In a televised event aimed at calming fears about the safety of the H1N1 vaccine, Saudi Arabia’s health minister was the first person in the country to receive the vaccination Saturday. A spokesman for the Saudi Health Ministry said that after Abdullah Al-Rabeeah got the vaccine, his daughter and several other government officials received it. [...]
To deal with the “rapid increase in illness” from the H1N1 influenza virus, President Barack Obama has declared a national emergency. In a statement, Obama said, “The 2009 H1N1 pandemic continues to evolve. The rates of illness continue to rise rapidly within many communities across the nation, and the potential exists for the pandemic to [...]
A new study published in the journal Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses concluded that every person who is infected with the H1N1 swine flu puts 1.5 other people at risk over the three days before coughing, fever, and other symptoms appear. The researchers said that anyone showing early symptoms of the flu needs to contact [...]
Federal government officials said on Thursday that colleges and universities should keep students who contract H1N1 swine flu out of class and away from others. In their latest move to prepare for the possibility of more widespread outbreaks this fall, officials said that students with flu should isolate themselves in their dorm rooms or apartments, [...]
The long-awaited H1N1 vaccine could be out by October this year. This is in line with the University of Maryland’s announcement that as early as next month, medical institutes all across the US will start human trials for a new vaccine against the deadly flu. Ever since the World Health Organization has declared the flu [...]
