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Internet charlatans are responding to the shortage of swine flu vaccine by offering questionable remedies.

Main Category: Swine Flu Also Included In: Flu / Cold / SARS ; Public Health Article Date: 05 Nov 2009 - 9:00 PST "My body aches and my head is throbbing.

However, this issue has never been fully elucidated. Based on the premise that SARS patients belonging to a given genotype group having a significantly higher SARS infection rate than others would imply that genotype group being more susceptible, we make use of a compartmental model describing disease transmission dynamics and clinical and gene ...

Main Category: Swine Flu Also Included In: Flu / Cold / SARS ; Immune System / Vaccines ; Allergy Article Date: 05 Nov 2009 - 1:00 PST The World Health Organization recently declared H1N1 swine flu a global pandemic, resulting in the creation of rigorous vaccination programs worldwide.

When you look at the shambles that happened with the roll-out of the swine flu vaccine, you shake your head and wonder just what it is that makes it so difficult for this province to deal with public health emergencies.

Editor's Choice Main Category: Swine Flu Also Included In: Flu / Cold / SARS ; Immune System / Vaccines Article Date: 04 Nov 2009 - 0:00 PST An editorial published today in BMJ Clinical Evidence reports that more flu viruses could qualify as pandemic strains as a result of recent changes to the World Health Organisation criteria for a flu pandemic.

The federal department charged with disaster planning is itself a disaster when it comes to preparing for emergencies as varied as the swine flu pandemic, floods and terrorist attacks, says Auditor General Sheila Fraser.

Main Category: Swine Flu Also Included In: Flu / Cold / SARS ; Respiratory / Asthma Article Date: 03 Nov 2009 - 0:00 PST The American Nurses Association conveyed to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control that reported shortages of respirator masks needed to protect registered nurses from the risk of contracting the H1N1 influenza are unacceptable, ...

So, what are the lessons we've already learned from H1N1? Public Health has proven itself irrelevant.

Main Category: Swine Flu Also Included In: Flu / Cold / SARS ; Immune System / Vaccines ; Public Health Article Date: 28 Oct 2009 - 1:00 PDT Almost half of adults surveyed in Summer 2009 in Hong Kong say they would take up free swine flu vaccination.

Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty is trying to reassure Ontario residents about the plans to handle the H1N1 flu virus in the wake of the recent deaths of two children from the swine flu.

Main Category: Flu / Cold / SARS Also Included In: Pediatrics / Children's Health Biology / Biochemistry Influenza viruses evade infection-fighting antibodies by constantly changing the shape of their major surface protein.

In recent years it seems there is always a "next epidemic" identified by scientists as being poised to sweep across the world and cause millions of deaths, and at least up to now, all of these predictions have proven to be overblown.

Main Category: Medical Devices / Diagnostics Also Included In: Flu / Cold / SARS Article Date: 28 Oct 2009 Diagnostic Hybrids, a leading developer of in vitro diagnostic fluorescent staining kits and cell culture products, announces the U.S. Food and Drug Administration clearance of its D3 FastPointTM L-DFATM Influenza A/ Influenza B Virus ...

A health worker uses a camera to measure the temperature of passengers arriving at Cairo airport, as a precautionary measure against influenza A , commonly referred to as swine flu, May 14, 2009.

How companies are fighting H1N1 People sit in a waiting area for turn to be injected with the H1N1 flu vaccine at a clinic in Ottawa.

In the aftermath of the SARS emergency in 2003, some experts turned their attention to the levels of stress experienced by health-care professionals faced with treating infectious patients.

Main Category: Flu / Cold / SARS Also Included In: Immune System / Vaccines ; Seniors / Aging Article Date: 26 Oct 2009 - 2:00 PDT A study about why African American seniors do or do not get influenza vaccinations finds that many of them do not have accurate and complete information about the flu itself, the safety and efficacy of the inoculations, ...

Main Category: Swine Flu Also Included In: Flu / Cold / SARS ; Infectious Diseases / Bacteria / Viruses ; Public Health Article Date: 26 Oct 2009 - 15:00 PDT printer friendly view / write opinions rate article Quality Associates, Inc.