Silobreaker Feed for: Swine Flu [Keyphrase]2009-11-21T05:50:00Zhttp://www.silobreaker.com/AtomFeed.aspx?Item=11_24287Cluster of Tamiflu-resistant swine flu cases reportedwww.silobreaker.com/Item=16_22627519824375316602009-11-21T05:50:00ZA cluster of four Tamiflu-resistant cases of H1N1 flu at Duke University Medical Center have raised concerns that changes in the virus may make severe infections more difficult to treat.Three of the Duke patients died. All were adults, including two women ...
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Swine flu update: Total infections down from last weekwww.silobreaker.com/Item=16_22627518868745093482009-11-21T04:50:00ZApproximately 17,000 people were infected with swine flu last week, down from about 27,000 a week earlier, the HSE has confirmed.About 4 per cent of the Irish population has now been infected with the H1N1 virus, said Dr Darina O’Flanagan, Director of ...
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Ontario unveils new ventilators for swine flu fightwww.silobreaker.com/Item=16_22627521896697037272009-11-21T02:45:00ZThe wraps were taken off some of the ventilators that were delivered to Toronto's St. Michael's Hospital.The province purchased an additional 216 ventilators over the summer for about $7 million as part of its pandemic planning process for the fall flu ...
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WHO: H1N1 May Be Peaking in N. Hemisphere, But Outbreak Not Overwww.silobreaker.com/Item=16_22627517762791014492009-11-21T00:15:00ZTransmission remains active and geographically widespread in places like the United StatesGlobal health officials say there are early signs that H1N1 swine flu activity may be peaking in the Northern Hemisphere, but that transmission remains active and ...
<br/><br/> Global health officials say there are early signs that H1N1 swine flu activity may be peaking in the Northern Hemisphere, but that transmission remains active and geographically widespread in places like the United States.
Swine flu may have hit one peak; more to comewww.silobreaker.com/Item=16_22627523872381993122009-11-20T23:10:00ZVia Reuters, Maggie Fox offers a good overview of the H1N1 situation around the world: Swine flu may have hit one peak; more to come. Excerpt:The pandemic of swine flu may be hitting a peak in the Northern Hemisphere, global health officials said on Friday, ...
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Mutation in swine flu virus in Norwaywww.silobreaker.com/Item=16_22627520393458483272009-11-20T23:02:00ZThe World Health Organisation (WHO) says a mutation had been found in samples of the swine flu virus taken following the first two deaths from the pandemic in Norway.'The Norwegian Institute of Public Health has informed WHO of a mutation detected in ...
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Marseille edge PSGwww.silobreaker.com/Item=16_22627503567924101302009-11-20T22:26:00ZA first-half goal from Gabriel Heinze vaulted Marseille back into the French title race on Friday, securing a 1-0 win at the Stade Velodrome over Paris St Germain.Heinze, playing against one of his former clubs, nodded in after 25 minutes to settle a ...
<br/><br/>... Heinze, playing against one of his former clubs, nodded in after 25 minutes to settle a scrappy encounter between longstanding rivals in a match which had had to be rearranged from October 25 after an outbreak of swine flu ...
Alberta H1N1 clinics open to everyone on Mondaywww.silobreaker.com/Item=16_22627503922258903272009-11-20T22:14:00ZA family fills out paperwork for an H1N1 shot at Calgary's Stampede Grandstand on Friday morning. (Zulekha Nathoo/CBC) Alberta is re-opening its swine flu vaccination clinics to the general public starting Monday.Anyone over the age of six months will ...
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Canada: Yukon confirms 2nd swine flu deathwww.silobreaker.com/Item=16_22627523432147845162009-11-20T21:42:00ZVia CBCnews.ca: Yukon confirms 2nd swine flu death. Excerpt:A middle-aged woman in the Yukon has died of swine flu, health officials confirmed Friday. 
Yukon medical officer Dr. Brendan Hanley released little information about the woman, who died Thursday ...
