa Press Democrat
WHSV -The Inquisitr -ABC7Chicago.com
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Swine flu strain resistant to Tamiflu is spreading more easily - Los Angeles Times

Wednesday 28 12 11 23:20 UTC

Los Angeles Times

Swine flu strain resistant to Tamiflu is spreading more easily
Los Angeles Times
The flu season is still young in the US and the rest of the Northern Hemisphere, but Australia wrapped up its flu season months ago, and public health officials there have some disturbing news to report: The version of so-called swine flu that is ...
Swine flu strain that is resistant to Tamiflu is spreading more easilySacramento Bee
Swine flu back in USKVUE
H1N1 Cases Confirmed in IndianaLEX18 Lexington KY News

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SWINE FLU MUM'S GIFT - Irvine Times

Wednesday 28 12 11 11:11 UTC

SWINE FLU MUM'S GIFT
Irvine Times
Ashleigh was admitted to the unit in December 2010 with swine flu, and while in the unit, she gave birth to her daughter, Elise. Despite being born a month early, and with her mother in a medically-induced coma, Elise was strong and healthy and has ...

Vital Signs: Swine Flu in 5 States; Graphic Cigarette Warning Labels - The Atlantic

Tuesday 27 12 11 20:05 UTC

New York Times

Vital Signs: Swine Flu in 5 States; Graphic Cigarette Warning Labels
The Atlantic
12 -- The number of people who have become infected -- in five states: Indiana, Iowa, Pennsylvania, Maine, and West Virginia -- with swine flu since August, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Source: "Swine Flu Found in ...
The Ten Most Underreported Health Stories of 2011TheTyee.ca

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Twelve Swine Flu Cases Reported In Five States, Says CDC, USA - Medical News Today

Sunday 25 12 11 00:05 UTC

CTV.ca

Twelve Swine Flu Cases Reported In Five States, Says CDC, USA
Medical News Today
The CDC informs that it has received twelve reports of humans infected with swine flu - A(H3N2) virus. Reported cases have come in from West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Maine, Iowa, and Indiana. Eleven of them were children. Half of all the cases had not ...
Swine flu found in five states: How to stay safeCBS News
Swine flu variant reported in W.Va.Daily Mail - Charleston
Novel Swine Flu Virus Now Reported in 5 States, Says CDCMedscape
CTV.ca -WDTV -Santa Rosa Press Democrat
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Horsley teenager lucky to be alive after contracting swine flu - Journal Live

Saturday 24 12 11 09:58 UTC

Horsley teenager lucky to be alive after contracting swine flu
Journal Live
This time last year, the 14-year-old was battling for life in Newcastle's Royal Victoria Infirmary after she was struck down with the H1N1 swine flu virus. Wheelchair-bound Eleanor has cerebral palsy and type 1 diabetes and each year she is protected ...

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Morning flu jabs 'better for men'

Thursday 22 12 11 02:36 UTC
Flu jabs can be made more effective by changing the time of day they are given - mornings for men and afternoons for women are best - scientists believe.
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