Swine flu

A receptionist at a GP’s surgery has been left unable to walk properly after having the swine flu jab. Doctors believe the jab triggered a rare condition affecting the nervous system known as myasthenia gravis. read more..

MENDHAM – Residents are urged to get vaccinated for H1N1 or swine flu as the virus is still widespread in New Jersey and cases are likely to increase in coming months, according to a statement from the Bernards Township Health Department. read more..

Special clinics in Otago will begin delivering the free swine-flu vaccine from today for those considered most at risk of contracting the illness. The monovalent (single-strain) pandemic vaccine is expected to be offered to up to 150,000 people across New Zealand. read more..

The World Health Orga-nisation (WHO) is currently enmeshed in a crisis of confidence over charges that its conduct so far including policies and recommendations on the A:H1N1 pandemic otherwise known as Swine flu were influenced by the pharmaceutical industry. read more..

Ahmedabad, Jan 31 (PTI) Two more persons died of swine flu in Gujarat, taking the toll due to the deadly virus to 236 in the state today, health officials said. read more..

MENDHAM – Residents are urged to get vaccinated for H1N1 or swine flu as the virus is still widespread in New Jersey and cases are likely to increase in coming months, according to a statement from the Bernards Township Health Department. read more..

The debate over whether swine flu was a fake emergency promoted by vested interests cannot be wished away. But it is more important for India to focus on an independent, effective response mechanism to tackle health emergencies, says P. T. JYOTI DATTA. read more..

Ahmedabad, Jan 31 (PTI) Two more persons died of swine flu in Gujarat, taking the toll due to the deadly virus to 236 in the state today, health officials said. read more..

(NEWS CENTER) — The Swine Flu vaccine is being offered at several Hannaford Supermarket locations this week. read more..

Hannaford Supermarkets say they will host swine flu vaccination clinics at many of their Maine stores during the first week of February. read more..

A frantic hunt for a Jonathan Ross stand-in was launched yesterday, after the star was struck down with suspected swine flu. read more..

A receptionist at a GP’s surgery has been left unable to walk properly after having the swine flu jab. Doctors believe the jab triggered a rare condition affecting the nervous system known as myasthenia gravis. read more..

Special clinics in Otago will begin delivering the free swine-flu vaccine from today for those considered most at risk of contracting the illness. The monovalent (single-strain) pandemic vaccine is expected to be offered to up to 150,000 people across New Zealand. read more..

CAIRO – Five more students at the American University in Cairo have contracted swine flu, said Egypt’s health minister, bringing the total number of infected students at the school to seven. read more..

By NIKO KYRIAKOU Truthout International Posted by Bulatlat.com For makers of the swine flu vaccine, 2009 was a year to remember. By June, CSL Limited’s profits rose 63 percent above 2008 levels, while in the third quarter of 2009 – just about the time H1N1 contracts picked up steam – GlaxoSmithKine enjoyed a 30 percent jump in [...] read more..

MENDHAM – Residents are urged to get vaccinated for H1N1 or swine flu as the virus is still widespread in New Jersey and cases are likely to increase in coming months, according to a statement from the Bernards Township Health Department. read more..

WHO spokesman, Gregory Hartl, said in a new briefing that the H1N1 flu pandemic (swine flu) continues to spread in parts of eastern and southeastern Europe, parts of Asia, and North Africa. However, he added that globally it is generally declining. The H1N1 pandemic virus continues to be the main influenza virus circulating globally. WHO (World Health Organization) said the virus is a health … read more..

Ahmedabad, Jan 30 (PTI) Three more persons including a six-year-old girl died of swine flu in Gujarat taking the toll due to the deadly disease to 234 in the state, officials said today. read more..

FLEMINGTON — The county Health Department is trying to make sure it’s giving the public every opportunity to obtain a vaccine against swine flu, scheduling the latest in a series of free clinics for Friday.Feb. 5. read more..

A leading infectious disease expert says we’re at risk from a serious second wave of swine flu. read more..

MENDHAM – Residents are urged to get vaccinated for H1N1 or swine flu as the virus is still widespread in New Jersey and cases are likely to increase in coming months, according to a statement from the Bernards Township Health Department. read more..

Rourkela, Jan 30 (PTI) A person admitted to the Ispat General Hospital here has tested positive for swine flu, authorities said today. read more..

Ahmedabad, Jan 30 (PTI) Three more persons including a six-year-old girl died of swine flu in Gujarat taking the toll due to the deadly disease to 234 in the state, officials said today. read more..

WHO spokesman, Gregory Hartl, said in a new briefing that the H1N1 flu pandemic (swine flu) continues to spread in parts of eastern and southeastern Europe, parts of Asia, and North Africa. However, he added that globally it is generally declining. The H1N1 pandemic virus continues to be the main influenza virus circulating globally. WHO (World Health Organization) said the virus is a health … read more..

