News tagged with flu symptoms
CDC Confirms Four New Cases of Oseltamivir (Tamiflu)-Resistant H1N1
Nov 20, 2009 |
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Tests performed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) at the request of infectious disease experts at Duke University Medical Center have confirmed this week that isolates from four patients with H1N1 influenza ...
College students with flu advised to avoid others
Aug 21, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Health officials are offering some basic advice for college students with flu symptoms: Avoid other people until 24 hours after a fever is gone.
Government enlists employers' help to contain flu
Aug 19, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Government officials are calling on U.S. businesses to help manage swine flu this fall by getting vaccines to vulnerable workers and encouraging employees with symptoms to stay home.
New research assesses use of Tamiflu, Relenza to prevent flu
Medicine & Health / Medications
Aug 03, 2009 |
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Two common anti-influenza drugs — Relenza and Tamiflu — appear equally effective at preventing common flu symptoms when given before infection, say researchers from the Stanford University School of Medicine. However, data ...
Swine flu gives rise to Internet hucksters plying questionable treatments
Jun 23, 2009 |
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Worried about swine flu? Don't want to wait for a shot or a prescription from your doctor?
Scientists investigate Mexican town's flu mystery
May 21, 2009 |
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(AP) -- No one has identified ground zero in the swine flu epidemic. Just where or when the new strain of influenza first jumped from a pig and began infecting people is a scientific mystery - one that a ...
Mexican students return to class
May 11, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Millions of children, many wearing surgical masks, returned to scrubbed and disinfected classrooms Monday after a nationwide shutdown to curb the spread of swine flu in Mexico. The worldwide toll ...
Mexico swine flu death toll rises to 42
May 06, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Mexican health officials say that testing of backlogged cases has increased the confirmed swine flu death toll from 31 to 42. That includes three new deaths in the past two days.
Schoolkids get 'flu days' even as CDC reconsiders
May 04, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Federal health officials said Monday they were rethinking their advice that schools consider closing for as long as two weeks because of swine flu, a recommendation that has already given an unscheduled ...
CDC advice for those with flulike symptoms
May 01, 2009 |
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is offering advice to people wondering what to do if a family member takes ill with flulike symptoms. Some of the more important points:
Swine flu cases pass 100 in US, vaccine pursued
May 01, 2009 |
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(AP) -- U.S. authorities are pledging to eventually produce enough swine flu vaccine for everyone but the shots couldn't begin until fall at the earliest.
Paris Hilton not only one confused about swine flu
May 01, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Paris Hilton says "I don't eat that" when asked about swine flu in an online video. She's not the only one confused about the outbreak.
At least 7 hospitalized in US with swine flu
Apr 28, 2009 |
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(AP) -- At least seven people were in U.S. hospitals with swine flu Tuesday as the number of cases nationwide rose to 64 and a federal health official warned that deaths were likely.
Up to 45 swine flu cases connected to NYC school
Apr 28, 2009 |
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(AP) -- City officials announced a rising toll of the largest cluster of swine flu cases in the nation Monday as anxious New Yorkers rushed to drug stores to buy face masks in response to a global health ...
Suspected swine flu deaths in Mexico top 100
Apr 27, 2009 |
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(AP) -- The Mexican government is trying to stem the spread of a deadly strain of swine flu as a new work week begins by urging people to stay home Monday if they have any symptoms of the virus believed to ...
