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Volusia officials says that swine flu is on upswing

2010-03-20T03:05:00.000-07:00

Date: March 20 2010 at 04:40 p.m IST

Volusia officials says that swine flu is on upswing
State health officials said that the activity of the swine flu virus has restricted for the first time since last December.

Since from last December it is the first time that the activity of the swine flu virus has been restricted in the country says the health officials.
But the activity of the county is still rated to be erratic in the Flagler County according to the Health department weekly report.

The swine flu virus first detected in April 2009 had its peak activity in late fall in this area.

From the day one of its activity in the county health officials have confirmed 210 swine flu related deaths.

700k swine flu vaccines were given portions in King Co

2010-03-11T03:44:00.000-08:00

Date: March 11 2010 at 05:10 p.m IST

Nearly 700,000 vaccines were distributed in the King County said he country council. Health officials are getting ready for the next wave of the diseases.

Due to the recent swine flu outbreak about 700,000 swine flu vaccine were distributed in the king county.

Last year the officials declared an emergency thinking that the disease would spread rapidly and might have significant impacts. And last spring several schools closed due to the fear of the swine flu. By March the county council said that the about 273 people have been hospitalized and 18 swine flu related deaths was recorded.

And in Washington nearly 76 people have died of swine flu since last September 19 and 1400 have been hospitalized.

At the time of the recent outbreak more than 25,000 poor people was not able to get the flu shots from the public health and community health centers. And more than 1000 homeless people have been vaccinated by the outreach team.

Swine flu virus may become a challenging one to Tamilflu

2010-03-02T05:22:00.000-08:00

Date: March 02 2010 at 07:00 p.m IST

Researcher of Ohio State University made a study on the analysis and behavior of the H1N1 virus. They suggest that the flu virus may become a challenging one to the Tamilflu.

Ohio State University scientist had traced the history of the H1N1 influenza virus which started to infect the humans during the year1918. It is one among the 3 seasonal influenza viruses that affects human. The other two virus that affect humans are H1N2 and H3N2.

H1N1 virus itself has two strains within it. One is a seasonal form and the other is a pandemic form knows as swine flu which now has affected many people and killed thousands of them.

The scientist traced the strains of the virus from the day of its emergence from the last spring till last December. And they found the changes in the amino acid allow the virus to survive the effects of Oseltamivir – an agent of tamilflu.

Swine flu vaccinations beat the slots

2010-02-12T04:57:00.000-08:00

Date: February 12 2010 at 06:45 p.m IST

By offering swine flu vaccine to Casinos the health officials might hit the jackpot – hope the health officials.

Pam Graber the spokeswoman of the Carson City health department said that the vaccine will be made available at the Horizon in Stateline from 10 AM to 2 PM today and upstairs at Sharkey from 11 AM to 3 PM on 19th February 2010.

Carson City is coordinating the swine flu vaccine crack for the Douglas County. They reached the MontBleu on Thursday.

Graber held that bringing the shots to where people meet is a new approach for health officials.

She further added that 174 people received flu shots in a clinic at Gardnerville Ranchos on Saturday.

Swine flu vaccines to the general public

2010-01-20T01:46:00.000-08:00

Date: January 20 2010 at 03:40 p.m IST

Swine flu vaccine is not open to all the general public now, says the Utah District Health Department.

Health department of Southeastern Utah district has worked to make the swine flu vaccine available to the CDC priority groups. The department further said there are enough vaccines to the general public.

The public can get the flu vaccines during the regular clinic hours in the four countries where the SEUDHD serves. The SEUDHD also has only limited number of seasonal flu shots available.

The local health department can be contacted for the vaccine clinic hours.

And an all day swine flu vaccine will be opened at the Carbon County Fairground and Event centre on January 23, 2010 from 10 A.M. to 2 P.M. in price.

Official’s notification to third wave of swine flu

2010-01-12T04:06:00.000-08:00

Date: January 12 2010 at 06:00 p.m IST

Yesterday health officials warned the residents of Boston to get vaccinated in preparation for the third wave of the national outbreak.

In preparation to third wave of national outbreak the residents of Boston have asked to get themselves vaccinated, the health officials warned yesterday.

The director of Infectious Disease Bureau Dr. Anita Barry said that the virus is still there. How much infection would be there in the third wave no one knows? The flu vaccines are very much efficient. If the residents have not yet got the vaccines it’s not too late.

A report released yesterday showed that the kids at the age of 5 to 17 were mostly affected by the H1N1 virus between 16th April and 25th July all over the city.

Dr. Anita said that there are sufficient amount of vaccines in the country and the residents are asked to get this shots as soon as possible.

Till date around 1,487 cases of swine flu were reported in the country out of which 232 of them were hospitalized and 7 deaths.

Lubbock swine flu death rises to 8

2009-12-27T23:15:00.000-08:00

Date: November 28 2009 at 02:00 p.m IST

Lubbock records five swine flu deaths. The region toll rises to 8.

The latest report from the Texas department says that 8 deaths were confirmed due to swine flu.

