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Daily H1N1 Headline Roundup for February 2010

Ron — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 11:01:56 +0000

The headline that dominated the year 2009 was easily the H1N1 pandemic. On 11 June, 2009, WHO declared the start of the first influenza pandemic since 1968. These were the daily headlines from February 2010 about H1N1 Swine Flu and other influenza and Bird Flu (H5N1) topics.

NOTE: As of 21 February 2010, worldwide more than 213 countries and overseas territories or communities have reported laboratory confirmed cases of pandemic influenza H1N1 2009, including at least 16226 deaths as reported by WHO (the World Health Organization).

28 February Â»Hyping H1N1: Did It Create a Dangerous Flu Fatigue?
AOL News
27) — With the World Health Organization warning yet again this week that the H1N1 virus has yet to reach its peak, a flu season that’s milder than average …

27 February Â»Findings confirm H1N1 flu’s toll on pregnant women
Reuters
To investigate the effects of the H1N1 influenza A strain in pregnancy, the researchers looked at 43 pregnant women with lab-confirmed H1N1 admitted to six …

26 February Â»What H1N1 taught us
Los Angeles Times
The H5N1 bird flu never evolved the ability to transmit effectively from person to person. But swine flus seem to adapt more quickly to human beings, …

25 February Â»Children and obese hard hit by swine flu: experts
Reuters
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – People who were morbidly obese and school-aged children were much more likely to become seriously ill or to die from H1N1 swine flu, …

24 February Â» H1N1 flu can attack the heart
San Diego Union Tribune
About 63 million Americans have been infected with the disease, also called H1N1 influenza A, researchers from the University of Pittsburgh said this week. …

23 February Â» Swine flu wanes, but experts say pandemic strain could reemerge
Washington Post
For seasonal flu strains, the R0 is about 1.2, and for pandemic strains it is rarely higher than 2. For the novel H1N1 strain (also known as swine flu), …

22 February Â»Epidemiologists Explore Dynamics of Mexico’s H1N1 Pandemic
Science Daily (press release)
21, 2010) â€” Influenza surveillance mechanisms in Mexico were adequate during the fast-spreading H1N1 outbreak in 2009, yet Mexico did not have the …

21 February Â»European Regulator Recommends Fifth Swine Flu Vaccine
MedIndia
The European Medicines Agency (EMEA) on Friday recommended a swine flu pandemic vaccine produced by French pharmaceutical group Sanofi-Aventis for European …

20 February Â»Severely Ill Patients With H1N1 Do Not Require Higher Tamiflu Doses
Medscape
February 19, 2010 â€” Patients who are gravely ill with pandemic H1N1 influenza do not need a higher dose of oseltamivir (Tamiflu, Roche Laboratories), …

19 February Â»WHO: Add swine flu to regular flu vaccine
The Associated Press
LONDON â€” The World Health Organization is recommending that swine flu be added to regular flu vaccines next season. The swine flu pandemic virus, or H1N1, …

18 February Â»Seasonal flu yet to come; precautions encouraged
Homer News
BY MICHAEL ARMSTRONG The death last week of Center for Alaskan Coastal Studies Director Terry Shepherd from complications of the H1N1 flu does not show a …

17 February Â» H1N1′s Unintended Effect: Sanitizer High
CBS News
A Senate committee heard last June that federal health officials discussed whether to send hand sanitizer to some remote First Nations battling the H1N1 flu …

16 February Â»Fighting pandemics like swine flu in digital age
The Associated Press
The new strain of the H1N1 virus, also known as swine flu, claimed more than 11000 lives and required the hospitalization of some 250000 people, …

15 February Â»Still haven’t got your swine flu shot? There’s plenty left
San Jose Mercury News
Now, medical providers and pharmacies can’t seem to get rid of their stockpile of the once-coveted swine flu vaccine. And with the pandemic all but over, …

14 February Â»Number of swine flu cases in the US reaches 57 million
Los Angeles Times
… cases since the last estimate was released in December, a modest gain that correlates with other data suggesting the swine flu pandemic has been waning. …

13 February Â» H1N1 virus’ death toll as high as 17000, CDC estimates
CNN
Atlanta, Georgia (CNN) — The H1N1 virus, also known as swine flu, may have killed as many as 17000 Americans, according to new estimates by the Centers for …

12 February Â»A mother’s story: My daughter died from H1N1
WDBJ7.com
“H1N1 never crossed my mind until I got her death certificate,” said Cooper. Veronica took her daughter to Rockbridge Pediatrics in Lexington where she …

11 February Â» Swine Flu vaccination: voluntary system works
EurekAlert (press release)
… social groups makes voluntary vaccination programs for epidemics such as Swine Flu, SARS or Bird Flu a surprisingly effective method of disease control. …

10 February Â» Risky medicine, wife’s prayers rescue Camas father from swine flu
kgw.com
A severe case of the H1N1 swine flu virus nearly killed a Camas father of five. Tom Trautman came down with flu-like symptoms last November. …

09 February Â» Roche licenses new flu-fighting technology
Reuters
VX) Genentech unit has licensed an experimental new technology that uses antibodies to fight influenza, including H1N1 swine flu, Harvard’s Dana Farber …

08 February Â» CDC Still Calling on Americans to Get H1N1 Flu Vaccine
TestCountry.com (blog)
A CNN report shared that Federal officials are urging Americans to get vaccinated against swine flu. Lately, states have been reporting â€œsporadic or local …

07 February Â» Swine flu strain
The Province
H1N1 swine flu is still circulating around the world and still killing people, although it is on the decline everywhere, global health officials said on …

06 February Â» Many see H1N1 as waning
Boston Globe
But federal health officials cautioned that the H1N1 virus that causes swine flu is still circulating. The Harvard School of Public Health poll, …

05 February Â» Swine flu pandemic hit European children: study
Reuters
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The pandemic of H1N1 swine flu raised the death rate among children across Europe late last year but not adults, researchers reported …

04 February Â» Glaxo Profit Beats Estimates as Savings Plan Expanded
BusinessWeek
Glaxo was dealt a blow when Germany and France were among the European countries to slash orders for the drugmaker’s swine flu vaccine after the virus was …

03 February Â» ‘Eureka moment’ may unlock swine flu mystery
The Age
Dr Claire Martin’s finding may explain why pregnant women are more likely to get swine flu. Photo: Craig Abraham A young doctor at a Melbourne hospital has …

02 February Â» 36 new H1N1 cases in one day
AsiaOne
This stresses the importance for people to get vaccinated against the H1N1 as soon as possible, health officials said yesterday. In an e-mail to The Brunei …

01 February Â» Voluntary Swine Flu Vaccine Recall
myfoxny.com
A voluntary, non-safety related recall is underway of six lots of Sanofi Pasteur H1N1 influenza vaccine. UT023AA, UT023BA, UT023CA, UT023EA, UT023FA, …

Daily H1N1 Headline Roundup for December 2009

Ron — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 11:27:28 +0000

The headline that dominated the year was easily the H1N1 pandemic. On 11 June, 2009, WHO declared the start of the first influenza pandemic since 1968. These were the daily headlines from December 2009 about H1N1 Swine Flu and other influenza and Bird Flu (H5N1) topics.

NOTE: As of 27 December 2009, worldwide more than 208 countries and overseas territories or communities have reported laboratory confirmed cases of pandemic influenza H1N1 2009, including at least 12220 deaths.

