China reports bird flu outbreakAgricultural authorities in northwest China have culled about 95,000 chickens after an outbreak of the H5N1 bird flu virus, state press reported Wednesday. WAS ‘SWINE FLU’ AN ATTEMPT TO ASASSINATE OBAMA? – American ReporterBRADENTON, Fla., May 2, 2009 — About six months before the H1N1 ‘swine flu’ virus broke out, an [...]
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Posted 18 April 2012
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Quidel rises on new clearance for flu test – Yahoo FinanceSAN DIEGO (AP) — Shares of diagnostic testing company Quidel Corp. rose Thursday after the company said its flu test received an additional marketing approval from the government. The company said the Food and Drug Administration cleared its … Age and Influenza Risk Linked – [...]
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Posted 16 April 2012
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Does A Warmer World Mean Less Flu? – LiveScience.comExperts predict that climate change will bring a number of perils to the planet, including rises in sea level and an increase in natural disasters. But could one perk of a warming world be a decrease in the spread of flu? The short answer is: we don’t [...]
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Posted 14 April 2012
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Swine Flu claims another life in Gujarat – firstpost.comAhmedabad: A 60-year-old woman died of Swine Flu in Gujarat, taking the H1N1 death toll to two in Gujarat so far, health officials said today. The victim, identified as Yasmin Hussain succumbed to the viral infection at her residence in … Swine flu death: Hospitals on alert [...]
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Posted 11 April 2012
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Outbreaks of SARS and Flu Jolts Taiwan’s Department of Health into Nationwide Implementation of Infection Control Measures, Observes Frost & Sullivan – Yahoo FinanceSINGAPORE, April 3, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — After a fierce outbreak of flu and severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) in Taiwan, the country’s Department of Health (DoH) went into overdrive and introduced a [...]
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Posted 09 April 2012
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CDC: U.S. flu low or minimal activity – United Press InternationalATLANTA, April 6 (UPI) — Alabama, California, Idaho, Texas, Utah and Wyoming experienced low influenza-like illness activity levels for the week ending March 31, officials said. A report on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found … Despite flu, Deron Williams leads Nets in [...]
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Posted 07 April 2012
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HSE guidelines warned flu jab may not stop outbreak – Irish ExaminerHSE guidelines warn that the type of virus which caused a lethal nursing home outbreak could spread rapidly in enclosed settings and, among older people, may not be stopped by the flu jab. The comments are made in the health service’s latest … MedImmune’s [...]
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Posted 05 April 2012
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Swine flu claims life of 75-year-old – Times of IndiaCOIMBATORE: The death of a 75-year-old farmer from Tirupur district has been confirmed as the first swine flu fatality in the state in the last two years. C Kandasamy, a farmer from Poolakkattu Thottam village in Tirupur district, was admitted … S.D. confirms 8th flu death [...]
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Posted 02 April 2012
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US reviews research risks amid bird-flu debateThe Obama administration is ordering a government-wide review of scientific research that could raise biosecurity concerns in the wake of fierce controversy over some man-made strains of the deadly bird flu. Swine flu: Maharashtra Govt sets up panel on treatment – Daily News and AnalysisMaharashtra Government has constituted a [...]
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Posted 30 March 2012
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Workers In Some Fields More Likely To Catch Severe Flu – RTT News(RTTNews) – A new report from the CDC suggests that workers in some industries are at a significantly increased chance to catch influenza. The CDC’s Emerging Infections Program (EIP) and the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH … Flu season winding [...]
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Posted 27 March 2012
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