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swine flu

Third Round of H1N1?

February 2, 2010

Health officials: Beware of third wave of H1N1

January 27, 2010 by afp 
  
Staff Report
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Although influenza-like illness visits to emergency departments are decreasing, and more than 1.2 million doses of H1N1 vaccine has been administered throughout the state of Virginia, public-health officials are continuing to stress the great importance of members of the community [...]

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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 on Tuesday’s All [...]

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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 era, [...]

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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 [...]

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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 to spot the potentially [...]

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