31 December Â» Rapid H1N1 testing method developed
Expressindia.com
The test can successfully detect human H1N1, H3N2, and swine-origin H1N1 viruses as well as distinguish these from influenza B and RSV infections, …

30 December Â» Germany Aims to Cancel 50% of Swine Flu Shots, Ministry Says
Bloomberg
30 (Bloomberg) — Germany aims to accept only half the Pandemrix swine flu vaccine doses it ordered from GlaxoSmithKline Plc because the disease has proven …

29 December Â» May take a year to conquer H1N1 flu pandemic – WHO
Reuters
Chan also said the world was still not ready to combat a pandemic of the separate H5N1 bird flu virus. She fought outbreaks of the more deadly avian flu …

28 December Â» 68 new swine flu cases in Delhi
Times of India
NEW DELHI: There were no fresh deaths due to swine flu in the capital but at least 68 more people were infected with the contagious virus on Monday, …

27 December Â» Anatomy of a pandemic: H1N1 mysterious, deadly, but not as lethal as feared
Canada.com
The world could only guess at the next danger that might come to pass, and for five years everyone had been watching a different kind of virus – H5N1, …

26 December Â» India To Have A/H1N1 Flu Vaccine Ready By April Next Year
Bernama
NEW DELHI, Dec 26 (Bernama) — India has said that it would have A/H1N1 flu vaccines by early next year, latest by the first week of April, once the trials …

25 December Â» H1N1 ‘Swine’ flu among Reflector’s picks for top 2009 stories
Norwalk Reflector
People donned masks this year as the threat of a strain of influenza known as H1N1, sometimes called the â€œSwine Flu,â€ spread throughout the world. …

24 December Â» H1N1 found at pig farms
News & Observer
RALEIGH — Pigs from two North Carolina farms have tested positive for the H1N1 flu virus in a federal laboratory, though officials report all animals have …

23 December Â» Obama and Michelle get H1N1 shots
USA Today
President Obama says he and first lady Michelle Obama got their H1N1 flu shots on Sunday, and “people need to understand that this vaccine is safe. …

22 December Â» Study: One dose of H1N1 vaccine could be enough
Times Daily
By Michelle Rupe Eubanks One dose of the H1N1 vaccine may be enough to protect infants and children and reduce the transmission of the virus, according to a …

21 December Â» WHO-BigPharma H1N1 operation inquiry in EU. 1M troops ordered for US soil.
Examiner.com
Burgermeister, an international leader in H1N1 vaccine unbiased news and H1N1 legal action, reports that Wolfgang Wodarg, former member of parliament and …

20 December Â» More docs to treat H1N1 patients
Times of India
To cope with the increasing number of H1N1 cases, it was also decided that the possibility to rope in Command Hospital, Chandimandir, would be explored. …

19 December Â» World Health Organization Says H1N1 Spreading in Afghanistan
Voice of America
WHO says this is of particular concern right now as the H1N1 influenza pandemic is spreading in cold parts of the country. Years of warfare have wrecked …

18 December Â» Human Protein Helps Prevent Infection by H1N1 Influenza and Other Viruses
Science Daily (press release)
18, 2009) â€” Howard Hughes Medical Institute researchers have identified a naturally occurring human protein that helps prevent infection by H1N1 influenza …

17 December Â» H1N1 reveals weaknesses, report concludes
Washington Post (blog)
The swine flu pandemic may turn out to be less severe than many had feared, but the H1N1 virus has revealed disturbing weaknesses in the nation’s defenses …

16 December Â» NATION: 800000 H1N1 vaccines for children recalled
Chicago Tribune
Hundreds of thousands of H1N1 flu shots for children have been recalled because tests indicate the vaccine doses lost some strength, government health …

15 December Â» Seoul to send H1N1 flu aid to North Korea this week
Channel News Asia
SEOUL: South Korea will send antiviral drugs worth more than US$15 million this week to help North Korea fight an outbreak of H1N1 flu, officials said …

14 December Â» H1N1 virus not a threat to pets, experts say
Kalamazoo Gazette – MLive.com
BY AARON DOME KALAMAZOO — Pet owners have little to worry about if their pets contract the H1N1 virus, local and national experts say. …

13 December Â» Govt nod for H1N1 vaccine trials on humans
Times of India
NEW DELHI: The vaccine against H1N1 influenza is likely to be manufactured in the country by March next year with Union ministry of health and family …

12 December Â» Experts warn against letting guard down on H1N1 flu
Louisville Courier-Journal
By Laura Ungar â€¢ lungar@courier-journal.com â€¢ December 11, 2009 With H1N1 flu cases on the decline nationally, experts are warning about a new danger: …

11 December Â» UK study confirms H1N1 far less lethal than feared
Reuters
LONDON (Reuters) – H1N1 pandemic swine flu is far less lethal than feared, British scientists said on Wednesday, but public health officials should not be …

10 December Â» Tamiflu has limits curing A(H1N1) flu
Global Times
Tamiflu, the drug known widely in the world as the main medicine to cure the A(H1N1) flu, has limits in preventing people from getting the flu, …

09 December Â» Study: H1N1 May Be Less Severe than Feared
FOXNews
The theoretical worst case scenarios associated with this year’s H1N1 pandemic taught us not to take influenza for granted. However, a new study suggests …

08 December Â» Israel Treating Gazans Infected With Swine Flu
New York Times
By AP GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel says it’s treating five suspected swine flu cases from Gaza in hopes of containing an outbreak of the virus in …

07 December Â» France Takes Another Shot at Combating H1N1 Threat
Wall Street Journal
By DAVID GAUTHIER-VILLARS PARIS — France is playing catch-up in rushing to vaccinate a large part of its 65-million-strong population against the H1N1 …

06 December Â» H1N1 deaths hit 100 in Japan – Kyodo
Reuters India
TOKYO (Reuters) – The number of deaths from the H1N1 swine flu virus has hit 100 in Japan, Kyodo news agency reported on Sunday, as the pandemic continues …

05 December Â» Swine flu abates, but experts urge preparedness
San Francisco Chronicle
The swine flu is receding in the Bay Area and nationwide, and the worst of the pandemic may be over, but public health experts say it’s too early for people …

04 December Â» CDC Warns Against Swine Flu Scam
WSAV-TV
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued a public warning over swine flu e-mails. The CDC says e-mails inviting people to sign up for …

03 December Â» Michigan news: New Web scam uses H1N1 to lure users
Detroit Free Press
Scam artists have turned to the Web again, this time using H1N1 fears to lure users into making their computers vulnerable to a virus. …

02 December Â» China orders 1M doses of Sinovac swine flu shot
The Associated Press
NEW YORK â€” Sinovac Biotech Ltd. said Tuesday the Chinese government is ordering another million doses of its Panflu.1 swine flu vaccine. …

01 December Â» Seasonal Flu Vaccine May Be Delayed By H1N1 Demand, CSL Says
Bloomberg
… two-thirds of the country’s seasonal flu-immunization needs and is supplying a government order for 21 million doses of vaccine against the H1N1 virus. …

Daily H1N1 Headline Roundup for November 2009

Ron — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 10:59:23 +0000

These were the daily headlines from October 2009 about H1N1 Swine Flu and other influenza and Bird Flu (H5N1) topics.

Note: As of 20 December 2009, the WHO (World Health Organization) reports more than 208 countries and overseas territories or communities have reported laboratory confirmed cases of pandemic influenza H1N1 2009, including at least 11516 deaths.

(As more and more countries have stopped counting individual cases, particularly of milder illness, the case count is significantly lower than the actually number of cases that have occurred. While the case counts no longer reflect actual disease activity, WHO is actively monitoring the progress of the pandemic through frequent consultations with the WHO Regional Offices and member states and through monitoring of multiple sources of data.)

30 November Â» Seoul reports 1st case of Tamiflu-resistant A/H1N1
Xinhua
30 (Xinhua) — South Korean health authorities on Monday reported its first case of a patient infected with the A/H1N1 flu strain resistant to the …

29 November Â» CDC launches travel campaign to fight H1N1 swine flu
KTNV Las Vegas
With the large crowds and jammed flights comes heightened concerns of travelers contracting the H1N1 swine flu virus. In effort to fight back against the …

28 November Â» Nearly 8000 H1N1 flu deaths worldwide, WHO says
Los Angeles Times
At least 7826 people worldwide have died from laboratory-confirmed cases of pandemic H1N1 influenza, an increase of more than 1000 in the last week, …

27 November Â» Sharp increase in swine flu deaths in France
Reuters
PARIS (Reuters) – The number of deaths in mainland France from the H1N1 swine flu virus jumped in the last week, according to official data Thursday. …

26 November Â» H1N1 linked to rise in bacterial pneumonia cases
CNN
At the same time, the flu is at record levels because of the new H1N1 virus, also known as swine flu. The number of cases is outpacing the typical number of …

25 November Â» glaxosmithkline pulls swine flu vaccines in Canada
The Associated Press
LONDON â€” The pharmaceutical company glaxosmithkline says it has advised medical staff in Canada to not use one batch of swine flu vaccine for fear it may …

24 November Â» WHO to give Africa anti-A/H1N1 flu vaccines
Xinhua
24 (Xinhua) — The World Health Organization (WHO) has announced that it will be giving African countries 200 million doses of vaccine to combat A/H1N1 flu, …

23 November Â» Antiviral Drugs to prevent H1N1 infection – Can Tamiflu or Relenza stop you …
Examiner.com
AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli Relenza and Tamiflu are two popular antiviral medications that are being used to treat H1N1 infections. …