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Newfoundland to review role of swine flu in six deathswww.silobreaker.com/Item=16_22627516087753768972009-11-20T19:44:00ZST. JOHN'S ? HHealth Minister Jerome Kennedy said Friday that to date, seven deaths have been primarily caused by H1N1, but officials aren't sure about the degree to which the virus factored into the other six.In those six cases, health officials say ...
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Expert: China concealing swine flu deaths?www.silobreaker.com/Item=16_22627513897320448182009-11-20T16:47:00ZZhong Nanshan, a Guangzhou-based doctor famous for his candor in exposing a cover-up of the SARS epidemic in 2003, has suggested some Chinese local governments have deliberately concealed suspected swine flu cases ...
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Swine flu toll climbs by around 500: WHOwww.silobreaker.com/Item=16_22627520876642304522009-11-20T16:36:00ZA scientist prepares a DNA test for the swine flu virus. The World Health Organisation said around 6,750 people have died from the swine flu pandemic -- about 500 more than a week ago.AFP - Around 6,750 people have died from the swine flu pandemic, World ...
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Healthy under-fives to get swine flu jabwww.silobreaker.com/Item=16_22627500110475428072009-11-20T16:10:00ZBabies And Children* Young People * Healthy LivingMost at risk of being hospitalisedHealthy children between the ages of 6 months and 5 years will be vaccinated against swine flu starting from next month, the Department of Health has announced.The vaccine ...
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Scotland: 40 deathswww.silobreaker.com/Item=16_22627501356015943702009-11-20T16:02:00ZVia BBC News: Swine flu deaths in Scotland rise to 40. Excerpt:The number of deaths linked to swine flu in Scotland has risen to 40. The Scottish government announced that an adult from the Greater Glasgow and Clyde area, with underlying health problems, ...
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Saudi health ministry reports 20 swine flu cases among Haj pilgrimswww.silobreaker.com/Item=16_22627502773355151572009-11-20T14:38:00ZVia The International News in Pakistan: Saudi health ministry reports 20 swine flu cases among Haj pilgrims. Excerpt:Twenty swine flu cases have been reported among foreign Haj pilgrims since they started arriving for this year’s pilgrimage, Health Minister ...
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Under-fives to receive swine flu jabwww.silobreaker.com/Item=16_22627496191317770292009-11-20T12:35:00ZThe NHS is to begin vaccinating healthy children under the age of five against swine flu, it has been confirmed.The programme is to be extended to children with no underlying health issues, aged over six months and under five. At the moment, people in ...
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As flu cases rise, calls for schools to shutwww.silobreaker.com/Item=16_22627494183420559582009-11-20T09:02:00ZAs it emerged that the number of people testing positive for swine flu had shot up this week, a national committee set up to coordinate the response to the spread of the H1N1 virus yesterday proposed that schools with more than a handful of suspect cases ...
<br/><br/> As it emerged that the number of people testing positive for swine flu had shot up this week, a national committee set up to coordinate the response to the spread of the H1N1 virus yesterday proposed that schools with more than a handful of suspect cases close temporarily. ...
VACCINE: Last year's flu shot may help ward off H1N1, study showswww.silobreaker.com/Item=16_22627493796873502812009-11-20T06:56:00ZPeople who received last year's seasonal flu vaccine may have gained some protection against the swine flu virus, according to a study presented Thursday at the 58th annual meeting of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, in Washington, ...
<br/><br/> People who received last year's seasonal flu vaccine may have gained some protection against the swine flu virus, according to a study presented Thursday at the 58th annual meeting of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, in Washington, D C 'Overall, those that received a seasonal flu vaccine last year had a 45% less chance of developing ...
Measures to contain swine flu failed to slow spread, say health expertswww.silobreaker.com/Item=16_22627496373853880342009-11-20T05:26:00ZLONDON — Health experts say extraordinary measures against swine flu — most notably quarantines imposed by China, where entire aircraft loads of passengers were isolated if one traveller had symptoms — failed to contain the disease. Despite initially ...
