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H1N1 Symptoms & Effects

Why Washington Fears Increase In Severe Storms

April 28, 2011

The worst severe weather  in 40 years and the possibility of more to come has made Washington rethink current federal agencies’ response.  Expert insiders have told ButAsForMe that the CDC is being brought into the discussion on how best to collect needed information in order to prepare for and survive severe storms such as  tornadoes.  At [...]

Tagged as: CDC, Climate Change, FEMA, Government preparedness, NOAA, Possible Increase In Storms Summer 2011, severe weather, tornadoes

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H1N1 Possible ResurgenceThis Fall

October 5, 2010

A recent visit to the ER of a local Minnesota hospital was a déja vu of  last year as a young boy came in with flu-like symptoms spewing blood from his mouth and masked staff started assisting him.  This past summer, the H1N1 was going the rounds  in India and other countries.  The vaccine that [...]

Tagged as: Fall 2010 Flu Prediction, H1N1, H5N1, Resurgence of H1N1

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Breaking News: New SuperBug Makes Its’ Appearance

August 12, 2010

Just when the W.H.O. declares H1N1 Pandemic officially over, a new gene that allows any bacteria to become a superbug, labed NDM-1, has made  its’ appearance in India, Pakistan, and  now United Kingdom.  Spread of the virus has been linked to patients undergoing cosmetic surgery in India.  Doctors fear that the superbug gene that allows bacteria to [...]

Tagged as: Bacteria, Bacteria Transfer Drug Resistance, Drug Resistant Gene, E-Coli, Global Transfer of NDM-1, India, NDM-1, Pakistan, Pandemic, Superbug Alert, The Lancet Journal of Infectios Diseases, United Kingdom, W.H.O., W.H.O. Declares H1N1 Pandemic Over As Superbug Appears

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While CDC Projects That The Peak of H1N1 Is Over, Reports Of Person-to-PersonTamiflu Resistance Found In The U.S.

November 21, 2009

In  the midst of CDC reporting in a decline in the number of H1N1 patients, what would seem like good news, is being kept in check by new cases that are resistant to the current  popular antiviral Tamiflu. By Steve Sternberg, USA TODAY Epidemic experts say they are investigating the apparent spread of Tamiflu-resistant swine [...]

Tagged as: Antiviral resistance, CDC, Duke University, H1N1, North Carolina, Pandemic, Person-to-Person Transmission, swine flu, Virus reassortment

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Hunting For Swine Flu Vaccine

November 19, 2009

By Maggie Mertens for NPR The swine flu vaccine remains scarce, but is slowly becoming a little less difficult to find. Some people are getting the vaccine at doctors’ offices, some at college health centers, and some at public flu clinics. You’re best bet will depend on where you live. As KQED’s Sarah Varney reports [...]

Tagged as: CDC, Distribution of vaccine, flu.gov, H1N1 flu vaccine, Health and Human Services, Health Care, Lieberman, Location of Swine Flu vaccine, NPR, Obama, swine flu, vaccine

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If H1N1 joins with the bird flu, pandemic may be much worse*

November 18, 2009

[Commentary printed by The China Post* ref. post Playing Chicken With A Nightmare Flu by Alan Sipress The Washington Post] When swine flu erupted this spring in the southwestern United States and Mexico, it had been 40 years since the last flu pandemic. The outbreak has dispelled any illusion that pandemic influenza belonged to a bygone [...]

Tagged as: Africa and flu, Asia and Flu, CDC, Egypt, Keiji Fikuda, Margaret Chan, Mexico, Pandemic, swine flu, Swine Flu and Avian Flu, U.S., Virus reassortment, W.H.O.

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JACK SQUAT: A Year After The Election For President

November 3, 2009

A recent skit on Saturday Night Live had a report by President Obama, portrayed by comedian, Fred Armisen , on the accomplishments of his administration. It was summed up by Armisen in two words “Jack Squat.” Systematically listing the numerous promises that have not been fulfilled brought laughter from the audience, but perhaps it was [...]

Tagged as: Commentary, community organizer Obama, jack squat snl skit, Obama, Obama Accomplishments, Obama's Campaign Promises, Reformed Liberal, Saturday Night Live

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Is H1N1 Obama’s Katrina?

October 22, 2009

Fox News has depicted the H1N1 vaccine and the peak of the influenza as ships passing in the night.  The fact of the matter is the H1N1 vaccine will not be available for most of us, at least in this first go around, to make a measurable difference, since the spread of the disease has [...]

Tagged as: antivirals, butasforme.com, CDC, Europe and flu, flu peak, flu strains, Fox News, h1n1 vaccine, h1n1 vaccine production, Minnesota Department of Health Nurse Triage Help Line, Obama, pandemic preparedness, Reformed Liberal, swine flu, Tamiflu

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Severe Swine Flu Could Lead to Blood Clots in Lungs

October 14, 2009

Researchers say CT scans may be needed to spot the risk by Steven Reinberg HealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, Oct. 14 (HealthDay News) — People who are severely ill with the H1N1 swine flu run the risk of blood clots in the lungs, University of Michigan researchers say. And because standard chest X-rays may not be able [...]

Tagged as: H1N1, Medical effects from swine flu, Pandemic, swine flu

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Severe H1N1 infection in females ‘striking’: study

October 14, 2009

Many of the Canadians who died or were sent to hospital earlier this year with H1N1 virus were young adults, female and aboriginal, a new study suggests. Read More…

Tagged as: Females and Flu, Flu Deaths, H1N1, Native Americans and Flu, Pandemic, swine flu

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Flu patients are younger, need fast critical care

October 14, 2009

Canadians hospitalized with swine flu are younger and sicker than expected, a new study finds. The report, Critically Ill Patients With 2009 Influenza A (H1N1) Infection in Canada, showed people in their 30s are most vulnerable to catching swine flu.  Read More…

Tagged as: Flu and Young Adults, H1N1, Pandemic, Pandemic Critical Ill Patients, swine flu

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