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Epidemics

First Reported 6 hours ago - Updated 2 hours ago - 13 Documents (in Health)

Although federal health officials decline to use the word peaked, the current wave of swine flu appears to have done so in the United States.Flu activity is coming down in all regions of the country, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said ... [New York Times - 2 hours ago]

Entities: Mutation, Virus, Swine Flu

First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 10 hours ago - 11 Documents (in Health)

Did U.S. make a swine flu mistake? (Reuters)

WASHINGTON (Reuters) As U.S. health officials struggle to vaccinate tens of millions of Americans against the pandemic of swine flu, some are looking regretfully at one easy way to instantly double or triple the number of doses available -- by using an ... [Yahoo! News - 10 hours ago]

Entities: Vaccine, Swine Flu, adjuvant, Antigen

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 30 Documents (in Health)

WHO: H1N1 vaccine safety akin to seasonal counterpart

(CIDRAP News) - Early experiences with pandemic vaccines in several countries suggest they have a similar safety profile to seasonal flu vaccines, an official from the World Health Organization (WHO) said today.Dr Marie-Paule Kieny, director of the WHO ... [Centre For Infectious Disease Research and Policy - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Vaccine, Swine Flu Vaccine, World Health Organization, Pandemic

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 9 hours ago - 6 Documents (in Health)

Inovio's Pre-clinincal Study Of Universal Flu Vaccines Reports Protective Response Against Multiple Influenza Strains; Stock Up - Update

TOP MARKET NEWS(RTTNews) - Friday, biotechnology company Inovio Biomedical Corp.(INO: News ) said a combination of its synthetic consensus H1N1, H2N2, H3N2, and H5N1 influenza vaccine candidates achieved protective antibody responses against several ... [RTTNews.com - 9 hours ago]

Entities: Vaccine, Influenza, Inovio Biomedical Corporation

First Reported 9 hours ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 3 Documents (in Health)

Flu shows signs of peak in some regions

worldwide more than 206 countries and overseas territories or communities have reported laboratory confirmed cases of pandemic influenza H1N1 2009, including over 6770 deaths.As many countries have stopped counting individual cases, particularly of milder ... [WHO - 1 hour ago]

Entities: Pandemic, Influenza A H1N1 Virus, Virus

First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 6 hours ago - 4 Documents (in Health)

World Health Organization

WHO denies deaths caused by flu jabs

GENEVA About 40 people have died after being inoculated against H1N1 pandemic flu, but investigations so far show the fatalities were not caused by the vaccine, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Thursday.WHO reaffirmed that the pandemic vaccine ... [Oman Tribune - 6 hours ago]

Entities: World Health Organization, Pandemic, Vaccine

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 6 hours ago - 4 Documents (in Health)

Extra time for tax returns

Why not follow us on twitter. You can receive regular updates with regards to what is pertinent in the world of business and finance.Johannesburg - E-filers and tax practitioners can still submit tax returns on Saturday and Sunday as penalties will only ... [Finance 24 - 6 hours ago]

Entities: Taxes, Adrian Lackay, Johannesburg, Hate Speech, Durban

First Reported 5 hours ago - Updated 3 hours ago - 3 Documents (in Health)

Five million given swine flu jab in EU (AAP)

1:12 amAlcohol helps cut heart disease risk for men: study November 19, 2009, 8:46 pmDeaths not linked to H1N1 vaccines - WHO November 20, 2009, 2:02 amDeaths not linked to H1N1 vaccine - WHO November 20, 2009, 5:23 amChina vows to punish H1N1 death ... [Yahoo! News Australia - 3 hours ago]

Entities: Focetria, Vaccine, Pandemrix

First Reported 12 hours ago - Updated 4 hours ago - 3 Documents (in Medicine)

Canada: No more H1N1 deaths than from seasonal flu

While headlines decry the rising , news is emerging that there have been no more deaths from this pandemic than from seasonal flu. A November 20 article on canada.com reported Canada's Chief Health Officer, Dr. David Butler-Jones, as saying that, "the ... [Digital Journal - 4 hours ago]

Entities: Influenza A H1N1 Virus, Pandemic, Canada

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 18 hours ago - 5 Documents (in Health)

