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Flu/Influenza News
Health fears nothing to sneeze at
9/11/2009One sneeze is enough to increase the fear not just of flu, but also of dying from a heart attack, dying from an accident or being the victim of a fatal crime, new research shows.
WHO slams homeopath vaccine warning
8/11/2009The World Health Organisation rebuked in strong terms advice by a Swiss homeopathic doctors association that pregnant women should avoid getting vaccinated against swine flu.
Forget swine flu meet Fido flu
5/11/2009While the H1N1 flu currently circulating can jump easily from person to person, it does not travel well from humans to animals or animals to humans, except in a few rare instances.
SA may include swine flu vaccine
3/11/2009The National Institute of Communicable Diseases (NICD) recommended that South Africa include vaccines for swine flu in ordinary seasonal flu vaccines next year.
Flus wily ways
30/10/2009Vaccinating more children might help slow the evolution of the constantly changing flu virus, US government scientists reported.
WHO sends 200m vaccines to poor
29/10/2009The World Health Organisation plans to distribute 200 million doses of swine flu vaccine to 100 developing countries.
Obama declares swine flu emergency
26/10/2009Barack Obama has declared swine flu a "national emergency," the White House said Saturday, as the US reels from millions of cases of infection and over 1,000 deaths.
Swine flu parties?
26/10/2009While most people are doing all they can to avoid the swine flu, some groups of people are said to be actively seeking it out.
Swine flu worse in under-25s
21/10/2009Half of those hospitalised with the new H1N1 virus are under 25, a clear illustration that the pandemic is affecting the young disproportionately.
Bogus swine flu meds on the net
18/10/2009The FDA warned consumers to avoid buying medicines online to treat swine flu, saying one such product contained nothing more than talc and over-the-counter fever-reducer.
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