Swine Flu

France cancelled purchases of 50 million swine flu vaccines after ordering far more than needed, but was confident on Tuesday that it would not have to compensate the big companies that provide them. Health Minister Roselyne Bachelot said France was cancelling 50 million of the 94 million doses ordered from companies including Sanofi-Pasteur and GlaxoSmithKline, amid criticism of the government's vaccine planning. France had expected to give most of its population of at least 64 million two... Read Full Story

The French government fought off Monday criticism that it had poorly planned its swine flu vaccine programme after it bought more doses than needed and announced plans to sell surplus stock. France bought 94 million doses of the vaccines for the A(H1N1) virus, expecting to provide its population with two doses each, but only five million people have been vaccinated and one dose has been found to be sufficient. "What would people be saying if the pandemic had been serious?" said Foreign... Read Full Story

China said Monday it had recorded 659 swine flu deaths in 2009, nearly all of them in the last two months of the year, and warned that the danger of mass outbreaks still existed in certain areas. The health ministry said in a statement that the total number of A(H1N1) infections recorded since the virus was first detected last year stood at 120,940. At the end of October, the reported death toll stood at just six. The number of recorded deaths then spiked, reaching about 180 at the start of... Read Full Story

Molecular diagnostics company Cepheid said Monday it received special Food and Drug Administration authorization for a test that can detect swine flu in less than one hour. The company said the FDA granted emergency use authorization to sell the Xpert Flu test, which can identify the 2009 strain of swine flu. The special authorization allows the test to be used in hospitals. The test is not approved by the FDA and is only authorized to be used until April 26 under the emergency use... Read Full Story

Governments in Western Europe are selling off surplus stocks of the H1N1 flu vaccine and cancelling orders for additional supplies amid low public demand. But the World Health Organisation is warning that flu transmission is still on the rise in Central and Eastern Europe. France is looking to sell large volumes of surplus vaccine after ordering millions more doses than it needed. Germany hopes to row back on a large order of drugs placed during the early phase of the pandemic, while Spain... Read Full Story

The French Health Ministry says the country is selling its extra swine flu vaccines to other nations. The ministry says Qatar has bought 300,000 doses and Egypt is in the process of buying 2 million. Contacts are also under way with Ukraine, Mexico and other countries. A statement from the ministry says France bought 94 million doses for its population of 63.6 million, before it was clear that most people would need only one dose instead of two. On top of that, the ministry says it made its... Read Full Story

800,000 doses of H1N1 vaccine for children — including some in Douglas County — recalled due to lack of potency قولوا لنا جايبين المصل منين بس أقرأو التعليقات والخبر جيدا Six Swine Flu Vaccine Deaths and Hundreds of Debilitating H1N1 Vaccine Side Effects ------------ aluminum, Arepanrix, GlaxoSmithKline, h1n1 flu vaccine, h1n1 vaccine, H1N1/Swine Flu, Homeopathic Immunizations, homeopathy vancouver, mercury, omnivest, pandemrix, squalene, swine flu deaths, swine flu vaccine ,canada, swine... Read Full Story

China is warning officials to brace for a possible new wave of swine flu infections as the country enters the busy Lunar New Year travel period. Tens of millions of Chinese take to the rails, roads and air during the most important holiday of the traditional calendar, creating crowded conditions ideal for the spread of the virus. The holiday period this year runs from late January into February. "During the 2010 New Year and Lunar New Year period, various factors such as spring travel... Read Full Story

France joins the list of European countries like Germany and the Netherlands, which have been seeking clients for their excess swine flu vaccines. Latest figures have revealed that swine flu has already claimed the lives of at least 12,220 individuals worldwide, the majority of whom were from the US and Canada. Despite primary statements, health officials have claimed that a single H1N1 flu vaccine is sufficient to ward off swine flu symptoms, meaning that many developed countries have... Read Full Story

StockHotTips.com Hot Stock News & Alerts! Monday January 4, 2010 ****************************************************************** H1N1 flu vaccine available at CVS/pharmacy locations in Alabama, Illinois, Kansas, Missouri, New York and Pennsylvania and at MinuteClinic locations in Massachusetts and Connecticut WOONSOCKET, R.I., (CRWENEWSWIRE) -- CVS Caremark announced today that it will provide H1N1 flu vaccinations at select CVS/pharmacy locations in the States of Alabama... Read Full Story