Of the eight deaths 5 were from Lubbock, 1 in Floyd, 1 in Cochran and 1 in Lamb County.

Around the Lubbock regions there are 41 countries, in those regions around 40 people have been hospitalized due to swine flu.

And till now about 195 people have been died of swine flu in Texas.

Swine flu jabs for under five years

2009-12-25T00:03:00.000-08:00

Date: November 25 2009 at 01:35 p.m IST

Swine flu vaccine for five year old children to begin on New Year in Dorset. In spite of the national agreement with GP’s.

Following the agreement the swine flu vaccination program is going to start on the New Year in Dorset.

The vaccination was planned since most of the five years and less are seemed to be hospitalized if they have been infected by swine flu vaccine.

At present GP’s are vaccinating the people who are at the high risk, including the people with health problems and pregnant women’s.

Swine flu clinics opened by city schedule

2009-12-07T23:11:00.000-08:00

Date: November 08 2009 at 12:45 p.m IST

New swine flu vaccine clinic for all. Clinics work from 5 to 9 pm.

The health department of anchorage will have a free swine flu vaccine clinic for all. The working hours of the clinics will be 5 to 9 pm.

This month four clinics have been planned. The first one was yesterday and the others are planned on the following dates.

1. Dec. 16, Northway Mall, 1-7 p.m.
2. Dec. 22, Gruening Middle School, 2-8 p.m.
3. Dec. 29, Romig Middle School, 2-8 p.m.

Young children who have got the first does of the vaccine can get their second recommend does on these days. The second dose should be given at least with a period of 28 days long.

Swine flu deaths fluctuating from 1000 to 4000 – CDC

2009-11-12T20:54:00.000-08:00

Date: November 13 2009 at 10:24 a.m IST

CDC has estimated that swine flu deaths in America are fluctuating. It seems that the death rises from 1000 to 4000.

CDC the centre for disease control and prevention has said that the death in America due to swine flu is more that 1000. The new figure shows that more than 4000 Americans have succumbed of swine flu.

This ration includes that the deaths caused due to complication like pneumonia, bacterial infection, and swine flu.

Still the CDC is working this week to get the more accurate calculations.

The report also says that millions of America’s have got the swine flu virus since the pandemic started in late April.

Oklahoma's swine flu death rate reaches to 19

2009-10-30T22:49:00.000-07:00

Date: October 31 2009 at 11:16 p.m IST

Oklahoma county death rises to 19 for swine flu with four more deaths in the county. With the increasing death rate the government has ordered for another 93,100 doese of swine flu.

According to the Health Department of Oklahoman five more death was reported in the country taking the death rate to 19. Of the five Victims one man belongs to Canadian other four people belongs to Oklahoma county. The victims from the Oklahoma country are the two women, a girl child and a male.

WIth the increase swine flu cases the county got 37,000 doses of swine flu and is expecting another 93,100 doses said the report from the state health department. This helps the physical doctors to give a immunization power to their patients. And the government is giving more importance to the children and pregnant women in giving the flu shots.

San Bernardino death toll reaches 11

2009-10-06T23:59:00.000-07:00

Date: October 07 2009 at 12:30 p.m IST

On Tuesday three swine flu deaths was reported in the country taking the death rate of the country to 11. The victims are a 25 year old man, 43 year old woman and also a 4 month old baby.

The public health officer of the country said that the people who have died of swine flu were suffering from earlier health problems.

She also said that people suffering from chronic illness should be taken extra care to prevent them from getting infected by the H1N1 virus.

Till now 150 residents have been hospitalized for swine flu and 18 people have died in Riverside and San Bernardino from their first flu infection in April.

Till now 14000 people have died nationwide.

41 old Louisville women died of swine flu

2009-10-05T05:08:00.000-07:00

Date: October 05 2009 at 05:40 p.m IST

Sheila Brooks a 41 year old lady who have died has been identified that her death was due to swine flu virus.

Reports from the health department officials say that the victim has no health problems. The victim was in an emergency condition when she was admitted in the University of Louisville hospital and died on September 21st.

When an autopsy was performed on September 22nd it was found that the victim has H1N1 infection.

Sheila Brooks was the second person to die of swine flu virus in the country of Louisville and the fist victim was from the Cabell country.

11 year old girl died in Sumter County

2009-09-30T00:59:00.000-07:00

Date: September 30 2009 at 01:40 p.m IST

11 year old county girls died of swine flu last week. Harvin Bullock the coroner of the county said that the girl had severe pneumonia and bronchitis as a result of swine flu virus

The state met his first swine flu death in late August in midlands. The victim was a 12 year old girl with serious health condition

The spokesman of the state said any flu related deaths are so sad and the residents are advised to take their flu shots not only the swine flu vaccine which has been planned to start sometimes next week but also their seasonal flu shots

School children confirmed swine flu cases.

2009-09-08T23:15:00.000-07:00

Date: September 9, 2009

Two students of grant memorial Presbyterian primary school have tested positive for the H1N1 virus.

