March 10th, 2010
WHO confirms recent H5N1 cases in Vietnam, Egypt
The World Health Organization (WHO) today confirmed eight H5N1 avian influenza cases, three from Vietnam and five from Egypt, that track closely with what media and flu blog reports have already revealed but provide fresh details. Vietnam's three cases include one fatality, a 38-year-old woman from Tien Giang province in the Mekong Delta of southern Vietnam who got sick on Feb 13 and was
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March 9th, 2010
H1N1 mutation's proposed link to severe illness debated
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March 8th, 2010
ACIP silent on high-dose flu vaccine for elderly
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March 7th, 2010
ACIP silent on high-dose flu vaccine for elderly
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March 6th, 2010
Study says foodborne illness costs US $152 billion a year
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March 5th, 2010
Swine flu numbers higher than expected
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Did you know …
The "Asian flu" of 1957, like the current H1N1 strain, had a late-spring and a fall wave -- followed by a third in late winter of 1958. It then took a year off before peaking again in 1960.
Avian influenza – situation in Viet Nam
The Ministry of Health has reported three new confirmed cases of human infection with the H5N1 avian influenza virus, including one fatality. Two cases have been confirmed at the National Institute
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Avian influenza - situation in Egypt
The Ministry of Health of Egypt has announced five new cases of human H5N1 avian influenza infection. The first case is a 53 year-old male from Shobra Elkhima district, Qaliobia Governorate. He
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DoH considers swine flu vaccine for travellers
By:Stephen Robinson,
Travellers could be offered the swine flu vaccine this summer, suggests a DoH committee. The department's Joint Committee for Vaccination and Immunisation said the pandemic flu vaccine could be
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Multiple food recalls, traveler screening for H5N1
A number of different foods have been recalled this week for a variety of contamination issues. In Portland, Ore., the OM Seafood Co. has recalled oysters that were harvested from Oregon’s Yaquina
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Swine flu peak passed
THE H1N1 influenza outbreak, which has killed nearly 800 people on the Chinese mainland, has passed its peak in the autumn-winter flu season, the Ministry of Health said yesterday. The mainland
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Brazil to vaccinate 90m against A/H1N1 flu
Brazilian Health Minister Jose Gomes Temporao said on Monday that some 90 million people would be vaccinated against A/H1N1 flu in a nationwide campaign to start later this month. "This will
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