Posts Tagged ‘Flu’

Vietnam battles lingering bird flu threat

April 1st, 2012 by Greg | No Comments | Filed in General Health

Vietnam may have contained the fatal bird flu outbreak that raged in the late 2000s but it is still struggling with new cases of the disease that have puzzled experts in the communist country.

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Winter swine flu higher than in pandemic

May 27th, 2011 by Greg | No Comments | Filed in General Health

More people in Britain died after contracting swine flu last winter, with most deaths among young and middle-aged adults, than during the pandemic a year earlier, official figures have shown.

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Deal in reach on flu virus-sharing, vaccine access

April 17th, 2011 by Greg | No Comments | Filed in General Health

A global deal is tantalizingly close under which countries would share flu virus samples in exchange for access to affordable vaccines derived from them, thus saving lives in a pandemic, senior diplomats said.

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No Role Found for Birds in Swine Flu Pandemic (HealthDay)

January 21st, 2010 by Greg | No Comments | Filed in General Health

HealthDay – TUESDAY, Jan. 19 (HealthDay News) — Birds don’t become sick when
exposed to the H1N1 influenza strains that caused the 1918 and 2009 global
flu pandemics, a finding that suggests birds played no role in the spread
of the pandemic-causing viruses, according to a new study.

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Health Care Reform, Swine Flu Top Health News for 2009 (HealthDay)

January 1st, 2010 by Greg | No Comments | Filed in General Health

HealthDay – THURSDAY, Dec. 31 (HealthDay News) — Potentially historic moves toward
health care reform, the emergence of the pandemic H1N1 flu and
controversial changes to cancer screening all made 2009 a very busy year
for health news.

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U.S. doctors answer flu questions on new website (Reuters)

October 23rd, 2009 by Greg | No Comments | Filed in General Health

Reuters – Worried about your child’s flu symptoms but don’t want to risk a visit to a germ-infested waiting room?

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Nasal spray flu vaccine becoming available (AP)

October 3rd, 2009 by Greg | No Comments | Filed in General Health

AP – The long-awaited first vaccinations against swine flu — the squirt-in-the-nose kind — begin early next week in parts of the country, and states are urging people to be patient until more arrives.

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Flu Can Raise Chances of Heart Attack (HealthDay)

September 23rd, 2009 by Greg | No Comments | Filed in General Health

HealthDay – MONDAY, Sept. 21 (HealthDay News) — People suffering from the flu may
be at higher risk for having a heart attack, especially those with heart
disease and diabetes, British researchers report.

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