French health officials say two people diagnosed with a slightly mutated swine flu virus that also has been found in other countries have died. The Institute for Health Oversight said Friday that the two people, who have not been identified, had been hospitalized in different cities and died after being diagnosed with the variant swine flu. Last week, the World Health Organization said it is investigating samples of variant swine flu linked to two deaths and one severe case in Norway, but... Read Full Story
The World Health Organisation said Thursday that it is investigating reports of mutations in the swine flu virus, after half-a-dozen countries recorded cases in which the virus was transforming. "The question is whether these mutations again suggest that there is a fundamental change going on in viruses out there -- whether there's a turn for the worse in terms of severity," said Keiji Fukuda, WHO's special adviser on pandemic influenza. "The answer right now is that we are not sure," he... Read Full Story
Hurray, a swine Flu thread.
Anyway, swine flu virus mutations are spreading in Europe, French health officials said Friday as the World Health Organisation reported a leap in deaths from the disease by more than 1,000 in a week.
Two patients who were infected by a mutation that was also recently detected in Norway have died in France, the government's Health Surveillance Institute (InVS) said in a statement.
"This mutation could increase the ability of the virus to affect the... Read Full Story
It has been confirmed that 2 people have been killed by a mutated version of the H1N1 swine flu virus that was first discovered in Norway last week, according to health officials on Friday.
A spokesperson for the French Ministry of Health and Solidarity said that two patients had died as a result of the mutated H1N1 virus. No information has been made available as to where and when they died.
The mutated H1N1 strain was discovered in Norway and scientists made the... Read Full Story
The World Health Organization says isolated cases of drug-resistant swine flu in Britain and the United States have not changed the agency's assessment of the disease. It says Tamiflu remains highly effective against the vast majority of H1N1 cases. Four cancer patients in a North Carolina hospital tested positive last week for a type of the flu that was resistant to Tamiflu. Five people at a British hospital also didn't respond to the drug after contracting the flu. WHO flu chief Dr. Keiji... Read Full Story
China has discovered eight people with mutated versions of swine flu but drugs are still effective against the new strains, a senior health official told the official Xinhua news agency. Shu Yuelong, director of the Chinese National Influenza Centre, said the first mutated strain of the (A)H1N1 virus was detected in June in a case imported from Britain and a similar strain was detected three months later in the eastern province of Zhejiang. "Mutations are almost inevitable in influenza... Read Full Story
The 2009 H1N1 vaccine is now ready to be rolled out to children and young adults aged 10 years through 18 years .
The Ministry of Health (MOH) and the Health Sciences Authority (HSA) have reviewed the safety of CSL Limited Panvax H1N1 Vaccine in children aged 10 years to 18 years and are satisfied with the safety profile of the product in this age-group. The use of Panvax in children younger than 10 years of age is currently under review and a recommendation would be made soon... Read Full Story
HONG KONG (Reuters) - China must be alert to any mutation or changes in the behavior of the H1N1 swine flu virus because the far deadlier H5N1 bird flu virus is endemic in the country, a leading Chinese disease expert said. Zhong Nanshan, director of the Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Diseases in China's southern Guangdong province, said the presence of both viruses in China meant they could mix and become a monstrous hybrid -- a bug packed with strong killing power that can transmit... Read Full Story
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Casandra Andrews
November 27, 2009, 4:59AM
(Courtesy SEC) Today, Auburn will host Alabama at Jordan-Hare Stadium. Football fans attending home games at Auburn, Alabama, Troy and UAB, and those listening along on the radio, have been hearing more than statistics and color commentary. Game announcers have been talking up flu preparation and vaccinations. MOBILE, Ala. — Radio announcers for football games at four state... Read Full Story
Dr. Liburd Gives Vaccine Shot To GM Faith Bertie
Oualie Beach Resort Hotel
Oualie Bay, Nevis, West Indies
November 26, 2009
This year the pro-active Board of the Lyn Jeffers School, Craddock Road, Nevis, has teamed up with Dr. Glenville Liburd of Ramsbury, Charlestown, Nevis, to offer the seasonal flu vaccine to its students and other members of the community.
“Each year, many students and faculty are forced to spend days out of school owing to sickness with influenza.” says... Read Full Story
