They’re wearing masks, but it’s not just for Halloween. As candy seeking costumed kids hit the streets, parents are taking precautions. Many are making sure Halloween night holds all treats and no tricks, they’re guarding their goblins against the read more..
The Romanian Football League on Saturday called on players not to spit pitchside amid fears of potentially spreading swine flu. read more..
PUNE: With the city earning the dubious distinction of having the largest number of swine flu victims in the country, a heavily burdened health care apparatus is banking on development of herd immunity to combat the pandemic. Confronted with an read more..
A second wave of swine flu has begun in Saudi Arabia, the health ministry said on Friday, as the death toll from A(H1N1) neared 60 just weeks before the annual hajj brings two million pilgrims to the country. read more..
The Italian Olympic Committee announced plans to vaccinate its athletes and officials against swine flu for the Vancouver Winter Games and Paralympics. read more..
The United States will release its entire stock of children’s Tamiflu antivirals, a top health official said, as the pediatric swine flu toll spiked well above the annual toll for kids from seasonal flu. read more..
The Italian Olympic Committee announced plans to vaccinate its athletes and officials against swine flu for the Vancouver Winter Games and Paralympics. read more..
FRIDAY, Oct. 30 (HealthDay News) — At least 114 U.S. children have now died from laboratory-confirmed H1N1 swine flu, including 19 during the past week — the largest one-week increase since the outbreak began in April, U.S. health officials said Friday. read more..
The number of global swine flu deaths spiked by 700 in a week, the World Health Organisation said Friday, as Ukraine closed schools and cinemas in the toughest measures taken in Europe over the virus. read more..
ATLANTA (AP) – Heath officials say swine flu has caused at least 19 more children’s deaths _ the largest one-week increase since the pandemic started in April. At least 114 children have died from swine flu complications since the pandemic began in read more..
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) – Louisiana’s Medicaid program is more than $250 million over budget this year, as swine flu made costs rise and Medicaid rolls grew amid the national recession, the state health secretary said. Health and Hospitals Secretary read more..
The president of the National Pork Producers Council – the person who represents the people who represent the nation’s pigs – appeared recently before Congress to talk about sales in the swine flu era. He wasn’t happy. “Things look bleak going read more..
(AP) — ROME – The Italian Olympic Committee plans to vaccinate its athletes and officials against swine flu for the Vancouver Winter Olympics and Paralympics. CONI president Giovanni Petrucci made the decision Friday after meeting with Italian read more..
PHILADELPHIA – A new treatment for swine flu may already be on pharmacy shelves – cholesterol-lowering statin drugs like Lipitor and Zocor. A large study found that people who were taking these drugs when they caught seasonal flu and had to be read more..
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (AP) — Health insurer Amerigroup Inc. on Friday said its profit sank in the third quarter because of higher medical costs associated with the swine flu. For the three months ending Sept. 30, the company earned $22.5 million, or read more..
Santa Barbara, CA– Pregnant women living in Santa Barbara County will be able to vaccinate themselves against the swine flu this Wednesday and Thursday. On Wednesday, Santa Barbara County Department of Public Health will open two H1N1 vaccination read more..
GlaxoSmithKline PLC, the world’s second largest drug maker by revenues, has posted an 11 per cent rise in third quarter net profit on the back of strong sales in emerging markets and its consumer healthcare division. Wednesday’s earnings report shows read more..
WACO (October 28, 2009)—Hundreds of people lined up early Wednesday for the first public swine flu vaccination clinic offered by the Waco-McLennan County Health District, but at the end of the day, enough vaccine was left to continue the read more..
“I would want to know the side effects so that is something that is a really big concern to me,” says Reno resident Rachel King. “No not at all. I think my immune system can take care of it if I get sick,” said Zack Cook from Reno. “I read more..
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – Texas prison officials say thousands of high-risk convicts may be vaccinated against the swine flu ahead of the general public as soon as next week. Texas Department of Criminal Justice spokeswoman Michelle Lyons and state health read more..
