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Swine influenza (also called swine flu, hog flu, pig flu and sometimes, the swine) is an infection by any one of several types of swine influenza virus. Swine influenza virus (SIV) is any strain of the influenza family of viruses that is [...]
Agency aims to curb online marketing of untested remedies
ViraBan is one item that draws FDA scrutiny.
A shampoo that prevents airborne virus particles that settle on the scalp from causing swine flu. Special disposable gloves that offer protection from ATMs, door handles or steering wheels that might be “contaminated” with H1N1. A “natural immunization” that purports [...]
Monday, October 26, 2009
By Ann Belser, Pittsburgh
If there is anything we as Americans can do well, it’s panic.
A call for a dusting of snow from the National Weather Service that has the most remote chance (in the neighborhood of 1 in 1,000) of being a significant snowfall becomes the storm of the century on television [...]
Order could speed treatment in emergency rooms as epidemic spreads
updated 12:31 p.m. ET Oct. 25, 2009
WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama has declared the swine flu outbreak a national emergency, giving his health chief the power to let hospitals move emergency rooms offsite to speed treatment and protect noninfected patients.
The declaration, signed Friday night and announced [...]
ANAND: It will now be cow versus swine. As the world grapples with H1N1, cows in Anand, the country’s milk capital, will provide the all-important
ingredient to tackle the menace.
After giving the country utterly, butterly, delicious milk products for almost five decades, Amul is ready to take on deadly viruses as it joins hands with a [...]
Many patients suffering from symptoms of the H1N1 (Swine flu) virus required support treatment with heart-lung machines, researchers have pointed out .
The Australia and New Zealand Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ANZ ECMO) Influenza Investigators looked at factors including degree of lung dysfunction in patients, how many were admitted and the duration of treatment and survival.
According to [...]
By Igor Gedilaghine (AFP)
STOCKHOLM — Swine flu is killing fewer people than seasonal flu but is causing greater alarm due to its impact on children and higher healthcare costs, according to a top disease surveillance expert.
Denis Coulombier, who heads the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control’s preparedness and response unit, warned that a second [...]
US pharmaceutical giant Baxter accused of overcharging Medicaid programmes.
A company producing swine flu vaccine for Britain has paid millions of pounds in out-of-court settlements after being accused of fraudulently overcharging for medicines.
Baxter, the US pharmaceutical giant, reached at least seven huge settlements over the past 12 months, some of them for millions of dollars. The [...]
Published: Sunday, October 11, 2009
By Abbe Smith, Register Staff
The initial doses of the new swine flu vaccine will only be given to young people, pregnant women and other high-risk groups. (Associated Press)
The first doses of swine flu vaccine are here, but for some parents fear of a flu pandemic does not outweigh fear of complications [...]
By Hemant Tembhere (www.mumbaikar.com)
Recently I had received a mail with the subject “Wrong concepts that we have about Swine flu”. And after reading it i felt that some points really make sense. I would like to share the same with everyone here. This blog is also very INFORMATIVE…. spend 2-3 min of your busy schedule [...]
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