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China orders more accurate swine flu tallieswww.silobreaker.com/Item=16_22627491176943452562009-11-20T03:47:00ZBEIJING (AFP) China has ordered more accurate reporting of swine flu deaths after a doctor renowned for helping expose the scale of the 2003 SARS outbreak claimed the true number of fatalities was being covered up.The health ministry "reaffirms that health ...
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Switzerland registers first swine flu deathwww.silobreaker.com/Item=16_22627494956514672712009-11-20T03:44:00ZThe five-month-old infant died at the weekend, but it was only after tests had been carried out that it was known that the baby had the H1N1 virus, authorities said.The baby boy had other health conditions, including a cleft lip and palate, a heart problem ...
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Estimated cost for swine flu program in N.S. pegged at $20 millionwww.silobreaker.com/Item=16_22627502408282931742009-11-20T03:01:00ZFighting the H1N1 pandemic will cost Nova Scotia an estimated $20 million, Health Minister Maureen MacDonald said Thursday.So far, it has spent about $10.8 million combatting the second wave of the swine flu that is sweeping the province."Until the vaccines ...
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Thai official says second wave startingwww.silobreaker.com/Item=16_22627492336584622382009-11-19T23:32:00ZOnline news: HealthThe second round of the A(H1N1) swine flu epidemic has begun, Public Health Minister Witthaya Kaewparadai said on Thursday.He said some provinces had already encountered the second wave of swine flu with 30 per cent of 200 students ...
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WHO plays down reported swine flu vaccination deathswww.silobreaker.com/Item=16_22627481491792199922009-11-19T23:26:00ZThe World Health Organisation said Thursday that checks on many of the 30 deaths recorded following mass pandemic flu vaccinations had so far ruled out a direct link to the vaccines."Although some investigations are still ongoing, results of completed ...
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Bulgaria Registers 2 More Swine Flu Fatalitieswww.silobreaker.com/Item=16_22627502794829988212009-11-19T22:49:00ZA 27-year-old pregnant woman infected with the swine flu A(H1N1) virus has died Thursday in the Black Sea city of Burgas, the hospital press center informs.The baby has been delivered and is doing fine.Another woman, whose baby has also been delivered, ...
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Santa's Helpers Would Like Swine Flu Vaccinationswww.silobreaker.com/Item=16_22627480418050375712009-11-19T20:47:00ZIt's hard to ignore all of the warnings about the flu this year. And the jolly one himself is no exception. Santa, or at least some of his helpers, are even asking to be given priority for the H1N1 vaccine.&gt;&gt; CLAUS: Hello there!&gt;&gt; REPORTER: ...
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Mystery Ukrainian 'Super Flu' Raises New Questions About Originswww.silobreaker.com/Item=16_22627492776818770052009-11-19T20:28:00ZScientists are examining the strain of swine flu behind a deadly Ukrainian outbreak to see if the virus has mutated. A total of 189 people have died, and more than one million have been infected in the country.However, doctors in Ukraine's western Chernovetsky ...
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Moldova feeds soldiers garlic, onion to beat swine fluwww.silobreaker.com/Item=16_22627480128140083832009-11-19T17:26:00ZMoldovan soldiers has been issued with an extra ration of onions and garlic to ward off swine flu, the defence ministry's chief doctor said Thursday."We have introduced an extra 25 grams (one ounce) of onion and 15 grams of garlic in their daily ration," ...
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Two more swine flu deaths in NIwww.silobreaker.com/Item=16_22627496717451264132009-11-19T15:34:00ZTwo more people have died from swine flu in the North, Health Minister Michael McGimpsey announced today.The deaths of the two adults brings to 13 the number of lives lost to swine flu in the region.Health officials said no further information was to ...
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Healthy children below age of five to get swine flu jabwww.silobreaker.com/Item=16_22627480750910341512009-11-19T14:29:00ZHealthy children aged six months to five are to be given the swine flu jab, the Government is to announce. By Rebecca Smith, Medical Editor Published: 12:53PM GMT 19 Nov 2009Children have been hardest hit by swine flu Photo: NHS figures show that children ...
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