22 November Â» Saudi Arabia reports first H1N1 deaths among pilgrims
Reuters
RIYADH, Nov 21 (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia said on Saturday four pilgrims had died of the new H1N1 flu virus three days before the massive Muslim haj is due to …

21 November Â» Drug-resistant strain of swine flu appearing, worries H1N1 virus mutating
New York Daily News
Health officials are keeping a close eye on drug-resistant strains that spread from person to person because they could be signs H1N1 is mutating. …

20 November Â» Is That Right? Onions and garlic fight swine flu?
Washington Post
Soldiers serving the small former Soviet country Moldova are being fed extra garlic and onions in hopes that those foods will help fend off swine flu. …

19 November Â» H1N1 vaccine: New warnings, side effects to consider
ABC15.com (KNXV-TV)
PHOENIX — The Centers for Disease Control has issued new warnings you’ll want to consider if you or your family is thinking about getting the H1N1 vaccine. …

18 November Â» Prices for H1N1 drug Tamiflu vary widely for same dose
USA Today
By Mel Evans, AP By Alison Young, USA TODAY Some pharmacies are charging three times what others are for a scarce liquid form of the H1N1 drug Tamiflu used …

17 November Â» Had flu? You may have H1N1 protection
Reuters
They found evidence that the human immune system can recognize bits of the new H1N1 virus that are similar to older, distantly related H1N1 strains. …

16 November Â» Updated H1N1 Swine Flu symptoms guidelines for new mothers and infants
Examiner.com
What Are the Dangers of H1N1 Symptoms for New Mothers and Infants? Although health officials are still not certain why, pregnant women seem to be hit …

15 November Â» Disney World Steps Up Fight Against H1N1
FOXNews
AP Mickey Mouse and his Disney friends aren’t taking any chances with the H1N1 virus. In an effort to halt the spread of H1N1, also known as swine flu, …

14 November Â» How do I protect my child from swine flu?
BBC News
By Carley Bowman How can I protect my child from swine flu? It is a question that has kept me awake at night. For several weeks I have been waiting …

13 November Â» New CDC estimates show what toll swine flu is taking in US
Washington Post
By David Brown About 22 million Americans have become ill with pandemic H1N1 influenza in the past six months and 3900 have died, according to new estimates …

12 November Â» Swine flu skepticism demands deft response
Reuters
France’s Le Parisien newspaper ran the headline: “Swine flu: why the French distrust the vaccine” and noted a gap between the predicted impact of H1N1 and …

11 November Â» A/H1N1 flu adds new woes to Afghanistan, anti-terror war
Xinhua
11 (Xinhua) — Two weeks after Afghanistan announced its first death from the A/H1N1 flu, the country has seen the epidemic’s death toll rising sharply, …

10 November Â» Poll: Drugmakers most at fault for swine flu vaccine shortage
USA Today
By William West, AFP/Getty Images By Steve Sternberg, USA TODAY Americans who are frustrated with shortages of swine flu vaccine place slightly more blame …

09 November Â» Can pets catch H1N1 flu from humans?
Times of India
A case of an indoor 13-year-old house cat in Iowa who has contracted the deadly H1N1 flu while living with two flu-sick owners has fuelled concerns if the …

08 November Â» HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL ADVISER Is the new H1N1 vaccine safe?
Detroit Free Press
Question: Is the new vaccine for H1N1 (swine) flu safe? I am pregnant and am worried that if I get it, my baby might be harmed. …

07 November Â» More than 38 million vaccine doses available against swine flu
Los Angeles Times
There have been 129 pediatric deaths from laboratory-confirmed swine flu since the outbreak of the pandemic in April, an increase of 15 since last week. …

06 November Â» Honor rules, CDC urges vendors of H1N1 vaccine
Washington Post
By David Brown and Rob Stein As the public clamors for the still-scarce H1N1 pandemic flu vaccine, a top federal health official on Thursday urged state and …

05 November Â» H1N1 vaccine arrives for troops in war zones
CNN
Washington (CNN) — The first shipment of H1N1 vaccine set aside for US troops deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan arrived late Tuesday, but it contains only …

04 November Â» Swine flu scare tightens borders around Ukraine
The Associated Press
In Russia, where there have been 14 confirmed swine flu deaths, the Health Ministry said it would examine anyone crossing the border from Ukraine and …

03 November Â» New Advice on Swine Flu for Pregnant Women
New York Times
At a vaccine site in Tarrant County, Tex., signs outline the criteria for receiving swine flu shots. By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr. One dose of swine flu vaccine …

02 November Â» Independent experts to study safety data on H1N1 vaccine
Washington Post
The National Vaccine Advisory Committee’s H1N1 Vaccine Safety Working Group will review the results of data being collected by the government to detect any …

01 November Â» Cuba swine flu ‘from US tourists’
BBC News
By Michael Voss Cuba’s former leader, Fidel Castro, has blamed the growth in swine flu on an increase in US visitors to the island. …

Daily H1N1 Headline Roundup for October 2009

Ron — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 19:22:51 +0000

These were the daily headlines from October 2009 about H1N1 Swine Flu and other influenza and Bird Flu (H5N1) topics.

Note: As of 25 October 2009, the WHO (World Health Organization) reports worldwide there have been more than 440,000 laboratory confirmed cases of pandemic influenza H1N1 2009 and over 5700 deaths reported to WHO.

30 October Â» Pregnant Women and The H1N1 Vaccine
FOXNews
Being on a priority list for the H1N1 vaccine doesn’t necessarily mean that you can get it right away. Pregnant women across the country say they are having …

29 October Â» Children learn their part in swine flu prevention
The Associated Press
LOUIS â€” Mention swine flu to a young child, and odds are pretty good you’ll get a blank stare. But an increasing number of kids can tell you that the Sesame …

28 October Â» UPDATE 1-Companies struggling to get H1N1 vaccine to US
Reuters
A US senator accused the Health and Human Services department of over-promising how many and how quickly H1N1 vaccines could be delivered, as disgruntled …

27 October Â» In Germany, A Better H1N1 Vaccine For Politicians?
TIME
As Germany launched its mass vaccination program against the H1N1 flu virus on Monday, the government found itself fending off accusations of favoritism by …

26 October Â» Swine flu facts: H1N1 information guide to protect yourself and your family
New York Daily News
Above, a young girl receives H1N1 vaccine at Wake County Human Services in Raleigh, North Carolina. Will you and your family get vaccinated for swine flu? …

25 October Â» Obama Declares H1N1 Flu ‘National Emergency’
FOXNews
President Obama declared the H1N1 pandemic a national emergency Friday, allowing extra leeway to medical service centers in combating with the flu virus. …

24 October Â» Flu-like illnesses now higher than at peak of seasonal flu season
Los Angeles Times
Federal officials report 8200 hospitalizations for infections from the H1N1 virus, and 411 deaths. But reports of 1 in 5 kids being infected are wrong, …

23 October Â» H1N1 Vaccine: Scary Statistics
Examiner.com
The H1N1 Vaccine is available in limited supply and as deaths surrounding the H1N1 virus continue to rise demand for the vaccine has increased. …

22 October Â» Despite H1N1 fears, many worry about vaccination
Washington Post
As the H1N1 virus continues to spread nationwide, a majority of those surveyed — 52 percent — now say they are “a great deal” or “somewhat” worried that …

21 October Â» Ontario Turkeys Infected With H1N1, Agriculture Ministry Says
Bloomberg
By Whitney McFerron Oct. 20 (Bloomberg) — Turkeys in one barn in Ontario have been infected with the H1N1 flu virus, the province’s Ministry of Agriculture …

20 October Â» Parents swamping clinics with kids over H1N1 fears
Muncie Star Press
“The hard part of this is we’re seeing an early flu season with the H1N1. From my perspective, that is not maybe the major illness out there, …

19 October Â» Schools need swine flu ‘rethink’
BBC News
The principal of a special needs school has said there needs to be a rethink on how schools deal with swine flu. Colm Davis, head teacher of Torr Bank, …

18 October Â» US, Mexico face shortage of H1N1 flu vaccine
Los Angeles Times
Mexico was facing similar shortages of the H1N1 vaccine. Officials had promised 30 million doses, but now say they don’t expect the first batch of 5 million …

17 October Â» FDA warns against fake online H1N1 remedy claims
Reuters
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The US government this week warned against the online marketing of unlicensed health remedies claiming to protect against H1N1 swine …

