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Swine flu jab narcolepsy risk is very small
Conclusion This study confirms that the Pandemrix vaccine against swine flu is associated with a very small risk of narcolepsy in children and young people. As the authors point out, this risk may have been overestimated if children with narcolepsy who had been vaccinated were more rapidly referred than others because of increased awareness of the link. The methods used were practical for a rapid assessment of risk, but as this was essentially a case series analysis they are limited by a number of factors: The rates calculated are dependent on the accurate diagnosis and identification of the cases of narcolepsy. By usin...
Source: NHS News Feed - February 27, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Medication Medical practice Swine flu Source Type: news

Swine flu: lessons we need to learn from our global experience.
Authors: Collignon P Abstract There are important lessons to be learnt from the recent 'Swine Flu' pandemic. Before we call it a pandemic, we need to have appropriate trigger points that involve not only the spread of the virus but also its level of virulence. This was not done for H1N1 (swine flu). We need to ensure that we improve the techniques used in trying to decrease the spread of infection-both in the community and within our hospitals. This means improved infection control and hygiene, and the use of masks, alcohol hand rubs and so on. We also need to have a different approach to vaccines. Effective vaccin...
Source: Emerging Health Threats Journal - December 2, 2014 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Emerg Health Threats J Source Type: research

Study of Profile of Swine Flu Cases Admitted in Tertiary Care Hospital: Lessons Learned!
Introduction Swine flu is caused by a novel strain of H1N1 influenza A virus that evolved by genetic assortment. The global pandemic affected India in May 2009. Sporadic cases continue to occur and cause significant morbidity and mortality. Aim To study the clinical profile, laboratory parameters, and outcome of the confirmed cases of swine flu. Methods This was a retrospective study involving confirmed swine flu cases admitted with category B2 and C symptoms from February to September 2019 in Tata Main Hospital. Their case records were analyzed for demographic characteristics, clinical features, treatmen...
Source: Infectious Diseases in Clinical Practice - May 1, 2021 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research

'By failing to prepare you are preparing to fail': lessons from the 2009 H1N1 'swine flu' pandemic
Conclusions: Policy makers should prioritize investment in the skills and expertise required to achieve desired behaviour changes. Audience research should be conducted throughout the planning cycle to inform national communications strategies. This should include insights to inform the segmentation of public audiences, targeting of messages and consideration of content and emotional tone most likely to achieve desired behavioural outcomes.
Source: The European Journal of Public Health - January 23, 2015 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Crosier, A., McVey, D., French, J. Tags: Infectious diseases Source Type: research

Is Your Child ' s Day Care Center Ready for Pandemic Flu?
Most are not, a U.S. survey finds, despite the lessons of the 2009 'swine flu' outbreakSource: HealthDay Related MedlinePlus Pages: Child Care, Flu
Source: MedlinePlus Health News - May 15, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

The real lesson from the bird flu storm
The controversy over whether work on airborne bird flu can be published shows that transparency is vital to upholding public trust
Source: New Scientist - Bird Flu - January 24, 2013 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: research

Four lessons the Spanish flu can teach us about coronavirus
Up to 100 million people died in 1918-19 in the world ’s deadliest pandemic. What can we learn?Follow ourlatest coronavirus blog for live news and updatesSpanish flu is estimated to have killed between 50 million and 100 million people when it swept the globe in 1918-19 – more than double the number killed in the first world war. Two-thirds of its victims died in a three-month period and most were aged 18-49. So what lessons has the world’s deadliest pandemic taught us?Continue reading...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - March 3, 2020 Category: Science Authors: Hannah Devlin Science correspondent Tags: Coronavirus outbreak Infectious diseases Medical research Microbiology Science Flu pandemic Source Type: news

