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Asia on alert after flu threat spreads
Apr 26, 2009 |
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Asian health officials went on alert Sunday as a flu strain that has killed dozens of people in Mexico appeared to have spread to New Zealand, underscoring warnings of a potential pandemic.
Swine flu worse in Mexico than US, but why?
Apr 26, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Why has the swine flu engulfing Mexico been deadly there, but not in the United States?
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Influenza in Africa should not be ignored
Dec 15, 2009 |
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Influenza is circulating in Africa, but virtually no information or attention is evident, says a new essay in this week's PLoS Medicine. Maria Yazdanbakhsh and Peter Kremsner argue that the lack of adequate surveillance means ...
Virus has bird, pig, human components: farm trade watchdog
Apr 27, 2009 |
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The top agency for health in farm animals on Monday said Mexico's outbreak of deadly influenza was unleashed by a pathogen mixed from bird, human and hog viruses and branded the term "swine flu" as wrong and harmful to pig ...
WHO says Tamiflu still works against swine flu
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Nov 26, 2009 |
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(AP) -- The World Health Organization says isolated cases of drug-resistant swine flu in Britain and the United States have not changed the agency's assessment of the disease.
Study uncovers cause of flu epidemics
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Mar 04, 2008 |
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The exchange of genetic material between two closely related strains of the influenza A virus may have caused the 1947 and 1951 human flu epidemics, according to biologists. The findings could help explain why some strains ...
CDC now says 4,000 swine flu deaths in US
Nov 11, 2009 |
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(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.
Antivirals 'little or no effect' on flu complications in children
Aug 10, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The antivirals oseltamivir (Tamiflu) and zanamivir (Relenza) are unlikely to prevent complications in children who have swine flu, according to research published by the BMJ today.
US control strategies may make flu epidemics worse, study shows
May 04, 2007 |
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Regular as clockwork, the flu arrives every year. And, according to the national Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 5 to 20 percent of the U.S. population on average will come down with it. About 36,000 people will ...
Flu viruses take one-way ticket out of Asia, then travel the world
Apr 16, 2008 |
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Seasonal influenza strains constantly evolve in overlapping epidemics in Asia and sweep the rest of the world each year, an international research team has found.
CDC: Fewer states seeing widespread swine flu
Dec 11, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Health officials say winter flu is just starting to show up in the U.S. while swine flu infections continue to wane.
Was the public health response to swine flu alarmist?
Sep 03, 2009 |
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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.
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