Swine flu caused 11 more deaths in the US and all of these victims were children. Health officials are getting worried over the number of child deaths caused by swine flu recently. They are also warning that the flu vaccine will remain scarce for the upcoming weeks. Delay in the production of the vaccine translates [...]
About 2,000 students of Washington State University reported symptoms of swine flu. This is one of the largest outbreaks of the virus inside a US college campus. Tests have confirmed that “the influenza outbreak at Washington State University (WSU)… is indeed caused by the novel 2009 H1N1 Influenza A.” The university stated that it is [...]
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 [...]
Vietnam’s total number of A/H1N1 cases rose to 2,226 after Vietnamese Ministry of Health has confirmed 84 more cases Thursday. Of the new cases, 45 patients are in the south, eight in the north, and 31 in the central provinces. The Health Ministry asked localities at the regular meeting of the National Steering Committee on [...]
Federal health officials said Friday that there have been no serious side effects from the first set of injections of the new swine flu vaccine, bolstering predictions that nearly 200 million doses could be produced by year’s end. For adults, the clinical trials started Aug. 7 while those for children began Wednesday. Dr. Anthony S. [...]
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 newest victim of the swine flu global pandemic is none other than Costa Rican President Oscar Arias. The Costa Rica government released this official statement on TV on Tuesday. According to Presidential Minister Rodrigo Arias, the President complained of sore throat symptoms and temperature on Sunday. But it was during their consultation with a [...]
Health experts warn that poor countries may not get enough supply of the swine flu vaccine as rich nations are scrambling to buy up hundreds of millions of doses of the drug. Supplies are limited because the world’s labs may only be able to produce around 900 million doses for the A(H1N1) strain per year, [...]