16 October Â» First doses of state H1N1 flu vaccine go to at-risk kids
Minneapolis Star Tribune
The first doses of H1N1 flu vaccine for the general public arrived in Minnesota this week, but as high-priority children got their shots Thursday, …

15 October Â» Getting H1N1 vaccine may require extra effort
Dallas Morning News
By JEFFREY WEISS / The Dallas Morning News The first of the 2009 H1N1 flu vaccine has started to trickle into doctor’s offices and hospitals in the Dallas …

14 October Â» US could potentially use controversial adjuvants in swine flu…
San Jose Mercury News
However, the current stock of US swine flu vaccines does not contain adjuvants, according to Anne Schuchat, MD, in an informational video produced by the …

13 October Â» Some H1N1 Strains Showing Tamiflu Resistance
Food Consumer
That seems to have happened with 31 strains of the H1N1 virus; they are immune to Tamiflu, according to the World Health Organization. …

12 October Â» Demand for H1N1 Vaccine Causes Shortages
CBS News
By Randall Pinkston There is new evidence that the H1N1 flu is especially dangerous for young people. As Randall Pinkston reports, this leaves some parents …

11 October Â» H1N1 Deaths Among Youths Rise
Washington Post
The deaths of another 19 children and teenagers from the new H1N1 virus were reported in the past week around the country, including two in Maryland, …

10 October Â» US enters threshold of A/H1N1 epidemic
Xinhua
HOUSTON, Oct. 9 (Xinhua) — Signs are growing that the United States is entering the first stage of a second wave of the A/H1N1 flu epidemic just as the …

09 October Â» US, other nations stop counting pandemic flu cases
The Associated Press
The novel H1N1 flu seems to be more dangerous for children, young adults, pregnant women and even the obese, according to studies based on small numbers of …

08 October Â» Sanofi H1N1 shot gives robust immune response -data
Reuters
By Caroline Jacobs PARIS, Oct 8 (Reuters) – Results of clinical trials held in Europe show that one dose of Sanofi Pasteur’s H1N1 flu vaccine triggers a …

07 October Â» Interactive Web Site to Help Quantify Flu Severity
FOXNews
WASHINGTON â€” So you think you’ve got swine flu? Now there’s help at the click of your computer mouse. An interactive Web site is being offered to help …

06 October Â» H1N1 shot here, but most must wait
Chicago Sun-Times
The first H1N1 flu vaccine for Illinois arrived Monday at Chicago hospitals — but probably not for you. Aside from health-care workers and some children, …

05 October Â» What You Need To Know About Swine Flu Vaccine
NPR
by Richard Knox Ask our experts: NPR’s swine flu czar Richard Knox and Dr. Richard Wenzel, a professor at the Medical College of Virginia, in Richmond in a …

04 October Â» FLU FEARS: Doctors say the H1N1 shot is now a must for pregnant women
WHO-TV
After 100 women end up in intensive care with the H1N1 virus, the Centers for Disease Control changes its recommendation, now saying they should be …

03 October Â» First H1N1 Death In The Army Confirmed
MyStateline.com
(Fort Jackson, SC) — The first death in the US Army from the H1N1 flu virus has been confirmed. The Army released a statement Thursday saying 23-year-old …

02 October Â» Swine flu deaths tied to bacterial infections
Buffalo News
By Henry L. Davis Bacterial infections on top of swine flu are now seen as a major culprit in the deaths of otherwise healthy people with the new influenza …

01 October Â»Â Pregnant mom’s H1N1 exposure can harm baby
Salt Lake Tribune
By Lisa Rosetta The sons of mothers who were pregnant and exposed to a strain of the H1N1 virus during the 1918 flu pandemic were more likely to have …

Daily H1N1 Headline Roundup for September

Ron — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 09:47:05 +0000

These were the daily headlines from September 2009 about H1N1 Swine Flu and other influenza and Bird Flu (H5N1) topics.

Note: As of 20 September, the WHO (World Health Organization) reports there have been more than 300,000 laboratory confirmed cases of pandemic influenza H1N1, 3917 deaths, in 191 countries and territories reported to WHO.

30 September Â» Public deserves information about H1N1
DesMoinesRegister.com
The fact that someone died of the H1N1 flu virus somewhere in Iowa is not particularly useful information to the average Iowan. …

29 September Â» After a tragic loss, family steps up in flu vaccine trials
USA Today
Harrison says most people enrolled their children in the trial to protect them from swine flu, especially with school approaching, but many also took into …

28 September Â» Second wave of swine flu pandemic begins to hit US
Boston Globe
(Matt York/ Associated Press) By Rob Stein WASHINGTON – After months of warnings and frantic preparations, the second wave of the swine flu pandemic is …

27 September Â» Swine flu shot: Intense tracking for side effects
The Associated Press
If you’re one of them the day after your swine flu shot, will you worry the vaccine was to blame and not the more likely culprit, all those burgers and …

26 September Â» EU Panel Backs Roche Tamiflu Use In Young Babies
Wall Street Journal
VX) antiviral drug Tamiflu to be used in children younger than six months during the pandemic of the H1N1/A swine flu virus, and to prevent infection in …

25 September Â» Most parents won’t have kids get H1N1 flu shots, study finds
Los Angeles Times
By Melissa Healy Germ-spreading schoolchildren are expected to be the focus of a massive US vaccination campaign against the novel H1N1 flu. …

24 September Â» Study: Flu shot better than nasal spray in adults
The Associated Press
That may not be true, however, for swine flu vaccines, which may be available first in a spray. Experts say both kinds might be equally effective against …

23 September Â» More Deadly Swine Flu? CDC Mixes H1N1, H5N1 Viruses in Tests
Wall Street Journal (blog)
The scientists want to know whether a combination of the H1N1 virus -â€“ highly transmissible, but not terribly deadly -â€“ and the H5N1 flu virus could create …

22 September Â» Flu Can Raise Chances of Heart Attack
U.S. News & World Report
Because both seasonal and the pandemic H1N1 swine flu are circulating this fall and winter, people at risk for heart attacks are urged to get a seasonal flu …

21 September Â» New York Health Care Workers Resist Flu Vaccine Rule
New York Times
By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr. and KAREN ZRAICK When she cleans the rooms of patients with swine flu symptoms, Jana Newton, a housekeeper at Maimonides Medical …

20 September Â» Flu on campus: What works, what doesn’t
Reuters
So far this academic year, there have been 13434 reported cases of flu-like illness, most of which are presumed to be swine flu because seasonal flu has not …

19 September Â» Vaccine could be ‘more dangerous than swine flu‘
ABC Online
The Australian Vaccination Network lobby group says more testing of the swine flu vaccine needs to be done before it is given to the public. …

18 September Â» Swine flu’s tendency to strike the young is causing confusion
Los Angeles Times
Scientists had theorized that the new H1N1 swine flu descended from the 1918 Spanish flu, an H1N1 strain that killed an estimated 50 million people …

17 September Â» 460000 qualify for swine flu vaccine
Buffalo News
The 460000 at-risk residents are prone to catching the swine flu, passing it along or suffering serious consequences from it. …

16 September Â» Swine Flu Might Be Even More Contagious
ABC News
By MICHAEL SMITH SAN FRANCISCO — People infected with the swine flu (or H1N1 pandemic flu) strain continue to shed virus after the point where current …

15 September Â» Small Businesses Urged to Prepare for Disruptions From Swine Flu
Washington Post
Molly Brogan, spokeswoman for the National Small Business Association, said swine flu has the potential to do serious harm to some fragile small businesses …

14 September Â» Study: New drug fights flu as well as Tamiflu does
The Associated Press
It is the first big meeting of infectious disease specialists since the new H1N1 swine flu emerged in April. Treatment options are getting huge attention …

13 September Â» 2 flu strains in 1 pig led to new H1N1
Chicago Tribune
By Karen Kaplan Tribune newspapers The virus behind the global influenza outbreak may be known as swine flu, but it didn’t just come from pigs. …

12 September Â» Disaster Plans Being Revised For Swine Flu Strains on Emergency …
Washington Post
Even if swine flu remains a mild infection, the pandemic could be the tipping point for an emergency medical system teetering on the edge. …

11 September Â» NIH expands swine flu shot tests to pregnant women
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON â€” It’s time to test the new swine flu vaccine in pregnant women. Studies of adults and children are going so well that the National Institutes of …

10 September Â» Swine flu summit pushes prevention
Houston Chronicle
Even the experts don’t have all the answers about swine flu, but Houston health leaders do have a new directive for parents of children with mild symptoms: …