Antimalarial drug resistance endangers malarial control measures

Evidence of resistance to the antimalarial drug artemisinin and its derivatives threatens efforts to control malaria in Southeast Asia, and experts fear artemisinin resistance may spread from the Thailand-Cambodia border to affect other malaria endemic ... [News-Medical.Net - 18 hours ago]

Entities: Malaria, American Society of Tropical Medicine, Parasitism

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 9 Documents (in Health)

First comprehensive, international baseline evidence about pandemics published

Public health officials walking a tightrope between massive demand for vaccines and intense public scrutiny of side effects now have a new standard for evaluating the safety of their vaccination programs.Widespread concern about the 'swine flu' is prompting ... [News-Medical.Net - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Vaccine, Pandemic, World Health Organization, Dalhousie (Canada)

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 7 Documents (in Health)

Bill Gates Shifts from Computer Viruses to Bird Viruses

Microsoft chairman Bill Gates may have lost $18 billion in the economic crisis, but he's still the world's richest man, according to Forbes magazine, which estimates Gates' wealth as being around 40 billion.Gates is more closely associated with computer ... [Discovery Channel - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Virus, Bill Gates, Computer Virus

Quotes

"We are being cautious and following the advice... to hold onto the remaining stock until we get further information."

Glaxo recalls vaccine lot over allergic reactions [CTV.ca - 1 hour ago]

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Five million given swine flu jab in EU (AAP) [Yahoo! News Australia - 3 hours ago]
Swine flu may have hit one peak; more to come ... [Yahoo! News - 3 hours ago]
Five million given swine flu jab in EU (AAP) [West Australian - 3 hours ago]
Vaccine programme may be extended to all norths... [Irish News - 4 hours ago]
Swine flu may be peaking in U.S. (Reuters) [Yahoo! News - 4 hours ago]
Canada: No more H1N1 deaths than from seasonal flu [Digital Journal - 4 hours ago]
US sees fall in swine flu rate [France24 - 4 hours ago]
Fort Jackson starts H1N1 vaccinations [GlobalSecurity.org - 4 hours ago]
UPDATE 1-Swine flu may be peaking in US, report... [FinanzNachrichten.de - 4 hours ago]
US sees fall in swine flu rate [France24 - Africa - 4 hours ago]
US sees fall in swine flu rate [France24 - Science - 4 hours ago]
US sees fall in swine flu rate [AFP via Yahoo! - 4 hours ago]
H1N1 pandemic: No more deaths than from seasona... [Digital Journal - 5 hours ago]
H1N1 Pandemic May Have Peaked in October in U.S... [PR Newswire via MSN Money - 5 hours ago]
âDouble HIV response effortsâ [Zimbabwe Herald - 5 hours ago]

Blogs

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Did U.S. make mistake in skipping vaccine addit... [Economy-Finance - 5 hours ago] By Maggie Fox, Health and Science Editor WASHINGTON (Reuters) - As U.S. health officials struggle to vaccinate tens of millions of Americans against the pandemic ...
Sipress: The great flu cover-up [H5N1 - 8 hours ago] Thanks to Mike Coston at Avian Flu Diary for the link to this important article by Alan Sipress in Foreign Affairs: The Great Flu Cover-up. Sipress is the author ...
WHO: Update 75 [H5N1 - 9 hours ago] WHO has published Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 - update 75. Excerpt:The situation remains similar since the last update. In temperate regions* of the northern hemisphere, ...
Children write letters asking for AIDS drugs [Times LIVE Blogs - Posts - 11 hours ago] 'Putting pen to paper' to help children with HIVChildren around the world are writing letters to pharmaceutical companies and governments to help children living ...
Malaria Gaining Resistance to Best Available Tr... [Wired: Wired Science - 11/20/2009] WASHINGTON — Malaria that is resistant to the best available drug is more widespread in Southeast Asia than previously reported, new research shows. The worrisome ...

Audio/Video

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Rare Vaccine Side Effect? [CBS - YouTube - 9 hours ago]
Sir Elton John Raises Money to Fight AIDS [Associated Press - YouTube - 11/17/2009]
Malaria in Sierra Leone [The Guardian - YouTube - 11/17/2009]
Why has the global response to swine flu been s... [Slate Magazine - 11/17/2009]
Coughing, Sneezing, and Spreading Rumors [Slate Magazine - 11/17/2009]

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