New York City’s medical examiner is reportedly investigating whether swine flu caused the death of a Bronx baby.
The family of 11-week-old Steven Montanez tells the Daily News that the baby had the flu when his aunt found him unconscious on Thursday.
The Health Department had no comment on the report Monday. …
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A U.S. health official said a swine flu vaccine could be available as early as October, but only if production and testing run smoothly this summer.
Anne Schuchat of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said the agency began shipping virus samples to manufacturers in the past several days. The …
Posted on May 29, 2009 by Swiney .
Cases of the Swine Flu virus are growing throughout the Dayton area and suspected cases are threatening to close down an area middle school.
There are now five confirmed cases in the region — up from two earlier this week — and 23 cases in Ohio, which is up from 13 …
Posted on May 28, 2009 by Swiney .
1. Swine flu is more benign than seasonal flu.
According to the WHO, 95 people worldwide have died of confirmed cases of swine flu.
However, seasonal flu claimed an average of 36,000 lives annually in the 1990s, according to a study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that was published …
Posted on May 28, 2009 by Swiney .
Australia’s government ordered 10 million doses of swine flu vaccine being developed by pharmaceutical company CSL Ltd (CSL.AX) on Thursday as the number of confirmed H1N1 cases in Australia topped 100.
Health Minister Nicola Roxon said the government would also buy a further 1.6 million courses of antiviral drug Relenza to …
Posted on May 27, 2009 by Swiney .
As the H1N1 swine flu virus continues to wax and wane in different parts of the country, U.S. health officials said they were working as fast as possible to learn as much as they can about the novel pathogen before the return of the flu season in the fall.
The reason …
Posted on May 26, 2009 by Swiney .
A Maryland-based unit of AstraZeneca will share in an $811 million U.S. government order of components and tests of a swine-flu vaccine for stockpiles to protect health-care workers along with children and other vulnerable people.
The orders were placed with GlaxoSmithKline Plc, Novartis AG, CSL Ltd., MedImmune Inc. — which AstraZeneca …
Posted on May 26, 2009 by Swiney .
A Chicago resident became the first person in Illinois to die of swine flu, a reminder of the virus’ continued circulation throughout the state even as publicity — and fears — about it have waned.
The Illinois Department of Public Health would only confirm that the person was from Chicago and …
Posted on May 26, 2009 by Swiney .
Area schools are beginning to reopen Tuesday as they reassess the threat posed by H1N1, otherwise known as swine flu.
The flu outbreak had prompted several public and private schools in the city and on Long Island to close.
New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg said Monday that closing more schools would not …
Posted on May 26, 2009 by Swiney .
* WHO laboratories confirm new flu strain in 46 countries
* Global tally rises to 12,954 infections and 92 deaths
GENEVA, May 26 (Reuters) – The World Health Organisation said on Tuesday that nearly 13,000 people have been confirmed infected with the new H1N1 flu strain but the number of countries affected …