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Drug-Resistant Swine Flu Emerges

admin — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 14:20:53 +0000

Five patients diagnosed with Tamiflu-resistant swine flu at a Welsh hospital could be the world’s first cases of person-to-person transmission of the strain. A British Department of Health spokeswoman said: “Examples of Tamiflu resistance are very rare, but when this does occur it has often been among these especially vulnerable patients. In other words, because their immune systems are compromised, it is more likely for resistant viruses to develop.”
The Welsh cases occurred in patients with haematological problems who had compromised immune systems because of their disorder or because of chemotherapy, the agency added.

H1N1 has killed 3,900 Americans, CDC says (source: Reuters)

top news / swine flu news stories aggregated by FeedZilla.com — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 20:37:39 +0000

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

Hand sanitizer in short supply as swine flu hits

admin — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 20:32:38 +0000

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.

H1N1 danger to healthy kids

admin — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 13:58:00 +0000

How good are those N95 masks anyway?

admin — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 22:39:02 +0000

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 should you cover your nose and mouth? If so, what should you use?

The best answer that public health experts have come up with so far is to wear an N95 respirator mask.

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Swine flu activity jumps

admin — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 18:35:47 +0000

San Francisco Chronicle

(AP Photo/Ben Margot)

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% …

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CDC Make Recommendations for Novel H1N1 (Swine Flu) Vaccine

admin — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 23:54:36 +0000

Vaccination efforts are designed to help reduce the impact and spread of novel H1N1. The key populations include those who are at higher risk of disease or complications, those who are likely to come in contact with novel H1N1, and those who could infect young infants. When vaccine is first available, the committee recommended that programs and providers try to vaccinate:

* pregnant women,
* people who live with or care for children younger than 6 months of age,
* health care and emergency services personnel,
* persons between the ages of 6 months through 24 years of age, and
* people from ages 25 through 64 years who are at higher risk for novel H1N1 because of chronic health disorders or compromised immune systems.

The groups listed above total approximately 159 million people in the United States.

The committee does not expect that there will be a shortage of novel H1N1 vaccine, but availability and demand can be unpredictable. There is some possibility that initially the vaccine will be available in limited quantities.
The novel H1N1 vaccine is not intended to replace the seasonal flu vaccine. It is intended to be used alongside seasonal flu vaccine to protect people. Seasonal flu and novel H1N1 vaccines may be administered on the same day.

source: cdc.gov