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Antibodies help seriously ill H1N1 patients recover
• Infections • • Swine Flu • Jan 20 11
Patients who fell severely ill with the pandemic H1N1 flu responded well when treated with antibodies harvested from survivors of the disease, a study…
GSK tests intravenous flu drug vs Roche’s Tamiflu
• Drug News • • Swine Flu • Jan 19 11
GlaxoSmithKline has started a pivotal study testing intravenous zanamivir against Roche’s best-selling pill Tamiflu as a treatment for patients hospitalised with influenza, it said…
Swine flu survivors developed super flu antibodies
• Swine Flu • Jan 10 11
A study of antibodies from people infected with H1N1 swine flu adds proof that scientists are closing in on a “universal” flu shot that…
Antibody may help treat and prevent influenza outbreaks
• Flu • • Swine Flu • Jul 09 10
Researchers have discovered a monoclonal antibody that is effective against “Avian” H5N1, seasonal H1N1 and the 2009 “Swine” H1N1 influenza. Scientists at Sea Lane…
Swine flu shot protects against 1918 flu: study
• Flu • • Swine Flu • Jun 16 10
People who got vaccinated against the H1N1 swine flu virus may also be protected against the strain of influenza that killed 50 million to…
Swine flu season not over, US health officials warn
• Public Health • • Swine Flu • Mar 30 10
While swine flu has waned across much of the United States, the southeast is reporting an increase in cases of the H1N1 virus, U.S.…
Resistance can develop fast with swine flu: report
• Public Health • • Swine Flu • Mar 30 10
The H1N1 swine flu virus can develop resistance quickly to antivirals used to treat it, U.S. doctors reported on Friday.
Government researchers reported on…
Swine flu virus not so new, study finds
• Swine Flu • Mar 25 10
The H1N1 swine flu virus may have been new to humanity in many ways but in one key feature its closest relative was the…
Findings confirm H1N1 flu’s toll on pregnant women
• Pregnancy • • Swine Flu • Mar 01 10
New research from Australia confirms that the HIN1 flu hits pregnant women particularly hard-especially if they have asthma, obesity or diabetes.
“This finding underscores…
Swine flu still out there, officials caution
• Swine Flu • Feb 22 10
H1N1 swine flu is still circulating around the world and still killing people, although it is on the decline everywhere, global health officials said…
Swine flu has killed up to 17,000 in U.S.
• Swine Flu • Feb 15 10
H1N1 swine flu has killed as many as 17,000 Americans, including 1,800 children, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported on Friday.
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Swine flu killed up to 17,000 in U.S.: report
• Swine Flu • Feb 12 10
H1N1 swine flu has killed as many as 17,000 Americans, including 1,800 children, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported on…
Swine Flu vaccination: voluntary system works
• Public Health • • Swine Flu • Feb 11 10
Social interaction between neighbours, work colleagues and other communities and social groups makes voluntary vaccination programs for epidemics such as Swine Flu, SARS or…
Swine flu still out there, officials caution
• Swine Flu • Feb 08 10
H1N1 swine flu is still circulating around the world and still killing people, although it is on the decline everywhere, global health officials…
Swine flu pandemic hit European children: study
• Swine Flu • Feb 05 10
The pandemic of H1N1 swine flu raised the death rate among children across Europe late last year but not adults, researchers reported on Thursday.
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‘Fake’ swine flu pandemic? WHO slams charges
• Public Health • • Swine Flu • Jan 26 10
The World Health Organization on Monday slammed as “irresponsible” critics who claim swine flu is a fake pandemic created for the benefit of drug…
2009 H1N1 Influenza
• Public Health • • Swine Flu • Jan 20 10
Within 2 months of its discovery last spring, a novel influenza A (H1N1) virus, currently referred to as 2009 H1N1, caused the first influenza…
Researchers find new patterns in H1N1 deaths
• Public Health • • Swine Flu • Dec 23 09
Brazilian researchers have performed the first-ever autopsy study to examine the precise causes of death in victims of the H1N1 swine flu.
“The lack…
One Dose of H1N1 Vaccine May Provide Sufficient Protection for Infants and Children
• Children's Health • • Swine Flu • Dec 21 09
One dose of vaccine may be effective to protect infants and children and reduce transmission of the H1N1 virus, according to a study in…
Testing group data shows swine flu waning in US
• Public Health • • Swine Flu • Dec 21 09
Results from flu tests show the pandemic of swine flu is definitely on the downswing in the United States, researchers at Quest Diagnostics said…
Swine flu has killed 10,000 Americans since April
• Public Health • • Swine Flu • Dec 11 09
Swine flu has killed nearly 10,000 Americans, including 1,100 children and 7,500 younger adults, and infected one in six people in the United…
UK study confirms H1N1 far less lethal than feared
• Swine Flu • Dec 11 09
H1N1 pandemic swine flu is far less lethal than feared, British scientists said on Wednesday, but public health officials should not be complacent in…
WHO backs findings on Tamiflu for seasonal flu
• Flu • • Public Health • • Swine Flu • Dec 11 09
The World Health Organisation on Friday endorsed findings that there is no clear evidence that the antiviral Tamiflu prevents complications such as pneumonia…
Study confirms low mortality for swine flu
• Swine Flu • Dec 08 09
One of the most systematic looks yet at the swine flu pandemic confirms that it is at worst only a little more serious than…
Novel Barrier Gauze May Provide Additional Safeguards Against Influenza Viruses including H1N1
• Flu • • Swine Flu • Dec 08 09
An independent lab report demonstrated that BIOGUARD™ barrier gauze dressings exhibit greater than 99.9% inactivation rates against swine flu virus after exposure for…