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Tamiflu-Resistant Swine Flu in U.S.?


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Published July 7, 2009 at 5:34 p.m.

A teenage girl traveling from San Francisco was found to be carrying Tamiflu-resistant swine flu after triggering a temperature-monitoring device in the Hong Kong airport ...

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Baby admitted to Starship Hospital suffering from H1N1 virus


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Published July 6, 2009 at 3:02 p.m.

The baby is in Starship Hospital in Auckland after developing severe symptoms of the flu ... Meanwhile, clinical testing is underway on a new swine flu vaccine ... The government is hauling in 300,0 ...

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Swine flu 'shows drug resistance'


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Published June 29, 2009 at 11:15 a.m.

Experts report the first case of swine flu that is resistant to tamiflu - the main drug being used to fight the pandemic ...

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Swine Flu Vaccine: The Race is On


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Published June 26, 2009 at 5:43 p.m.

The U.S. is racing to make huge supplies of swine flu vaccine -- and trying to figure out how who needs it most -- even as the pandemic sweeps the globe ...

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H1N1 'swine' flu has infected an estimated 1 million in U.S.


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Published June 25, 2009 at 5:54 p.m.
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The virus is also spreading rapidly through the Southern Hemisphere. A French company announces large-scale production of a vaccine ... At least 1 million Americans have now contracted the novel H1N1 influenza, according to mathematical models prepared by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, while data from the field indicates that the virus is continuing to spread even though the normal flu season is over and that an increasing proportion of victims are being hospitalized ...

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Swine Flu Shots May Be Given at Schools


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Published June 16, 2009 at 2:10 p.m.

A swine flu vaccine could be administered to children in schools this fall, health officials say ...

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Swine Flu Vaccine Being Produced In Preparation for 2009 Flu Season


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Published June 16, 2009 at 8:50 a.m.

Almost 18,000 cases of swine flu and 45 confirmed deaths have been reported within the U.S. As the swine flu runs its course, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius has reported that vaccines for swine flu are currently being tested in preparation for the possibility of an outbreak later this year. She stated that the government is making every effort to be prepared and is working with governors and health and school officials in case a major vaccination program is needed ... read

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Swine flu declaration will speed work on vaccine


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Published June 11, 2009 at 9:51 p.m.
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But scientists have encountered problems along the way, so doses of an H1N1 vaccine will not be available before fall, experts say ... One immediate effect of the declaration of an H1N1 flu pandemic will be to speed the production of a vaccine against the new virus, but it will be fall at the earliest before the first doses are available ...

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H1N1 Flu (Swine Flu) Situation Summary


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Published June 5, 2009 at 11:05 a.m.

It's uncertain at this time how serious or severe this novel H1N1 virus will be in terms of how many people infected will develop serious complications or die or how this new virus may affect the U.S. during its upcoming influenza season in the fall and winter. Because this is a new virus, most people will have little or no immunity against it, and illness may be more severe and widespread as a result. In addition, currently there is no vaccine to protect against this novel H1N1 virus. CDC

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Swine flu vaccine 'step closer'


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Published May 28, 2009 at 5:40 a.m.

A viral strain which can be used to make large quantities of a vaccine against swine flu has been produced by UK scientists ...

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   This site was created to help deal with the H1N1 influenza flu pandemic. Flu preparation is important! You can have an immunization with the flu vaccine, you can have the flu shot; flu shots are good before you are showing flu symptoms, although the current trivalent influenza vaccine is unlikely to provide protection against the new 2009 H1N1 strain, vaccines against the new strain are being developed and could be ready as early as June 2009.

   According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), in humans the symptoms of H1N1 swine flu are similar to those of influenza and of influenza-like illness in general. Symptoms include fever, cough, sore throat, body aches, headache, chills and fatigue. The 2009 outbreak has shown an increased percentage of patients reporting diarrhea and vomiting.

   Recommendations to prevent the spread of the virus among humans include using standard infection control against influenza. This includes frequent washing of hands with soap and water or with alcohol-based hand sanitizers, especially after being out in public.