From nashuatelegraph.com
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Pandemic Flu or H5N1 influenza
News and web info about the risk of pandemic flu outbreaks such as avian flu or h5n1 influenza.
The state’s first series of free public clinics offering the H1N1 swine flu vaccine will begin next week, but a five-hour event at the Manchester Health Department on Tuesday will be the closest to Nashua.
The H1N1 vaccine is taken considerably longer to produce that had originally been expected. It is being distributed to states by the federal Centers for Disease Control, based solely on each state’s population.
New Hampshire received...
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Globe and MailSwine Flu May Hit Kids With Asthma HarderU.S. News & World ReportFRIDAY, Nov. 20 (healthday News) -- Canadian researchers are reporting that children with asthma are more likely to develop severe cases of H1N1 flu than seasonal flu. "Asthma has been identified as a significant risk factor for admission with pandemic ...Fox News Poll: Worries About Safety of Swine Flu Vaccine PersistFOXNewsSeasonal Flu Vaccine May Cut Swine Flu...
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From google.com
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MADISON, N.J., Nov. 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Rates of infection by the 2009 H1N1 influenza virus may have peaked in late October, but the pandemic flu virus continues to be a potential source of illness in all age groups, including the elderly, according to a new report by Quest Diagnostics Incorporatedread more
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From freshnews.com
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The World Health Organisation said Friday that a mutation had been found in samples of the swine flu virus taken following the first two deaths from the pandemic in Norway."The Norwegian Institute of Public Health has informed WHO of a mutation detected in three H1N1 viruses," the WHO said in a briefing note."The viruses were isolated from the first two fatal cases of pandemic influenza in the country and one patient with severe illness," it...
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From france24.com
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More than half of Britons being offered vaccination against pandemic H1N1 flu are turning it down because they fear side-effects or think the virus is too mild to bother.
A survey of more than 100 family doctors indicated that there was widespread resistance from patients, and that on average only 46 percent of those offered the vaccination agree to have it.
Doctors reported particular difficulties in persuading pregnant women to be vaccinated...
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From v.mercola.com
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Despite the repeated warnings of scientists regarding the dangers to human health from intensive livestock production, our public health officials are frantically attempting to address the symptoms while ignoring the likely cause.
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From straight.com
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Children enrolled in Air Force children’s and youth programs are now required to be vaccinated for the H1N1 (swine flu) virus.The directive is contained in an undated memorandum from Director of Air Force Services Charles Milam, issued to all child development centers, family child care and youth/school age programs.Milam wrote that the Air Force was following a recommendation from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on H1N1...
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From airforcetimes.com
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