09 September Â» Novartis Has Swine Flu Vaccine Shortfall -Dutch Govt
Wall Street Journal
AMSTERDAM (Dow Jones)–Novartis AG (NVS) has a shortfall of its swine flu vaccine and won’t be able to meet its deadline to supply the Netherlands with a …

08 September Â» Swine flu prompts France to bid kisses adieu
San Francisco Chronicle
Now, “la bise,” the cheek-to-cheek peck that the French use to say hello or goodbye, has come under pressure from a globalized threat: swine flu. …

07 September Â» US races to get millions of swine flu doses ready
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Sinovac’s swine flu vaccine won approval from China’s State Food and Drug Administration, according to a statement on the regulator’s Web site. …

06 September Â» What the swine flu is really teaching us
Examiner.com
Swine flu has been the number one news story and yes, people have died from this form of the flu, but it should not turn into a panic if we understand how …

05 September Â» Mass Vaccination Hubs Are Part of DC Swine Flu Plan
Washington Post
As cases of swine flu prompt more residents to seek care or vaccinations, officials and physicians don’t want hospitals to be inundated. …

04 September Â» Swine flu: Healthcare workers should wear N95 masks, IOM says
Los Angeles Times
Healthcare workers who come into direct contact with patients who are infected with the pandemic H1N1 influenza virus or who may be infected should wear N95 …

03 September Â» WHO expert says no doubt H1N1 vaccines will work
Reuters
Research on shots developed in response to H5N1 bird flu, which is more fatal than the pandemic variety but spreads much less easily between humans, …

02 September Â» China set to approve 1-dose swine flu vaccines
The Associated Press
BEIJING â€” China will soon approve domestically developed swine flu vaccines that manufacturers say can protect people against the virus with only one dose, …

01 September Â» Top 5 Ways College Kids Will Get Swine Flu
ABC News
By EMILY FRIEDMAN Forget about good grades and securing a date for homecoming, college students heading back to campus have a far bigger concern: swine flu. …

Daily H1N1 Headline Roundup for August

Ron — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 14:34:11 +0000

These were the daily headlines from August 2009 about H1N1 Swine Flu and other influenza and Bird Flu (H5N1) topics.

Note:Â As of 23 August, the WHO (World Health Organization) estimated over 209438 cases and at least 2185 deaths. (Given that countries are no longer required to test and report individual cases, the number of cases reported actually understates the real number of cases.)

31 August Â» Advice on when flu needs TLC or a doctor’s care
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON â€” When is swine flu just miserable and when do you need a doctor? If it’s hard to breathe, that’s an emergency. It’s the not-so-obvious cases …

30 August Â» Mexico May Top 1 Million Swine-Flu Cases, Cordova Tells Reforma
Bloomberg
29 (Bloomberg) — Mexico’s swine-flu infections could surpass 1 million during the country’s winter season, Reforma newspaper reported, citing Health …

29 August Â» Swine flu fears factor in possible school closures
Newsday
Multiple confirmed cases of swine flu have been reported at the private university. (AP Photo/Mike Fuentes) LONDON (AP) â€” As schools around the world reopen …

28 August Â» Swine flu: Are blacks and Latinos at higher risk?
Los Angeles Times
… suffer from higher rates of asthma, diabetes and other medical conditions that make them more susceptible to the new virus, commonly known as swine flu. …

27 August Â» Nation Digest: CDC Urges Calm After Release of Swine Flu Death …
Washington Post
Government health officials are urging people not to panic over estimates of 90000 people dying of swine flu this fall. “Everything we’ve seen in the US and …

26 August Â» Survey: Swine flu doesn’t change washing habits
Chicago Tribune
AP MILWAUKEE – A new survey says many people haven’t changed their hand washing habits in light of the swine flu outbreak. The survey was done by the …

25 August Â» cdc’s Advice to Parents: Swine Flu Shots for All
Washington Post
By Delece Smith-Barrow The first swine flu precaution that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention suggests for parents: As soon as a vaccine is …

24 August Â» Swine flu may boost German Qiagen H2 sales -paper
Reuters
DE) expects sales of its swine flu tests to rise further if there is a flu wave in the coming months, after demand jumped sharply in the second quarter, …

23 August Â» Swine Flu Campaign Waits on Vaccine
Washington Post
By Rob Stein Government health officials are mobilizing to launch a massive swine flu vaccination campaign this fall that is unprecedented in its scope …

22 August Â» Chile confirms swine flu in turkeys
San Jose Mercury News
By Federico Quilodran AP SANTIAGO, Chile â€” Chile said Friday that tests show swine flu has jumped to birds, opening a new chapter in the global epidemic. …

21 August Â» WHO Warns of ‘Second or Third’ Wave of Swine Flu Cases, AFP Says
Bloomberg
21 (Bloomberg) — Governments around the world need to prepare for a likely second wave of swine flu cases, Agence France-Presse said, citing World Health …

20 August Â» Officials may recommend 3 flu shots
Los Angeles Times
Two would be for swine flu, or H1N1, the other for the seasonal strain. Employers are warned to brace for workers’ absences. By Rong-Gong Lin II and Kim …

19 August Â» Swine flu battle moves to cyberspace
Canada.com
“But if the current swine flu pandemic gets bad and schools close in the fall, there are going to be a lot of teenagers sitting at home with not much to do, …

18 August Â» Swine flu precautions lead to chaos at Cairo airport
USA Today
… when dozens of passengers hoping to perform a pilgrimage to the holy city of Mecca were stopped by new measures to prevent the spread of swine flu. …

17 August Â» Tropical weather…California fires…Swine flu prep
9&10 News
WASHINGTON (AP) â€” Schools across the country concerned about the next swine flu outbreak are preparing for what could be the most widespread school …

16 August Â»Â Link between swine flu jab and deadly syndrome will be probed
Telegraph.co.uk
Neurologists have been ordered to monitor whether new swine flu vaccinations could trigger a deadly nerve disease. By Laura Donnelly, Health Correspondent …

15 August Â» Tami-flu resistant swine flu in King County
Examiner.com
The health department announced that two patients with a Tamiflu-resistant swine flu are being treated in King County. Both patients did not know each other …

14 August Â» Diarrhea, Tuberculosis Kill as Swine Flu Takes Focus in India
Bloomberg
Don’t be alarmed by swine flu, authorities say. Mumbai and New Delhi residents rushed to purchase face masks after India recorded its first swine flu death …

13 August Â» Swine Flu Hits Bollywood
Wall Street Journal
As swine flu cases in India multiply, the government is warning people against visiting public spaces like movie theatres. Whether the year’s most awaited …

12 August Â» Costa Rican president sick with swine flu
CNN International
(CNN) — Costa Rican President Oscar Arias has been diagnosed with the H1N1 virus, commonly known as the swine flu, the government said in a televised …

11 August Â» Ordinary people and the ordinary flu
Jakarta Post
… flu in 1918 and the 2009 flu pandemic), H2N2 (which caused the Asian Flu in 1957), H3N2 (which caused the Hong Kong Flu in 1968), H5N1 (the current bird …

10 August Â» Swine flu vaccine ‘safe and effective’
Belfast Telegraph
It is giving the first doses the green light based on data from a previous ‘mock up’ vaccine of H5N1 bird flu, as both will have the same basic ingredients. …

09 August Â» Look at the past, plan for the future: Flu forum focuses on …
Temple Daily Telegram
The state had been planning for the bird flu, the H5N1 strain because it had been seen in other parts of the world for the past few years, Lakey said. …

08 August Â» Swine flu science update: 8 August 2009
SciDev.net
Although H5N1 bird flu led to increased diagnostic and surveillance capacity in some countries, many still have no capacity and surveillance efforts cover …

07 August Â» Needed: Law with teeth in age of H1N1
Times of India
The Epidemic Diseases Act, 1897, does not even mention present-day threats such as the H5N1 avian influenza virus or HIV that causes AIDS, because they …

06 August Â» Khanh Hoa reports Vietnam’s first H1N1 death
Thanh Nien Daily
On July 31, the institute confirmed she had contracted the H1N1 virus and tested negative for the H5N1 virus, commonly known as bird flu. …

05 August Â» Aphios Awarded NIH Grant for CFI Virus and Pathogen Inactivation …
Business Wire (press release)
The recent outbreaks of potentially pandemic strains of influenza such as the H1N1 swine flu and the H5N1 bird flu, the worldwide AIDS epidemic, …

04 August Â» Predictive Programming: TV Movie Shows Riots, Quarantines and Mass …
Prison Planet.com
The sensationalized movie, follows an American businessman who represents the first human to human transfer of the H5N1 Avian flu virus in Hong Kong. …

03 August Â» H1N1, H5N1 & the Common Cold: Panic & Paranoia
Bru Direct
H5N1 (if anyone still remembers it at all)aka Bird Flu was very dangerous, due to its kill rate of over 60%. That was worth the media hype. …

02 August Â» Swine Flu: Bringing the Pandemic Out of the Box
The Faster Times
There have been 436 reported cases of H5N1 infections in humans; amongst these 262 deaths have occurred 5 . Fortunately the H5N1 bird flu virus strain has …

01 August Â»Â How the world caught the flu
Irish Times
In 1997 the first human case of avian or â€œbird fluâ€ (H5N1) cropped up, and human infections started to build around 2004 and 2005. But, while the H1N1 virus …

Influenza News Roundup July – top news and links

Ron — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 13:50:50 +0000

These were the headline news from July 2009 about influenza whether Bird Flu (H5N1) or Swine Flu (H1N1).

