Drug-Resistant Swine Flu Emerges
H1N1 has killed 3,900 Americans, CDC says (source: Reuters)
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - H1N1 swine flu killed an estimated 3,900 Americans from April to October, including more than 500 children, U.S. health officials said on Thursday. (source: Reuters)
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E. coli O157:H7 contaminated ground beef recall
Several state health departments, CDC, and the United States Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (USDA-FSIS) are investigating a multi-state outbreak of Escherichia coli O157:H7 infections. Th[...]
Hand sanitizer in short supply as swine flu hits
Demand for hand sanitizer has gone through the roof since the first cases of swine flu broke out earlier this year, and some makers of the germ-fighting gels are scrambling to keep up. read more [...]
1 in 5 U.S. kids had flu this month (source: Msn)
The latest government survey has found that 1 in 5 U.S. children had a flu-like illness earlier this month, and most of those cases likely were swine flu. (source: Msn)
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H1N1 danger to healthy kids
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How good are those N95 masks anyway?
Imagine you’re a critical care specialist, and you’ve just been paged to the hospital room of a 28-year-old patient with swine flu symptoms and shortness of breath. Donning a gown and gloves is second nature. But sho[...]
Swine flu activity jumps
San Francisco Chronicle The CDC characterized this as “very unusual” for September. In Marin, emergency room visits for the week of Sept. 13 at some area hospitals, jumped over 3% … full story &[...]
Authorities Urge Flu Masks for Health Workers (source: ABC News)
Health workers caring for swine flu patients are told to don protective masks. (source: ABC News) -[...]
Swine flu spreads faster in U.S. south (source: The Globe and Mail)
Schools started back earlier and officials have seen a clear ‘uptick' in activity in some areas in recent weeks (source: The Globe and Mail)
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H1N1 Swine Flu, News
H1N1 has killed 3,900 Americans, CDC says (source: Reuters)
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - H1N1 swine flu killed an estimated 3,900 Americans from April to October, including more than 500 children, U.S. health officials said on Thursday. (source: Reuters) - News widgets and RSS feeds on Feedzilla.com
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1 in 5 U.S. kids had flu this month (source: Msn)
The latest government survey has found that 1 in 5 U.S. children had a flu-like illness earlier this month, and most of those cases likely were swine flu. (source: Msn) - RSS widgets and RSS feeds on Feedzilla.com
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