http://www.physorg.com/ en-us Physorg.com internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. Six severe allergic reactions to swine flu vaccinations have been observed in Canada, health authorities said Tuesday, adding that all of the individuals are feeling better. http://www.physorg.com/news178269887.html Medicine & Health Tue, 24 Nov 2009 07:25:09 EST news178269887 The only swine vaccine available for the H1N1 virus has been sent to vaccinate a swine herd infected with the virus. The vaccination marks the first time vaccine has been sent to a swine herd diagnosed with the pandemic flu. http://www.physorg.com/news178212412.html Medicine & Health Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:27:27 EST news178212412 (AP) -- Malaria. Tuberculosis. Alzheimer's disease. AIDS. Pandemic flu. Genital herpes. Urinary tract infections. Grass allergies. Traveler's diarrhea. You name it, the pharmaceutical industry is working on a vaccine to prevent it. http://www.physorg.com/news177690830.html Medicine & Health Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:34:41 EST news177690830 (AP) -- Federal health officials now say that 4,000 or more Americans likely have died from swine flu - about four times the estimate they've been using. http://www.physorg.com/news177186728.html Medicine & Health Wed, 11 Nov 2009 18:50:01 EST news177186728 (AP) -- In Britain, there are no long lines of people seeking swine flu vaccine. Doctor's offices aren't swamped with desperate calls. And there are no cries of injustice that the vaccine is going to wealthy corporations or healthy people who don't really need it. http://www.physorg.com/news176741297.html Medicine & Health Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:49:24 EST news176741297 The effectiveness of pandemic flu vaccination campaigns - like that now underway for H1N1 - could be undermined by the public incorrectly associating coincidental and unrelated health events with the vaccines. http://www.physorg.com/news176147112.html Medicine & Health Fri, 30 Oct 2009 18:45:53 EST news176147112 The anticipated onset of a second wave of the H1N1 influenza pandemic could present a host of thorny medical ethics issues best considered well in advance, according to the University of Toronto Joint Centre for Bioethics, which today released nine papers for public discussion. http://www.physorg.com/news172931869.html Medicine & Health Wed, 23 Sep 2009 14:00:01 EST news172931869 The world faces a compounding series of crises driven by human activity, which existing governments and institutions are increasingly powerless to cope with, a group of eminent environmental scientists and economists has warned. http://www.physorg.com/news171883610.html Space & Earth Fri, 11 Sep 2009 10:40:01 EST news171883610 An aggressive vaccination program that first targets children and ultimately reaches 70 percent of the U.S. population would mitigate pandemic influenza H1N1 that is expected this fall, according to computer modeling and analysis of observational studies conducted by researchers at the Vaccine and Infectious Disease Institute (VIDI) at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. http://www.physorg.com/news171811547.html Medicine & Health Thu, 10 Sep 2009 14:26:08 EST news171811547 The public health measures taken in response to swine flu may be seen as alarmist, overly restrictive, or even unjustified, says a US expert in a paper published on BMJ.com today. http://www.physorg.com/news171227423.html Medicine & Health Thu, 03 Sep 2009 20:10:48 EST news171227423 (PhysOrg.com) -- A laboratory study by University of Maryland researchers suggests that some of the worst fears about a virulent H1N1 pandemic flu season may not be realized this year, but does demonstrate the heightened communicability of the virus. http://www.physorg.com/news171017947.html Medicine & Health Tue, 01 Sep 2009 10:00:11 EST news171017947 (AP) -- Since it first emerged in April, the global swine flu epidemic has sickened more than 1 million Americans and killed about 500. It's also spread around the world, infecting tens of thousands and killing nearly 2,000. http://www.physorg.com/news171002228.html Medicine & Health Tue, 01 Sep 2009 06:30:01 EST news171002228 Britain's first swine flu vaccine trials, led by the University of Leicester and University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, are taking place at the Leicester Royal Infirmary. http://www.physorg.com/news169209153.html Medicine & Health Tue, 11 Aug 2009 11:33:17 EST news169209153 Laboratory studies at Kansas State University and the work of a K-State researcher are making headway in the effort to control the pandemic H1N1 virus. http://www.physorg.com/news168172647.html Medicine & Health Thu, 30 Jul 2009 11:46:34 EST news168172647 Approximately 1 in 6 public health workers said they would not report to work during a pandemic flu emergency regardless of its severity, according to a survey led by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. The findings are a significant improvement over a 2005 study conducted by the same research team, in which more than 40 percent of public health employees said they were unlikely to report to work during a pandemic emergency. The new study suggests ways for improving the response of the public