For instance, take the recent swine flu phenomenon. Findings show that international travelers leaving Mexico were strongly associated with importations of the H1N1 virus worldwide (Khan). Domestic efforts can only go so far once a ...
February 22, 2010
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 5, 2010
By Tom Randall Feb. 5 (Bloomberg) -- Sanofi-Aventis SA shortened the expiration of its 12 million pre-filled swine flu shots by as much as 16 months to ensure the potency of the vaccine doesn't decline. The shots should be administered ...
January 23, 2010
The Illinois Department of Public Health says that since the swine flu virus began to circulate in April, there have been 2696 hospitalizations. Officials have reported 86 deaths related to the virus in Illinois. -- Associated Press ...
January 14, 2010
Via Asia News Network: Viet Nam's swine - flu fight continues. Excerpt:Viet Nam's ministry of health has confirmed that the country would continue the fight against swine flu despite allegations that the World Health Organisation had ...
January 10, 2010
Like Paul Campos, I didn't think Kevin Drum's response to, um, Paul Campos made much goldarn sense. Drum wrote: The panic caused by the underwear bomber wasn't so much over the prospect of a planeload of casualties, it was over the ...
January 2, 2010
Although it is too early to write the obituary for swine flu , medical experts, already assessing how the first pandemic in 40 years has been handled, have found that while luck played a part, a series of rapid but conservative decisions ...
December 31, 2009
Illinois health officials are reporting four new deaths and 77 new hospitalizations from swine flu . Thursday's update brings the total number of Illinois deaths from the virus to 83. More than 2600 Illinoisans have been hospitalized ...
December 24, 2009
The state director of public health, Dr. Damon Arnold, was vaccinated on Wednesday for swine flu . Arnold says swine flu is still circulating and holiday parties and family get-togethers are a good opportunity for the flu to spread. ...
December 9, 2009
According to Megan Cottrell - or at least the title of this post - that seems to be exactly the case. Megan starts us off with the tragic story of a pregnant lady who contracted swine flu and died. She then links us to this report ...
March 1, 2010
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