June 11th, 2010
Was the swine flu a fake pandemic?
It's a year since the World Health Organization (WHO) officially declared a global pandemic of swine flu, triggering health emergencies across the planet. But instead of accolades, the WHO and authorities everywhere are facing an avalanche of disturbing questions about the handling of the swine flu, and the influence of vested interests. To put the key question most crudely: was the world
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March 23rd, 2010
Severe obesity raises risk of poor H1N1 outcome
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March 22nd, 2010
Flu vaccination for health workers: Mandate or persuade?
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March 21st, 2010
Human H5N1 toll rises in Egypt as bird outbreaks cited elsewhere
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March 20th, 2010
Pandemic H1N1 mutation in India resembles Dutch findings
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March 19th, 2010
H1N1 virus widely seen to be tailing off
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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.
Swine flu jabs may be wasted
By:JULIA MEDEW
MILLIONS of doses of the Commonwealth's swine flu vaccine could expire as people opt for the new seasonal flu vaccine, which provides broader protection for the year ahead, a Victorian doctor
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Pathologic Findings in Novel Influenza A (H1N1) Virus (“Swine Flu”) Infection
By:Sanjay Mukhopadhyay, MD1, Abraham T. Philip, MD2 and Robert Stoppacher, MD2
Although novel influenza A (H1N1) virus infection has assumed pandemic proportions, there are few reports of the pathologic findings. Herein we describe the pathologic findings of novel influenza A
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Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency Awards $4.395 Million to Fraunhofer CMB for
By:Dale Ervin
Fraunhofer USA Center for Molecular Biotechnology (CMB) announced today that it has received a $4.395 million award from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to develop a vaccine
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Country Launches Massive HIV Testing Campaign
By:Kerry Cullinan and Khopotso Bodibe
From April 15, everyone attending a clinic or hospital will be offered an HIV test, regardless of whether they have symptoms of the disease or not. Dubbed the HIV Counselling and Testing campaign,
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Avian influenza - situation in Egypt
The Ministry of Health of Egypt has announced two new cases of human H5N1 avian influenza infection. The first case is a 20 year-old pregnant female from El Khanka district, Qaliobia Governorate.
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Burera Flu Cases On the Decline
By:Irene V. Nambi
Following reports of influenza A, H1N1 (Swine flu) cases in Burera district last week, officials in the Ministry of Health have said that the spread has now been contained. Dr. Justin Wane, who
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