A report released Thursday commended the government for developing plans and stockpiling antivirals after the avian flu scare but warned that gaps still exist and that the health system may not be prepared in a more severe outbreak.
The Trust for America’s Health, the Center for Biosecurity of the University …
Posted on June 4, 2009 by Swiney .
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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. …
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 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 .
* 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 …
Posted on May 23, 2009 by Swiney .
U.S. soldiers have been confirmed as the first cases in Kuwait with the new H1N1 flu, the state news agency KUNA reported on Saturday, citing a government official.
The swine flu virus was detected in an unspecified number of soldiers transiting through Kuwait. Some remained quarantined in their military base in …
Posted on May 23, 2009 by Swiney .
Federal health officials said Friday that they will set aside $1 billion to jump-start commercial development of a vaccine against the new H1N1 flu virus now spreading worldwide.
The funding will be used to produce bulk supplies of two key components of a vaccine and to test them in humans. The …
Posted on May 20, 2009 by Swiney .
Adults older than 52 may have been exposed to a virus that gives some protection against swine flu, explaining why younger people account for the largest percentage of those hospitalized, a U.S. scientist said.
The virus that caused the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic circulated until a bird flu virus replaced it …
Posted on May 20, 2009 by Swiney .
SALT LAKE CITY — State health officials are reporting the first death associated with swine flu in Utah.
Health officials say a 21-year-old man died Wednesday morning at a Salt Lake City hospital. They say the man had chronic medical conditions.
David Sundwall, executive director of the Utah Department of Health, …