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Obama Declares Swine Flu a National EmergencyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
President Obama’s declaration allows hospitals and local governments to speedily set up alternate sites and procedures if needed to handle any surge of patients. (Source: NYT > Health)
Source: NYT > Health - October 24, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: By JACKIE CALMES and DONALD G. McNEIL Jr. Tags: Swine Influenza Obama, Barack Epidemics Medicine and Health Emergency Medical Treatment Source Type: news

Ukraine's swine flu death toll rises to nearly 50 (Roundup)Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Kiev - The death toll from a swine flu outbreak in Ukraine has risen to nearly 50, President Viktor (Source: Monsters and Critics Health News)
Source: Monsters and Critics Health News - October 31, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Case of crippling illness linked to swine flu vaccination in FranceEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Paris - A young woman was diagnosed with a crippling illness possibly linked to the vaccine being used protect (Source: Monsters and Critics Health News)
Source: Monsters and Critics Health News - November 13, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Swine flu jabEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
'Why I decided to get my 3-year-old immunised' (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - November 13, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news

H1N1 Strikes Isolated Indigenous Group In AmazonEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Swine flu has appeared among Venezuela's Yanomami Indians, one of the largest isolated indigenous groups in the Amazon, and a doctor said Wednesday that the virus is suspected in seven deaths, including six infants. The deaths happened in forest villages near Venezuela's border with Brazil over the past 2 1/2 weeks, said Raidan Bernade, a Venezuelan doctor on a team sent to contain the outbreak and treat the ill. (Source: WBZ-TV - Breaking News, Weather and Sports for Boston, Worcester and New Hampshire)
Source: WBZ-TV - Breaking News, Weather and Sports for Boston, Worcester and New Hampshire - November 5, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: consumer

Ukraine's swine flu death toll rises to 34Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Kiev - The death toll from a swine flu outbreak in Ukraine rose to 34 on Saturday, as the (Source: Monsters and Critics Health News)
Source: Monsters and Critics Health News - October 31, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

National Briefing | Science and Health: New Cases of Flu Drop on College CampusesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
For the first time since fall began, new cases of flu among college students have started to drop, the American College Health Association reported. (Source: NYT > Health)
Source: NYT > Health - November 19, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr. Tags: Swine Influenza Colleges and Universities Source Type: news

Some seek alternative swine flu therapiesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Alternative medicine practitioners say you can skip the swing flu vaccine and still avoid getting sick by using herbal supplements, good nutrition and other natural remedies. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - October 30, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Obama: Swine flu a national emergencyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
President Obama has declared the swine flu outbreak a national emergency. (Source: USATODAY.com Health)
Source: USATODAY.com Health - October 24, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

H1N1 Travel Concerns As Holiday Season ApproachesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Expect jammed airports and packed planes as travelers take to the skies this holiday season. But an unwanted traveler threatens to travel with you, the H1N1 swine flu. Federal health experts are clear: Stay home if you're sick. That's what Maya-Luisa Galvan tried to do. Just days before her flight, she came down with a 102-degree fever and chills. A lab test confirmed she was sick with swine flu. (Source: WBZ-TV - Breaking News, Weather and Sports for Boston, Worcester and New Hampshire)
Source: WBZ-TV - Breaking News, Weather and Sports for Boston, Worcester and New Hampshire - October 31, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: consumer

New CDC numbers confirm that swine flu targets the youngEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The revised figures for H1N1 cases (22 million) and deaths (3,900) do not indicate a worsening pandemic. But they add to the evidence that those under age 65 are most susceptible. At least 22 million Americans have contracted pandemic H1N1 influenza since the outbreak began in April and 3,900 have died, including about 540 children, according to new estimates from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The numbers confirm what officials have been saying all along -- that swine flu is a young person's disease. (Source: L.A. Times - Health)
Source: L.A. Times - Health - November 13, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Tunisia reports first swine flu deathEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Tunis - A man who worked in the northern Tunisian port city of La Goulette became the first person (Source: Monsters and Critics Health News)
Source: Monsters and Critics Health News - November 16, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Officials Defend Handling of Flu VaccineEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Federal officials said the root causes of a nationwide shortage of swine flu vaccine were beyond their control. (Source: NYT > Health)
Source: NYT > Health - November 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr. Tags: Swine Influenza Vaccination and Immunization Shortages Medicine and Health Health and Human Services Department Source Type: news

New info released on protecting children from H1N1Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Drug maker GlaxoSmithKline says new research suggests that children may need only one shot of the swine flu vaccine to be protected from the virus, as Health Canada published instructions on how to prepare the antiviral drug Tamiflu for kids. (Source: CTV Health)
Source: CTV Health - October 24, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Half of Canadians don't want flu vaccine: pollEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
On the eve of the biggest immunization program in Canadian history, a new poll suggests roughly half of Canadians do not want the H1N1 swine flu vaccine. (Source: CTV Health)
Source: CTV Health - October 26, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

1.5M Per Day Getting Swine Flu Vaccine In ChinaEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
China's health minister says his country is vaccinating 1.5 million people a day against swine flu, part of a mammoth effort to reach nearly 7 percent of inhabitants of the world's most populous country by year's end. (Source: WDSU.com - Health)
Source: WDSU.com - Health - November 19, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: WDSU.com Source Type: news

German H1N1 flu cases double in a week: authorityEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
BERLIN (Reuters) - Confirmed cases of H1N1 swine flu infection in Germany have more than doubled in the past week, the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) for infectious diseases said. (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - November 16, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news

Nation Is Facing Vaccine Shortage for Seasonal FluEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Experts said the situation was unavoidable, given how the global swine flu pandemic raised demand for all flu shots. (Source: NYT > Health)
Source: NYT > Health - November 5, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr. Tags: Vaccination and Immunization Influenza Medicine and Health Shortages Epidemics Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Swine Influenza Source Type: news

WHO Reports Over 5,000 H1N1 International DeathsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Nearly 5,000 people have reportedly died from swine flu since it emerged this year and developed into a global epidemic, the World Health Organization said Friday. Since most countries have stopped counting individual swine flu cases, the figure is considered an underestimate. (Source: WBZ-TV - Breaking News, Weather and Sports for Boston, Worcester and New Hampshire)
Source: WBZ-TV - Breaking News, Weather and Sports for Boston, Worcester and New Hampshire - October 24, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: consumer

N.S. family doctors lose supply of H1N1 vaccineEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
All public swine flu clinics have been cancelled in Nova Scotia for the weekend due to a vaccine shortage, and family doctors have also had their supply cut off. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - October 31, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news