Swine Flu Not As Infectious Among Young Adults As First Feared

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 | Swine Flu Wanes But Future Uncertain

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 [...]

Kids Swine flu | Kids’ Swine flu treatment | Kids’ Swine flu shots recalled and not strong enough | Swine flu treatment for Kids

Kids Swine flu | Kids’ Swine flu treatment | Kids’ Swine flu shots recalled and not strong enough | Swine flu treatment for Kids

Hundreds of thousands of swine flu shots for children have been recalled because tests indicate the vaccine doses lost some strength, government health officials said Tuesday.
The shots, made by Sanofi Pasteur, were [...]

Guardian Provides 100% Coverage For Swine Flu Vaccine

Guardian Provides 100% Coverage For Swine Flu Vaccine
Employees Do Not Have To Pay Co-Payments or Other Out-of-Pocket Expenses for the H1N1 Vaccination
The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America (Guardian), one of the largest mutual life insurers and a leading provider of employee benefits for small and mid-sized companies, today announced that it will cover 100% [...]

Mexican Flu Farms Mean Mucho Dinero for Some

What do Smithfield Foods and Donald Rumsfeld have to do with the global swine flu scare? Author F. William Engdahl’s informative article, which details the links between factory farms, spin doctors, the pork industry, and drug companies, explains all.
Before you race to the doctor for a Tamiflu vaccine, read this piece. You might think [...]

Swine Flu Is Evolution in Action

Anyone who thinks evolution is for the birds should not be afraid of swine flu. Because if there’s no such thing as evolution, then there’s no such thing as a new strain of swine flu infecting people.
For the rest of the population, concern is justified.
The rapid evolution of the influenza virus is an example of [...]

China, India Drug Firms Say Primed for Swine Flu

Pharmaceutical firms in China and India say they can quickly ramp up production of antiviral drugs if swine flu threatens the world’s two most populous nations or if other countries need it.
The virus could spread quickly in densely populated cities in China or India where healthcare systems are often inadequate and antibiotic resistance is common, [...]

NRI from Texas arrives in Hyderabad with swine flu

An NRI who flew to Hyderabad from Texas, the US state which reported the first swine flu death outside Mexico, was on Wednesday found to have the flu symptoms.
Authorities, who refused to divulge the identity of the person, only said he had arrived in the city two days ago and has now been quarantined.
Special teams [...]

Swine Flu in India And Swine Flu Symptoms

Within a day, the swine flu death toll in Mexico climbed to 152, prompting the World Health Organization (WHO) to raise its global pandemic flu alert level to phase four. Confirmed cases in other parts of the world: 50 in the US, six in Canada, two in the UK and one in Spain have been [...]