Holiday Uptick in Severe H1N1 Flu
H1N1 swine flu is still here — and now is the time for everyone to get their H1N1 vaccinations, the CDC urges.
The fall/winter wave of H1N1 swine flu ebbed in December. But there was a disturbing and unusual holiday uptick in flu hospitalizations and deaths.
Whether there will be a new [...]
Scientists use insect cells technology for producing swine flue vaccine
Washington: Austrian researchers have broken new ground by developing a technique to produce swine flu vaccines through insect cells.
The study has appeared in the Biotechnology Journal.
Co-author of the study Florian Krammer from the University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Science in Vienna, said: Recent outbreaks [...]
Swine Flu Not As Infectious Among Young Adults As First Feared
People aged 19 and older show more immunity to H1N1 swine flu than was initially believed, a new study finds.
Researchers from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Imperial College London tracked the spread of H1N1 influenza in 216 households that included a [...]
Swine Flu Hits Pregnant Women, Kids Hardest
Children and pregnant women are hit hardest by the pandemic H1N1 flu, two new studies confirm.
Both reports are published in the Dec. 24 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.
“H1N1 flu poses serious risks for pregnant and postpartum women,” said Ken August, a spokesman for the California Department [...]
Flu Pandemic May Change US Flu Approach Forever
The swine flu pandemic may have changed the U.S. approach to handling influenza forever, and for the better, U.S. officials said on Thursday.
While they said years of work were needed before vaccine production was up to the desired standard, some experiments such as vaccinating children in schools might [...]
Single H1N1 Swine Flu Shot for Kids?
Australian Study Shows That 1 H1N1 Shot May Protect Kids; CDC Disagrees
Can kids get by with just one dose of the H1N1 swine flu vaccine?
Yes, an Australian study suggests. No, says the CDC they’ll still need two doses.
Australian researchers report that a 15-microgram dose of H1N1 vaccine [...]
First Tamiflu-resistant Death | South Korea Reports First Tamiflu-resistant Death
A South Korean infant infected with swine flu has died of pneumonia and respiratory failure after showing no response to the anti-viral drug Tamiflu, officials said Thursday.
The one-year-old girl died on December 1 in hospital, the health ministry said, adding that health officials discovered a strain [...]
H1N1 Vaccine | H1N1 Vaccine to Be Distributed Soon to Countries That Need It
In the next few weeks, Azerbaijan, Afghanistan, and Mongolia will be the first 3 countries to receive H1N1 influenza vaccine from donations made by manufacturers to the World Health Organization (WHO).
Keiji Fukuda, MD, MPH, special adviser on pandemic influenza to the [...]
Swine Flu | Swine Flu Wanes But Future Uncertain
As the current wave of H1N1 swine flu continues to wane, U.S. health officials on Thursday urged that everyone get vaccinated in case another outbreak strikes this winter.
And now that shortages of the H1N1 flu vaccine have eased, it’s an ideal time to get vaccinated, Secretary of [...]
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