31 July Â» The most dangerous yet
Business Standard
That is twice as many as the number killed by the bird flu infection H5N1 since its first outbreak in 2003. Moreover, unlike the bird flu virus, …

30 July Â» Two out of three H1N1 flu deaths are in Latin America
Channel News Asia
One of the biggest worries is that A(H1N1) might combine with elements of A(H5N1) – a recent bird flu type that, while it passed with great difficulty from …

29 July Â» Fast-tracked swine flu vaccine will be safe, officials insist
guardian.co.uk
It let companies submit data for a “mock-up” vaccine, using H5N1 avian flu. The idea was to do most of the testing before a pandemic, so that when it hit, …

28 July Â» Indonesia to Intensify H1N1 Swine Flu Measures After First Death
Jakarta Globe
Although not as deadly as bird flu, swine flu has a faster rate of infection. Unlike the avian influenza H5N1 virus, H1N1 can spread from human to human. …

27 July Â» Flu is not the Biggest Danger it’s the Vaccine
Pakistan Daily – Karachi,Sindh,Pakistan
Madsen was told that genetic material from the corpse provided the basis for the development of the H5N1 avian, or ‘bird flu‘, strain at the US Army Medical …

26 July Â» In 2 years, 2 billion will get swine flu: WHO
Times of India – India
Almost 800 people have died from it in the past four months â€” more than what the H5N1 bird flu strain has killed in six years. India is now worried and says …

25 July Â» AP Interview: Flu chief: Pandemic in early stages
The Associated Press
This is more than the H5N1 bird flu strain has killed in six years. One question that scientists and health officials have disagree on is whether pregnant …

24 July Â» Swine flu: intensive care beds will be swamped experts warn
Telegraph.co.uk – United Kingdom
… update are reached the situation may be even more demanding than had been anticipated in preparation for an H5N1 (more dangerous bird flu) pandemic. …

23 July Â» Arab ministers agree to bar vulnerable from hajj
Reuters – USA
Egypt, which has struggled to contain the more deadly H5N1 bird flu virus and on Sunday reported its first H1N1 death in a woman returning from umra, …

22 July Â» H1N1 Virus Confusion in Britain
NTDTV
But I think one of the problems that has emerged this weekend is that people were looking at the old advice for H5N1 bird flu, which potentially would have …

21 July Â» France-New Vaccine for bird flu.
Farming UK – Brighouse,England,UK
Marasco and colleagues turned up 10 of the artificial antibodies that bound to the H5N1 avian flu, said the study, published in the Nature Group’s journal …

20 July Â» Swine flu: prepping for tough times [Effect Measure]
ScienceBlogs – USA
… prospect the next pandemic could come from H5N1 avian influenza. The relatively rare cases of human bird flu showed a virus even more virulent than the …

19 July Â» Big Pharma: Baxter Files Swine Flu Vaccine Patent a Year Ahead of …
Center for Research on Globalization – Montreal,Quebec,Canada
Baxter admits sending live avian flu viruses to subcontractor –Baxter admits contaminated seasonal flu product contained live bird flu virus 27 Feb 2009 …

18 July Â» Swine flu: The truth
Yorkshire Evening Post – Leeds,England,UK
“Initally when our pandemic flu plans were devised the fear was that it would be an avian flu virus â€“ H5N1 rather than H1N1 â€“ which tends to be more serious …

17 July Â» Novartis ramps up swine ‘flu production
Liverpool Daily Post – Liverpool,England,UK
However, the group revealed that the absence of an anticipated pandemic outbreak of the H5N1 bird ‘flu strain has hit its vaccine sales. …

16 July Â» China confirms Sscond human bird flu fatality since February
eGov monitor – London,UK
H5N1 bird flu claimed its second human fatality in China this month when the Ministry of Health confirmed the death of a Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region …

15 July Â» Sudden deaths of girl, 6, and GP raise fears over swine flu
Times Online – UK
… the virus inflicts significantly more lung damage in animals than seasonal flu strains, in similar fashion to the highly virulent H5N1 bird flu virus. …

14 July Â» Experts unearth history of pandemic flu viruses
Reuters – USA
By Tan Ee Lyn HONG KONG (Reuters) – Flu viruses that sparked the three worst … bird to human (and cause a pandemic), which may explain why the H5N1 virus …

13 July Â» Indonesia’s A/H1N1 flu cases rise to 64
Xinhua – China
The avian A/H1N1 influenza virus has a fatality rate of 0.4 percent. Experts fear that the multiple combine of the A/H1N1 virus with avian influenza H5N1 …

12 July Â» Be prepared for swine flu’s return in more deadly form, says …
Scotsman – United Kingdom
Most nations’ pandemic flu plans were produced on the assumption that bird flu â€“ the H5N1 virus â€“ would be the most likely type to emerge. …

11 July Â» The only way to fight the flu
Bangkok Post – Thailand
… and developed strategies in case an outbreak of bird flu or any mutated form of the H5N1 virus led to human-to-human transmission of avian influenza. …

10 July Â» Health Officials Find Flu Virus Resistant to Vaccine
AHN – USA
Tamiflu was widely used in 2005 to combat the H5N1 bird flu in Southeast Asia. As of June 6, more than 94500 cases of swine flu worldwide had been reported …

09 July Â» 2800 new A/H1N1/ cases reported worldwide over past 24 hrs
ITAR-TASS – Moscow,Russia
“The ‘swine flu‘, unlike the H5N1 ‘bird flu‘, which was characterised by a death rate of 50 percent, has a different clinical picture that remains light and …

08 July Â» CEL-SCI Corporation Releases Letter to Shareholders
PR Newswire (press release) – New York,NY,USA
On July 1st , WHO reported that there have been 81 confirmed human cases of H5N1 bird flu in Egypt , of which one-third (27 cases) have been fatal. …

07 July Â» Bioweapons, Dangerous Vaccines, and Threats of a Global Pandemic
The People’s Voice – Nashville,TN,USA
“Baxter mixed a virus which has a hard time infecting people (H5N1 Avian flu) with one that infects them easily (“Seasonal Flu“) in a medium which can …

06 July Â» There are many simple ways to help prevent the spread of flu
Chillicothe Gazette – Chillicothe,OH,USA
Now a pandemic finally is upon us, but it’s H1N1 (swine flu) as opposed to H5N1 (bird flu). Unfortunately, H1N1 has caused deaths and a significant number …

05 July Â» The funny side of the flu
Times of Malta – Valletta,Malta
What is the difference between Bird Flu and Swine Flu? I say Mike Farrugia ol’chap do you still think that its a storm in a cup still, remember its 16 now …

04 July Â» Hong Kong finds 1st case of Tamiflu-resistant H1N1
Reuters – USA
Resistance to Tamiflu has been previously documented in the deadly bird flu virus H5N1 and seasonal H1N1 flu. “You can always expect a certain number of …

03 July Â» LANXESS disinfectant effective against swine flu viral strain
Chemie.de (press release) – Germany
Our unique combination of three active ingredients has already proven extremely effective against other enveloped viruses such as the H5N1 bird flu virus,â€ …

02 July Â» Spanish flu created a viral dynasty: study
AFP
Other combinations such as the H5N1 bird flu virus have only occasionally infected small numbers of humans. “The eight influenza genes can be thought of as …

01 July Â» Swine flu deaths top bird flu toll
Financial Times – London,England,UK
That contrasts with 262 human deaths and 433 confirmed infections from H5N1 , the flu virus that has killed millions of wild birds, poultry and other …

Influenza News Roundup June – top news and links

Ron — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 13:44:55 +0000

These were the headline news from June 2009 about influenza whether Bird Flu (H5N1) or Swine Flu (H1N1).