A leading infectious disease expert says we’re at risk from a serious second wave of swine flu. read more..

The death toll from the swine flu pandemic has risen to at least 14,711, up 569 from a week ago, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said Friday. read more..

State health officials say two more people have died in the past week of swine-flu related illness, bringing the H1N1… read more..

SAN DIEGO — The San Diego county health department has stopped issuing weekly swine flu updates, in another sign of waning flu activity. The health department this week chose to stop issuing weekly reports, deciding to only alert the media of swine-flu related deaths in the county. read more..

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — State health officials say two more people have died in the past week of swine-flu related illness, bringing the H1N1 death toll in Louisiana to 43. The latest deaths were two women, one from the Alexandria area and the other from the Monroe area. The state Department of Health and Hospitals says about 237,000 people in Louisiana currently have or have had the H1N1 flu … read more..

A doctor who misdiagnosed a mother with swine flu made a “reasonable” decision, an inquest heard. Jasvir Kaur Gill died from blood poisoning four days after she was diagnosed with swine flu by out-of-hours GP Suresh Mali over the phone. She had told read more..

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — State health officials say two more people have died in the past week of swine-flu related illness, bringing the H1N1 death toll in Louisiana to 43. The latest deaths were two women, one from the Alexandria area and the read more..

Ujjain, MP, Jan 29 : The swine flu toll in this district has risen to two with a 65-year-old man succumbing at Dabel Burj village. read more..

South Lyon Medical Center is conducting its next swine flu vaccination clinic on Saturday from 9 a.m.-noon. read more..

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) An analysis of swine flu cases in New Mexico shows that children younger than five have the highest rate of hospitalizations and people aged 50 to 64 have the highest death rate. read more..

Associated Press – January 29, 2010 5:34 AM ET BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) – State health officials say two more people have died in the past week of swine-flu related illness, bringing the H1N1… read more..

A car wash to raise funds for a family who lost their mother to swine flu will take place from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at Merlinda Elementary School, 1120 S. Valinda Ave. read more..

THE number of people catching swine flu increased in the past week, new figures have shown. read more..

AN infectious diseases expert has slammed fellow medicos who downplay the swine flu, saying they threaten to scuttle the world’s first opportunity to control a pandemic virus. read more..

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — Swine flu has been detected in numerous pigs at a farm near the Argentine capital, but the virus has not shown itself to be any deadlier to the animals than a normal flu, the government said Friday. read more..

Canada announced Thursday it has donated five million swine flu vaccine doses and six million Canadian dollars (5.6 million US) to the World Health Organization for its pandemic relief efforts. read more..

The World Health Organization has rejected as “irresponsible” allegations that swine flu is a fake pandemic. WHO also dismissed claims it colluded with drug companies to bring economic benefit to the industry by playing up the danger of the new H1N1 read more..

Seasonal and H1N1 disease remains low at this time. Traditionally we would be about to enter the peak time for seasonal flu cases, so it is an unusual year. It is not unusual, however, to have less disease of all kinds when everyone is being so read more..

The Ministry of Health continues to monitor for any early signs of an upswing in influenza – at the moment the rates of pandemic influenza remain at very low levels. Vaccine update This year the Ministry of Health is taking a phased approach to read more..

The Federal Government (FG) has said that it needs over N7 billion naira to enable it favourably combat the pandemic A H1N1, otherwise called ‘swine flu’ in the country. This was disclosed on Wednesday, in Abuja, by the ministry of health in its read more..

The Government has no plan to sell the remaining doses of human swine flu vaccine or give them away, Secretary for Food & Health Dr York Chow says. The Centre for Health Protection’s expert group will meet today, Dr Chow said, to discuss the cases read more..

World health officials exaggerated the severity of swine flu , leading to huge stockpiles of unused vaccines in a number of countries. That’s according to Time , which interviewed politicians and health executives in European countries who are trying read more..

Another Mid-South child has died after complications with the H1N1 swine flu. This time, it was a 12 year old boy. The death is the second in less than a week at LeBonheur Children’s Medical Center. Tuesday, doctors announced their concern over a read more..

The Federal Government said yesterday it had earmarked a total sum of N9 billion to combat the H1N1 pandemic, otherwise known as swine flu. It also declared that the battle for eradication of guinea worm scourge that ravaged some states in the read more..

JOHANNESBURG: The Health Department would seek to immunise at least 3 million people against swine flu before winter set in Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi said here yesterday. “We have 1.3 million doses of vaccine,” Motsoaledi said on the sidelines read more..

(AP) — ST. PAUL, Minn. – Swine flu activity in Minnesota remains low and there were no deaths reported last week. The Minnesota Health Department released its weekly updated on Wednesday. It shows there were no school outbreaks from Jan. 17 to Jan read more..