US gives Vietnam protective bird flu equipment - ThanhnienThe US will provide Vietnam with 4,000 sets of personal protective equipment and 100 boxes of biodegradable disinfectant powder to help cope with future bird flu threats, the US embassy said in a press release Wednesday. The provision is enough to
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Australian Swine Flu Count Rises; Cruise Ship Arrives (Update2) - BloombergMay 30 (Bloomberg) — Australia confirmed more swine flu cases and let a Carnival Corp. cruise ship with infected passengers and crew dock at a port on its east coast. The country’s infection count increased to 208, from 168 yesterday, the
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CDC: October is soonest for swine flu shots - CitizenATLANTA (AP) — A U.S. health official said a swine flu vaccine could be available as early as October, but only if vaccine production and testing run smoothly this summer. Dr. Anne Schuchat (Shook-it) of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and
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Scientists develop basis for bird flu vaccine - MSN UK NewsGENEVA (Reuters) - Scientists have used bird flu virus samples from Egypt to develop a new basis for a vaccine against the toxic H5N1 strain that continues to circulate, the World Health Organisation said Thursday. Avian influenza kills about half
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What is the difference between a cold and the flu? - WTVFBoth colds and flu are caused by a virus, but they’re not the same illness. The common cold can come from one or more of over 200 different viruses that can cause an infection once they invade the body. Influenza, or the flu, is [...]
H1N1: sixth school suspends classes, Foreign Ministry official - Buenos Aires HeraldThe Northlands School, located in the Greater Buenos Aires district of Olivos, and Santa María del Pilar, in Pilar, suspended classes today because of the growing fear that some of the students may have contracted swine flu. Six schools were placed [...]
Minor headache or incurable brain tumor? - Boston GlobeIt’s always been challenging for healthcare consumers to navigate the shoals of legitimate concern and needless worry as they figure out when to rush to the doctor. “It’s tough stuff,” Dr. Tom Delbanco, an internist at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical
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WHO: No swine flu vaccine available for months - Seattle TimesThe World Health Organization urged drugmakers to reserve some of their pandemic swine flu vaccine for poor countries, but received few concrete offers Tuesday as experts disclosed that an effective flu shot is still months away. The global body
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No report of human avian flu infection in NW China province - Xinhua News AgencyXINING, May 22 (Xinhua) — No case of human avian flu has been reported in northwest China’s Qinghai Province, where an outbreak was found among migratory birds, said local authorities on Friday. Some 60 households of herders near the Gengga Lake [...]
Flu shot not effective in preventing flu-related hospitalizations in - PhysOrgThe inactivated flu vaccine does not appear to be effective in preventing influenza-related hospitalizations in children, especially the ones with asthma. In fact, children who get the flu vaccine are more at risk for hospitalization than their peers
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