30 June Â» Will two flus mix in Indonesia? Experts worry
Reuters – USA
H5N1 bird flu has been circulating in Asia for years and has hit Indonesia harder than any other country. Although it only rarely infects people, …

29 June Â» Critics say ‘mild’ a misleading term for H1N1
CTV.ca – Canada
But instead of the 60-plus per cent death rate of H5N1 avian flu — seen for years as the pandemic frontrunner — the wire was tripped by a seemingly wimpy …

28 June Â» It is Official Now: Swine flu is a Pandemic
Political Affairs Magazine – New York,NY,USA
After the bird flu and SARS that struck the world in 2003, the global preparations had been for a deadly bird flu variant (H5N1) originating from Southeast …

27 June Â» Swine flu doubters urged to rethink
Gold Coast Mail – Tweed Heads South,NSW,Australia
An avian strain named H5N1 raised the concern of a new influenza pandemic when it emerged in Asia in the 1990s, but it has not evolved to a form that …

26 June Â» Expert warns of dangerous mutations as H1N1 tally rises to 56
Thanh Nien Daily – Ho Chi Minh City,Vietnam
Hoang Van Nam, deputy head of the Animal Health Bureau under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, said bird flu has recurred among fowl in …

25 June Â» Cambodia confirms first case of new flu
Reuters – USA
The minister also said she was concerned that if H1N1 got a foothold in Indonesia there was a risk it could combine with the much deadlier H5N1 bird flu …

24 June Â» Experts divided on treatment for birdflu patients
Reuters – USA
HONG KONG, June 23 (Reuters) – Experts on the H5N1 bird flu virus are divided on how to treat patients infected by the virus, which kills 60 percent of its …

23 June Â» Bird Flu Virus Could Be Controlled By Cell-Signaling Protein …
MedIndia – Chennai,India
The cell-signaling protein, interferon type 1, has the potential to reduce H5N1 influenza virus’ (bird flu virus) replication in mice, and can thus offer …

22 June Â» Second wave may be more severe
Chandigarh Tribune – India
Pandemics are unpredictable largely due to the highly adaptable nature of viral isolates like in the case of lethal avian flu (H5N1) and now the H1N1. …

21 June Â» Flu Chief Says Indonesia Not Immune From Pandemics
Jakarta Globe – Jakarta,Indonesia
â€œI can’t imagine what would happen if H1N1 united with H5N1 [the bird flu strain], which has higher case fatality rate,â€ he said. Therefore, he said, it was …

20 June Â» Swine Flu Economics
American Institute for Economic Research – Great Barrington,MA,USA
By way of comparison, the bird flu (H5N1) virus, to date has about a 60 percent mortality rate for the confirmed global cases. Fortunately, that virus has …

19 June Â» Egypt confirms new bird flu case
The FINANCIAL – Tbilisi,Georgia
The FINANCIAL — CAIRO, An 18-month-old boy has been diagnosed with bird flu in Egypt, marking the country’s 81st confirmed human avian influenza case, …

18 June Â» Australia raises H1N1 flu alert level
Channel News Asia – Singapore
… Senanayake said the fatality rate from H1N1 flu had been about one percent globally, much lower than the 61 percent rate from the A(H5N1) bird flu. …

17 June Â» Swine Flu Disease : Companies Invoved in Devloping Treatments for …
Seeking Alpha – New York,NY,USA
Depending upon the combination of the types of H and N protein, there are various subtypes of the Type A influenza virus, like H1N1 (swine flu), H5N1 (avian …

16 June Â» Carcasses Of Buried Birds Continue To Host Bird Flu Virus For 2 Years
MedIndia – Chennai,India
Bird flu is an H5N1 form of the influenza virus that mainly infects birds, including chicken, ducks and turkeys. Whenever any bird gets infected with the …

15 June Â» Experts call for close monitoring of H1N1 changes
Reuters India – Mumbai,India
… Spanish flu of 1918-1919, Asian flu of 1957 and Hong Kong flu of 1968 — as well as skirmishes against the H5N1 bird flu virus in the past 10 years. …

14 June Â» Egypt swine flu cases rise to 18
AFP
The country is already battling the H5N1 strain of bird flu, which has killed 27 people since it was first reported in 2006.

13 June Â» Majority won’t have access to antivirals in pandemic but generic …
EurekAlert (press release) – Washington,DC,USA
“At a scientific meeting in 2008 we heard that all of the people who developed bird flu in Indonesia, and did not receive antiviral treatment, died. …

12 June Â» WHO Raises Alert Level as Flu Spreads to 74 Countries
New York Times – United States
The WHO’s pandemic alert has been at Level 3 virtually since it was created in 2005, because a different novel virus â€” the H5N1 bird flu, first described in …

11 June Â» Op-Ed Contributor
New York Times – United States
An appropriate designation for the H5N1 avian flu: Phase pre-1, Category 5. Governments should only set up action and threat assessment systems that are …

10 June Â» Bird flu still present in a harmless form
Swissinfo – Switzerland
Harmless variations of bird flu are present in the Lake Constance region but deadly cases of the H5N1 strain have not been detected since 2006, …

09 June Â» Getting ready for flu
Irish Times – Dublin,Ireland
Ireland has a multi-level national pandemic plan, drawn up when avian flu H5N1 threatened a pandemic. Bird flu didn’t take off then, but the plan still …

08 June Â» Egypt quarantines university dorm over H1N1 cases
Reuters – USA
Egypt, already hard hit by the much more deadly H5N1 bird flu virus, detected its first H1N1 case last week in a 12-year-old American girl who arrived for a …

07 June Â» Getting tested for H1N1 flu in Singapore
ZDNet Asia – Singapore
It was the focal point for response to SARS, H5N1 “bird flu” and now H1N1 “swine flu“. Five TTSH health care workers died of SARS in 2003 as a result of …

06 June Â» Ten Lessons Learned from the H1N1 (Swine) Flu Outbreak
Huffington Post – New York,NY,USA
… in the fall — either in its current form or as a more virulent strain, or a different version of the flu, like the H5N1 bird flu could emerge. …

05 June Â» Fears of Avian Flu Said to Help US Prepare for Swine Flu
New York Times – United States
After the H5N1 avian flu emerged widely in Asia in 2003, killing about 60 percent of those infected by it, many countries took steps to head off the crisis …

04 June Â» WHO donates A/H1N1 influenza drugs to Nigeria
Xinhua – China
Eriki said for over five years, the WHO had been tackling the outbreaks of highly pathogenic H5N1 Avian Influenza in poultry and sporadic frequently fatal …

03 June Â» A/H1N1 virus invades all US states
Xinhua – China
Experts believe that the world’s medical community had based much of their pandemic planning on the 2004 H5N1 “bird flu” outbreak in Southeast Asia, …

02 June Â» Japan Flocks to Ostrich Masks to Help Fight Swine Flu Paranoia
Bloomberg – USA
In one study, a batch of chicks with H5N1 avian flu was injected with an antibody obtained from ostriches, while a second group of infected birds wasn’t. …

01 June Â» New Virus Spurs Experts to Rethink Definition of Pandemic
Washington Post – United States
They also assumed that, like the H5N1 bird flu virus, which is lethal in 60 percent of people who catch it, the new strain would be recognized immediately …

May flu roundup – top news and links

Ron — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 08:41:37 +0000

These were the headline news from May 2009 about influenza whether Bird Flu (H5N1) or Swine Flu (H1N1).

