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Pandemic toolkit offers flu with a view

Pandemic toolkit offers flu with a view

Technology / Computer Sciences

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(PhysOrg.com) -- As communities brace for rising wintertime influenza cases, scientists are developing a mathematical and visual analytic toolkit to help health officials quickly analyze pandemics and craft ...


Researcher produces, ships only H1N1 vaccine available for swine

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Nov 23, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

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.


Experts say radical measures won't stop swine flu (AP)

Experts say radical measures won't stop swine flu

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Nov 19, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Health experts say extraordinary measures against swine flu - most notably quarantines imposed by China, where entire planeloads of passengers were isolated if one traveler had symptoms - have failed ...


Chinese health officials step up flu prevention

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Dec 11, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- China's Health Ministry warned Friday that the swine flu outbreak in the country could peak over the next several months, especially as hundreds of millions of people return home for the traditional Chinese New Year.


American adults receiving flu vaccine at about the same rate as in 2008, study finds

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Dec 09, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

American adults are not being vaccinated against the seasonal flu any more often than they were last year, despite increased public discussion of the importance of influenza vaccines resulting from the worldwide outbreak ...