The National Hockey League is watching the progression of H1N1 cases among its players but at this point sees no need for special measures to help prevent spread of the illness. The Washington Capitals confirmed Wednesday that forward Quintin Laing read more..
BELLINGHAM, Wash. — Crowds of worried people on Wednesday packed a Bellingham clinic that offered hundreds of doses of swine flu vaccine to the public for the first time in our area. The vaccine for H1N1 swine flu is still in very short supply, but read more..
Nearly one-third, or 28 percent, of adults and children hospitalized with H1N1, also known as swine flu, have asthma. That’s more than any other chronic condition, according to a recent analysis of cases published in the New England Journal of Medicine. read more..
Washington Capitals forward Quintin Laing has swine flu; at least 3rd NHL player read more..
The Canadian government on Wednesday asked plane, train, ferry and bus operators to be vigilant against the swine flu and allow ill passengers to rebook trips in order to help contain the pandemic. read more..
Afghanistan has recorded its first death from the swine flu pandemic, the public health ministry announced on Wednesday. read more..
The Washington Capitals say forward Quintin Laing has the swine flu, making him at least the third NHL player to be diagnosed with the illness this week. read more..
The daughters of US President Barack Obama, Malia and Sasha, have received their swine flu vaccinations, a White House spokeswoman said. read more..
Production yields for H1N1 swine flu vaccine are now increasing and output should reach full throttle in around a month’s time, the chief executive of GlaxoSmithKline said on Wednesday. read more..
The Washington Capitals say forward Quintin Laing has the swine flu, making him at least the third NHL player to be diagnosed with the illness this week. Capitals spokesman Nate Ewell tells The Associated Press that Laing is being treated for H1N1 and is being kept away from the rest of the team. Laing sat out Washington’s 4-2 victory over the Philadelphia Flyers on Tuesday night and will miss… read more..
Sharply higher sales of flu drug Relenza buoyed GlaxoSmithKline’s quarterly sales and the British group said it was in line for a big swine flu vaccine boost in the last three months of the year. read more..
The Tulsa City-County Health Department has scheduled a walk-in clinic Thursday evening for people who want to be immunized against the H1N1 virus, or swine flu. The clinic is set for 3 to 7 p.m. at Tulsa Community College’s Northeast Campus, 3737 E read more..
Vials of H1N1 vaccine rest on the labeling collection table at Sanofi Pasteur plant in Swiftwater, Pennsylvania. (BEIJING) — China will give swine flu vaccinations to thousands of Muslims about to make the annual pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia, state read more..
Whenever I have written about the H1N1 swine flu, and attempts to tame it, I have gotten a reaction. Paranoia. And it’s going global . A few weeks ago The Daily Show summarized it better than I can. “The government is out to get you. Science is read more..
LITTLE ROCK — The number of Arkansans who have died from swine flu has risen to 13, a state Health Department spokesman said Monday. The news comes on the heels of an announcement Friday by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that read more..
With the spread of the swine (H1N1) flu virus, people are looking for things they can do to avoid getting sick. Here are some simple steps you can take to lower your risk of infection. 1. Wash your hands often and well. Handwashing is an easy but read more..
WASHINGTON — Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said Monday the swine flu vaccine “is coming out the door as fast as it comes off the production line.” But at the same time, she acknowledged delays in getting a sufficient read more..
ATLANTA – The swine flu outbreak in Georgia appears to be easing, according to state health officials. Hospitals, schools and health departments around the state are reporting fewer cases of swine flu – at least for now. But, the Georgia News Network read more..
“We were relying on the manufacturers to give us their numbers and as soon as we got numbers we put them out to the public. It does appear now that those numbers were overly rosy,” HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said. “We do have a vaccine that read more..
Sam Allardyce believes Chelsea players may soon fall victim to the highly contagious swine flu virus. Photograph: Nigel French/Empics Blackburn Rovers are to fulfil their Carling Cup fourth-round tie against Peterborough United tomorrow despite a read more..
BEIJING – China will give swine flu vaccinations to thousands of Muslims about to make the annual pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia, state media said, as authorities reported the mainland’s third death from the illness. Concerns over the hajj, which read more..