31 May Â» Vietnam has first case of H1N1 flu: doctor
Reuters – USA
Vietnam — which has grappled with the more deadly H5N1 bird flu virus in recent years — requires any suspected H1N1 cases to be isolated for seven days. …

30 May Â» Gov’t spends more to prevent A/H1N1 flu
SGGP – Ho Chi Minh City,Vietnam
In related news, when asked about the purchase of 32 specialized trucks that would be used to spray chemicals to prevent the H5N1 bird flu, …

29 May Â» Scientists develop new basis for H5N1 vaccine: WHO
Reuters – USA
Pharmaceutical companies including Novartis are already working on vaccines against H5N1 bird flu, which has killed or forced the culling of more than 300 …

28 May Â» Swine flu: genetics of the novel virus
Agoravox – Paris,France
… to be of importance for pathogenicity, virulence and transmissibility in humans on the basis of the reconstructed 1918 virus or H5N1 (“bird flu“). …

27 May Â» Egypt announces 27th bird flu fatality
The Associated Press
… succumbed to the H5N1 virus in Egypt are women and children, tasked with caring for domestic poultry. Egypt is the country worst hit by bird flu outside …

26 May Â» Health care workers being trained to detect, manage pandemic flu
Stabroek News – Georgetown,Guyana
He said since the emergence of the H5N1 bird flu in 2003, Guyana established a national committee to follow up on outbreaks of the virus. …

25 May Â» WHO to Rewrite Its Pandemic Rules
New York Times – United States
The six-point system was created in 2005 when the threat was H5N1 avian flu, which has a fatality rate of about 60 percent. But the system does not take …

24 May Â» Anti-bird, swine flu measures affecting livelihoods in Egypt
Middle East Online – London,UK
CAIRO – The death of a four-year-old girl on 18 May after she contracted the H5N1 avian flu virus brings the total number of bird flu deaths in Egypt to 27 …

23 May Â» Team hopes to start testing H1N1 vaccine within weeks
The Exponent – West Lafayette,IN,USA
â€œWe are trying to use a similar approach as we did with the H5N1 bird flu virus,â€ Mittal said. â€œThe technology we are using is the same as the bird flu; …

22 May Â» The history of the synthetic H1N1 flu virus and a not-so-rosy future
Online Journal – Silver Springs,FL,USA
NPR and Alaska Public Radio was reporting what was extracted from the 1918 flu victim’s corpse was the H5N1 avian flu virus, but that was erroneous. …

21 May Â» Two Egyptian boys contract bird flu – agency
Reuters – USA
CAIRO, May 20 (Reuters) – Two Egyptian boys have contracted the highly pathogenic H5N1 bird flu virus, bringing the total number of cases in the most …

20 May Â» Value of vaccination
Malaysia Star – Malaysia
In recent years, the world faced new threats in the forms of the 1997 H5N1 bird flu and Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), and now, the influenza A …

19 May Â» H1N1 Flu Now Seen In 39 Countries – Danger Level Decreasing
NewsBlaze – Folsom,CA,USA
This actually is the situation with the H5N1 “bird flu” which still shows up occasionally and which has an extremely high mortality rate among normally …

18 May Â» A Lethal Mixture: Swine and Bird Flu. Can We Trust Baxter, GSK and …
Age of Autism – Trumbull,USA
“The biggest worry would be if a person or a pig became infected with both swine flu and H5N1 avian flu at the same time. …

17 May Â» The Human Nose As Noose For Bird Flu
The Statesman – Kolkata,India
PTI LONDON, May 15: The human nose is too cold for Bird Flu, says a new study. An international team, led by Imperial College London, has found that avian …

16 May Â» WHO: Countries must share swine flu virus samples
PR-Inside.com (Pressemitteilung) – Wien,Austria
Chan said no one knows what change might occur in the H5N1 bird flu virus should the swine flu outbreak develop into a pandemic. Chan says swine flu, …

15 May Â» Egyptian boy, 4, contracts bird flu virus
Reuters – USA
CAIRO, May 14 (Reuters) – A four-year-old Egyptian boy has contracted the highly pathogenic H5N1 bird flu virus, bringing to 70 the number of human avian …

14 May Â» Is Tamiflu ‘better’ than Relenza?
ZDNet Asia – Singapore
Sales of antiviral drugs got a shot in the arm, if you will, in 2006, when the avian influenza–”bird flu“–epidemic broke out in Asia. …

13 May Â» New virus “very unstable”, more changes seen-expert
Reuters – USA
“Both H1N1 and H5N1 are unstable so the chances of them exchanging genetic material are higher, whereas a stable (seasonal flu) virus is less likely to take …

12 May Â» Swine Flu Outbreak From Mexico to New Zealand: Timeline
Bloomberg – USA
American scientists said the pathogen lacks the lethal genetic traits of the virus responsible for the 1918 pandemic or the H5N1 bird flu virus that’s …

11 May Â» Egyptian girl contracts bird flu, 69th case
Reuters – USA
The case brings to 69 the number of people confirmed to have contracted the H5N1 avian influenza virus in Egypt, which has been hit harder than any another …

10 May Â» Pandemic’s impact on trade gauged
Washington Times – Washington,DC,USA
… Hong Kong and Taiwan, and the threat of an Avian (H5N1) human bird flu pandemic of 2005-07 as benchmarks to estimate scenarios of the possible impact …

09 May Â» Top flu expert warns of a swine flu-bird flu mix
The Associated Press
While people can catch bird flu from birds, the bird flu virus â€” H5N1 â€” does not easily jump from person to person. It has killed at least 258 people …

08 May Â» Keeping swine and bird flus apart top priority
AsiaOne – Singapore
PARIS, May 7, 2009 (AFP) – Preventing the swine flu that is spreading across the globe from infecting patients sick with the deadly H5N1 avian flu should be …

07 May Â» Is H5N1 the One?
American Enterprise Institute – Washington,DC,USA
Other strains of avian influenza that have caused disease in humans include H7N7 (which caused communicable human illness in the Netherlands and one death …

06. MayÂ Â» Egypt pig farmers clash with police over cull
AFP
Egypt has been battling an outbreak of bird flu for three years. Twenty-six people have died in Egypt from the H5N1 strain of bird flu since it was first …

05. MayÂ Â» Swine Flu Source Traced to Birds and People; Don’t Blame Pigs
Bloomberg – USA
While the H5N1 bird flu that spread across Asia the past six years, killing millions of fowl and several hundred people, never gained genes to spread easily …

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Swine Flu H1N1 Top News Roundup for May 01 2009

Ron — Fri, 01 May 2009 20:11:52 +0000

An interesting round-up of the top news stories regarding Swine Influenza today.

Pig owners outraged over Egypt’s decision to slaughter all beasts
The Australian – Sydney,Australia
Mr Gabali said Egypt – where 26 people died from the H5N1 virus, making it one of the countries most affected by the bird flu strain – was taking the threat …

Novartis says adjuvant promising in flu vaccine
Reuters – USA
ZURICH (Reuters) – Swiss drugmaker Novartis AG will use data from a study on its pre-pandemic bird flu vaccine Aflunov and adjuvant MF59 to help develop a …

Assessing the Danger of New Flu
New York Times – United States
In contrast, the lethal avian flu that has kept world health authorities anxious for years is caused by H5N1 influenza virus. It has killed 257 of the 421 …

World better equipped to face swine flu thanks to H5N1 scare
Times of Malta – Valletta,Malta
“H5N1 (avian influenza) could have been a blessing in disguise,” he said. Had the world not taken the threat of H5N1 bird flu seriously, it would not have …

IVW: Don’t Forget About Bird Flu
MedPage Today – Little Falls,NJ,USA
“The [H5N1 avian flu] is the virus most likely to cause a big pandemic, a world shattering affair,” he said, “whereas I don’t think this swine is going to …

Swine flu outbreak tracked with Twitter
msnbc.com – USA
“But that was too slow for the amount of information we’ve been accumulating, so we had to switch to a Twitter feed instead.” The new swine flu Twitter …

Swine flu – ‘Vaccines are not the answer’
Nursing Times – UK
A strain of the H5N1 avian influenza virus that may unleash the next global flu pandemic is showing resistance to Tamiflu, the antiviral drug that countries …

Jember exposed to bird flu
Jakarta Post – Jakarta,Indonesia
The Jember regency administration announced Tuesday the H5N1 bird flu virus had spread to 17 of the regency’s 31 districts after lab tests showed 5449 …

Global swine flu pandemic ‘very likely’: Hong Kong expert
AsiaOne – Singapore
‘At least at this stage, the mortality does not seem to be as high as expected for the avian flu H5N1. That’s the relatively reassuring point. …

Russian scientist predicted swine flu pandemic in 2004
MOSNEWS – Russia
But pigs were ideal â€œincubatorsâ€ to breed a new stem of the virus, far deadlier than H5N1 or H3N2. â€œSwine are easy prey for both human and avian flu. …

Glaxo, Roche Meet Swine-Flu Drug Needs? Vaccine Is Months Away
Bloomberg – USA
While the H5N1 bird flu that has killed more than 250 people hasn’t gained genes to spread easily among humans, the Mexican swine flu already may have done …