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Sat, 19 May 2012 14:06:53 GMT

Bel Marra Health Supports Recent Research by the Centers for Disease Control ...
Houston Chronicle
Spokesperson for Bel Marra Health, Dr. Victor Marchione says, “A vaccine that aims to improve the T-cell response will help to provide lasting immunity against multiple strains of influenza, including the seasonal flu, avian flu and swine flu.

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Fri, 18 May 2012 18:45:07 GMT

Designer Flu: How scientists made a killer virus airborne — and who should know
Science News
Strictly speaking, the Wisconsin group's transmissible virus is not H5N1 bird flu virus. Instead it is a composite of H5N1 and the H1N1 “swine flu” virus that caused a pandemic in 2009. To create the combination virus, the researchers replaced a ...

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Wed, 09 May 2012 22:24:05 GMT

Survey: At pandemic's peak, people worried more about seasonal flu
CIDRAP
May 9, 2012 (CIDRAP News) – Survey data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) suggest that at the peak of the H1N1 influenza pandemic in the fall of 2009, Americans were more worried about seasonal flu than the pandemic virus, ...

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Tue, 15 May 2012 05:42:59 GMT

Another official exits DHEC
The State
He staged multiple news conferences to provide calm, clinical updates on the swine flu outbreak in 2009-10 and remind people of easy flu-fighting strategies. The battle to reduce incidence of HIV/AIDS and improve care for people with the conditions was ...

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Mon, 14 May 2012 19:35:07 GMT

'Barcoding' viruses could help detect mutated strains
CNET
Using a new type of test developed at the University of Leeds "might have been a way to identify how lethal the 2009 swine flu pandemic was going to be, lessening worldwide panic," John Barr of the university's Faculty of Biological Sciences said in a ...

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Mon, 14 May 2012 13:12:39 GMT

Discover Magazine (blog)
Ready, set, trial: why pandemics catch us out and how to prepare for them
Discover Magazine (blog)
This oversight means that when big epidemics hit, like the swine flu pandemic of 2009, scientists lose valuable chances to find more about these illnesses. A new consortium is out to change that. I wrote about their work, and the problem of slow ...

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Fri, 27 Apr 2012 23:04:47 GMT

Taking precautions to prevent contagion
msnbc.com
With the recent outbreak of viruses such as SARS, bird flu and swine flu, officials and travelers are being extra careful about preventing the illnesses from being transmitted. NBC's Kevin Tibbles reports. >> as you may know, there was a scare at ...
Wed, 02 May 2012 18:18:13 GMT

The Hindu
Amid Controversy, Scientists Publish Recipe For Making More Potent Bird Flu
Popular Science
To test the virus, researchers led by Masaki Imai and Yoshihiro Kawaoka of the University of Wisconsin-Madison combined elements of avian flu with a recent pandemic human flu, the 2009 variant of H1N1 (you may know it as the swine flu).
Once-banned bird flu study suggests pandemic threat is realKNDO/KNDU

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Wed, 02 May 2012 05:41:29 GMT

The West Australian
10 winter health hazards
The West Australian
The H1N1 strain of the flu (sometimes called swine flu) that swept the world in 2009 is still virulent and was responsible for 10 of the flu-related deaths. Symptoms: High fever, chills and sweating, sore throat, weakness, headache, muscle and joint ...
Fri, 18 May 2012 11:01:14 GMT

Putting Patients At The Heart Of Performance Gives Positive Results
Chesterfield Post
Fewer lives in the region have been put at risk from flu this winter thanks to a major awareness-raising programme. More... Chesterfield Royal Hospital has informed us this morning that from 2.30 pm today the adult inpatient wards will re-open to ...

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