health workforce. The results are published in the July 24 edition of the journal PLoS ONE. http://www.physorg.com/news167650689.html Medicine & Health Fri, 24 Jul 2009 10:38:33 EST news167650689 Swine flu has swept the globe at "unprecedented speed," the World Health Organisation said Friday, as a study warned the pandemic could tip the world into deflation and delay the economic recovery. http://www.physorg.com/news167061370.html Medicine & Health Fri, 17 Jul 2009 15:30:01 EST news167061370 Worried about swine flu? Don't want to wait for a shot or a prescription from your doctor? http://www.physorg.com/news164982175.html Medicine & Health Tue, 23 Jun 2009 13:23:51 EST news164982175 The World Health Organisation on Friday began consulting its emergency committee of flu experts on the severity of the swine flu virus and possible travel recommendations. http://www.physorg.com/news163415492.html Medicine & Health Fri, 05 Jun 2009 10:11:58 EST news163415492 SARS. Ebola. West Nile. Avian flu. Over the past decade, the world has watched and waited to see if these viruses would develop into global health threats. In recent weeks, the World Health Organization (WHO) sent a shockwave through the public when it ranked the emergent influenza swine-A/H1N1 virus--better known as swine flu--at alert Phase 5, implying that an influenza pandemic is imminent. http://www.physorg.com/news163352310.html Medicine & Health Thu, 04 Jun 2009 16:39:21 EST news163352310 A novel flu circulated in some American cities in April and May of 1918, causing mild illness and going largely unnoticed. It returned in September, and again in January, eventually killing more than 500,000 people nationwide. http://www.physorg.com/news162398118.html Medicine & Health Sun, 24 May 2009 15:36:12 EST news162398118 A novel vaccine strategy using virus-like particles (VLPs) could provide stronger and longer-lasting influenza vaccines with a significantly shorter development and production time than current ones, allowing public health authorities to react more quickly in the event of a potential pandemic. http://www.physorg.com/news161870513.html Biology Mon, 18 May 2009 13:02:43 EST news161870513 (AP) -- As swine flu cases hit 6,500 worldwide, World Health Organization officials were meeting with vaccine manufacturers and other experts in Geneva on Thursday to discuss making a vaccine to fight the virus. http://www.physorg.com/news161513537.html Medicine & Health Thu, 14 May 2009 09:52:46 EST news161513537 (AP) -- The most pivotal moments in the swine flu saga are yet to come. Will it sweep through impoverished Southern Hemisphere countries in the next few months? Will it roar back in the rest of the world in the fall? And who will be vaccinated if it does? http://www.physorg.com/news161142339.html Medicine & Health Sun, 10 May 2009 02:46:25 EST news161142339 (AP) -- The World Health Organization says up to 2 billion people could be infected by swine flu, if the current outbreak turns into a pandemic. http://www.physorg.com/news160920852.html Medicine & Health Thu, 07 May 2009 13:14:27 EST news160920852 Some genetic markers of influenza infection severity have been identified from past outbreaks. Researchers have failed to find most of these markers, described in the open access journal BMC Microbiology, in samples of the current swine-flu strain. http://www.physorg.com/news160832514.html Biology Wed, 06 May 2009 12:42:38 EST news160832514 When pandemics occur, correctional facilities are not immune. With more than 9 million people incarcerated across the globe 2.25 million in U.S. jails and prisons alone it is vital that correctional officials and health professionals be prepared for a worst-case scenario that involves pandemic influenza reaching inmates and staff. http://www.physorg.com/news160765232.html Medicine & Health Tue, 05 May 2009 18:01:08 EST news160765232 (AP) -- The swine flu virus that has frightened the world is beginning to look a little less ominous. New York City officials reported Friday that the swine flu still has not spread beyond a few schools. In Mexico, very few relatives of flu victims seem to have caught the virus. http://www.physorg.com/news160416786.html Medicine & Health Fri, 01 May 2009 17:13:27 EST news160416786 The World Health Organisation on Thursday said there was no evidence to suggest that it should raise a pandemic flu alert from phase five to the highest level of six. http://www.physorg.com/news160313002.html Medicine & Health Thu, 30 Apr 2009 12:23:48 EST news160313002 New research published today (Monday April 27) from the University of Leicester and University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust warns of a six-month time lag before effective vaccines can be manufactured in the event of a pandemic flu outbreak. http://www.physorg.com/news160071628.html Medicine & Health Mon, 27 Apr 2009 17:20:55 EST news160071628 (AP) -- The schools and museums are closed. Sold-out games between Mexico's most popular soccer teams are being played in empty stadiums. Health workers are ordering sickly passengers off subways and buses. And while bars and nightclubs filled up as usual, even some teenagers were dancing with surgical masks on. http://www.physorg.com/news159860356.html Medicine & Health Sat, 25 Apr 2009 06:40:27 EST news159860356