‘Nurses fell like ninepins’: death and bravery in the 1918 flu pandemic
A doctor ’s harrowing account of the Spanish flu outbreak in London has valuable lessons for medical staff a century onCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageIf predictions about the spread of Covid-19 are correct, the new NHS Nightingale hospital at the ExCel centre in London ’s Docklands could soon see a “tsunami” of coronavirus patients. Many will have pneumonia and require ventilators, which is why cubicles in the new 4,000-bed facility all have oxygen equipment.It is to hoped this onslaught never comes and infections spread less rapidly than projections show. But if the worst happens, wh...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - April 5, 2020 Category: Science Authors: Mark Honigsbaum Tags: Coronavirus outbreak Flu pandemic First world war NHS Infectious diseases Science Health Nursing UK news London Source Type: news

We forget that flu once plagued the economy as coronavirus does today
The epidemic of 1918-21 is overshadowed by war and the Great Depression. But it holds lessons for us stillIt is a sobering thought that, according to the many well-researched accounts to have appeared in recent weeks, this Johnson/Cummings government seems to have been prepared to risk 250,000 deaths from the policy of “herd immunity”. This approach was, mercifully, laid to rest after theintervention of Professor Neil Ferguson, of Imperial College London, on 16 March. There followed the introduction of lockdown and what some of us prefer to call “physical distancing.”Commentators have been putting the 27,000 or mor...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - May 3, 2020 Category: Science Authors: William Keegan Tags: Economics Business Coronavirus outbreak Science Infectious diseases World news Flu Society Brexit UK news Boris Johnson European Union Foreign policy Source Type: news

Application of Behavioral Theories to Disaster and Emergency Health Preparedness: A Systematic Review
CONCLUSIONS Based on the articles archived and selected, behavioral theories and models are applied to disasters and emergencies preparedness more commonly in developed countries (USA and Europe). In Asia, where the annual number of disasters events and victims exceed those in other continents, only 3 studies applying behavioral theories and models to disasters and emergencies were identifies. This identified a need for additional research to target the use of behavioral change theories in the Asian countries that bear the brunt of disasters and their consequences. This does not, however, mean that these theories have not ...
Source: PLOS Currents Disasters - July 1, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Luche Tadesse Ejeta Source Type: research

Variant Influenza: connecting the missing dots
Expert Rev Anti Infect Ther. 2022 Nov 8. doi: 10.1080/14787210.2022.2144231. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: In June 2009, the World Health Organization declared a new pandemic; the 2009 swine influenza pandemic (swine flu). The symptoms of the swine flu pandemic causing strain were comparable to most of the symptoms noted by seasonal influenza.AREA COVERED: Zoonotic viruses that caused the swine flu pandemic and its preventive measures.EXPERT OPINION: As per Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the clinical manifestations in humans produced by 2009 H1N1 "swine flu" virus were equivalent to the manif...
Source: Expert Review of Anti-Infective Therapy - November 8, 2022 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Vivek P Chavda Rajashri Bezbaruah Tutumoni Kalita Anupam Sarma Juti Rani Devi Ratnali Bania Vasso Apostolopoulos Source Type: research

Role of Multivalency and Antigenic Threshold in Generating Protective Antibody Responses
Mark K. Slifka1* and Ian J. Amanna2 1Division of Neuroscience, Oregon National Primate Research Center, Oregon Health & Science University, Beaverton, OR, United States2Najít Technologies, Inc., Beaverton, OR, United States Vaccines play a vital role in protecting our communities against infectious disease. Unfortunately, some vaccines provide only partial protection or in some cases vaccine-mediated immunity may wane rapidly, resulting in either increased susceptibility to that disease or a requirement for more booster vaccinations in order to maintain immunity above a protective level. The durabilit...
Source: Frontiers in Immunology - April 30, 2019 Category: Allergy & Immunology Source Type: research

The Zika Virus Lesson? A New Approach Is Needed to Combat Pandemics
The Zika virus attracted many headlines this winter, but a recent admission by the chief medical officer at a leading vaccine manufacturer -- that the world is ill-prepared to deal with pandemic outbreaks -- underscores a fundamental problem. To ensure safety and efficacy, the federal government's regulatory approval process for new vaccines may extend development timelines for years. So when The New York Times reports that "eighteen organizations are working on developing a vaccine for the Zika virus," it is likely that those companies will labor for a very long time. Vaccinations rightly require strict federal approva...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - April 12, 2016 Category: Science Source Type: news