By Tom Randall Feb. 22 (Bloomberg) -- Protection against swine flu will be added to the 2010-2011 seasonal influenza vaccine, putting an end to separate shots deployed against the pandemic, according to a US Food and Drug Administration ...
February 22, 2010
By Jason Gale Feb. 22 (Bloomberg) -- Swine flu may have infected at least 63 million people in the US last year, according to a study in Pittsburgh, where almost every second schoolchild probably caught the pandemic virus.
February 13, 2010
CDC: Swine Flu Killed as Many as 17000 Americans, Including 1800 Children Reuters reports that the H1N1 influenza virus killed as many as 17000 Americans from April 2009 to January 16, 2010. The CDC says as many as 1800 of the deaths ...
January 15, 2010
Meanwhile, health experts insist the swine flu could make another wave this year, or even mutate into a stronger form in coming years, and here in the US the CDC is still avidly encouraging folks to get the vaccine. ...
January 8, 2010
YouTube Preview Image. The spread of swine flu has slowed. But vaccines are plentiful — and so are ad campaigns urging Californians to get the H1N1 shot. There are already billboards and bus stop signs. TV ads and text messaging are ...
December 28, 2009
Dr. Mark Horton, head of the state Department of Public Health, said last week he expects another swine flu outbreak will hit this winter. To make an appointment for a vaccination at the Health Care Agency's Santa Ana clinic, ...
December 21, 2009
The Health Care Agency reported one swine flu death Monday, bringing the total in Orange County to 50. The adult who died suffered from underlying health conditions, said spokeswoman Deanne Thompson. So far, five children have died and ...
December 17, 2009
By Tom Randall Dec. 17 (Bloomberg) -- Seasonal flu, which annually kills 30000 Americans, may not appear in the US for the first time in more than 40 years, crowded out by the swine flu pandemic and mass vaccination campaigns.
December 15, 2009
About 800000 swine flu shots for children have been recalled because the doses lost a small amount of potency, but most of the shots have already been used and are still expected to work, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...
December 14, 2009
Five more people in Orange County died of swine flu last week, bringing the death toll to 49 since the pandemic began in April, the county's Health Care Agency said Monday. flumist_lrg5 All five of the victims were adults who had ...
February 22, 2010
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