The children are getting treatments for the flu from their home and the health officials are inspecting the class rooms the children.

The children has got their infection after travelling abroad and they were confirmed the flu positive yesterday.

The education ministry report said that the officials are taking the necessary steps to deal with the swine flu. They also said the children are getting affected since they might have travelled aboard for their long term holiday in August.

The ministry said that they have contacted all the educational district office to ensure they take the necessary steps to prevent the spread of the swine flu.

Florida confirmed six new swine flu related deaths

2009-09-01T23:17:00.000-07:00

Date: September 2nd 2009

Six more swine flu related deaths were reported in Florida and no personal information about the people was released.

The swine flu victims are Polk country man (34), Hillsborough country woman (22), 57 year old man, 20 year old man, and 50 year old woman all belonging to Miami Dade country and broward country man (54).

The information about the victims remains a mystery and it is not clear that the department is waiting for the test reports.

And for the present situation the state health department has now launched a hotline for swine flu to provide the latest updates about the swine flu.

The government has also asked the people of the state to stay away from work and school if they suffer from fever, cough and fatigue along with vomiting and diarrhea and asked to immediately to consult their physician.

Colombian president Alvaro Uribe reports swine flu

2009-08-31T00:26:00.000-07:00

Date: 31st August 2009

Alvaro Uribe was hit by the H1N1 virus after his return from a regional summit in Argentina.

The official spokesmen said on Sunday that president is doing well after the treatments.

The president Alvaro suffered from the symptoms on Saturday and when he underwent a medical check up he was confirmed that he had the H1N1 virus, render by the spokesman statement.

The statement also added that the president continuous to work and he will be isolated for sometime till he recovers.

The spokesman also said the president office has sent a report to governments of other countries that took part in the summit to check if anyone else has been affected by the swine virus.

It also added that the people who came in close contact with the president are also being monitored.

Till now Colombia has reported 34 swine deaths along with 621 infected cases while Latin America the worlds most affected region reported 1,300 deaths.

Uribes frequent detractor Chavez said that he feels sorry for Uribe and he hopes that the virus does not affect his over all health and nobody else comes down for the virus. He also added that the president will be soon early as he is young and he exercise regularly.

Chile turkey farms hit by H1N1 virus

2009-08-28T23:43:00.000-07:00

Date: August 29, 2009

Officials of the United Nations say that humans have no threat from the swine flu virus in turkeys.

Near Valparaiso two farms were hit by the swine flu virus.

The rejoinder of the authorities after discovering the virus in turkeys is: reporting to international organizations, starting a new quarantine and making the infected to cure rather then killing them. These steps sounds better says the chief veterinary officer of FAO.

Once when the turkeys are cured from the flu, turkey dispensation can recommence without any risk.

FAO said that in Canada, Argentina and Australia the transmission of swine flu virus from farm staff with flu like symptoms to animals has occurred.

So the department has asked farms all over the world to keep the infected animal’s way from the staff and other animals and the infected staff away from the animals.

Brazil has the highest swine flu deaths in the world

2009-08-26T23:30:00.000-07:00

Date: 27th August 2009

Brazil America’s largest country has the highest swine flu death rate in the world a report from the health ministry says.

The report also says that till now 557 people have died of swine flu in Brazil. While Argentina is in the third place with 439 deaths and US in the second place.

With all these news an estimation released on Tuesday gives a warning. The warning is terrible. It shows that up to 90,000 possible deaths from a probable swine flu outburst.

Guillain-Barre syndrome to be watched by the doctors during swine flu vaccination

2009-08-18T22:42:00.000-07:00

As the swine flu, vaccination is going to be introduced in October the doctors are urged to watch for cases of Guillian-Barre syndrome, a rare nerve disorder. This disorder affects the nervous system and could sever paralysis sometimes even death.

In 1976, the American officials prepared a vaccine following an outburst of swine flu in the military camp. About 40 million people received the vaccination. After the vaccination, the doctors received an increase report in Guillain-Barre and about 25 people died before the programme was stopped.

The government scientist have said that they are not sure whether the disorder is due to vaccine or the flu and the current flu vaccine to be introduced is different from the one introduced thirty year ago. Therefore, the doctors are reporting every cases of the Guillian-Barre syndrome to the health protection agency so that they can investigate the condition of each patient.

Sources says that till now no experts have spot the disorder case linked with the vaccination. It also said that this nervous disorder could be caused by infections like flu, so the new vaccination porgramme can be established to treat this syndrome also. Till now Britain has 1,500 syndrome cases this year.

Spokesman of the health protection agency said that when introducing a new vaccine all the possible side effects are monitored. People suffering from asthma, diabetes, Heart disease, kidney disorders or people with a compromised immune system will get the vaccine jab from October. Nearly 13 million people in Britain and pregnant women, vanguard health and social care workers also are offered the vaccine. And the seasonal flu vaccination will be continued as usual.

He also said that the Guillain-Barre syndrome has been identified as a potential one that requires improved scrutiny following the introduction of a dreadful disease vaccine. He also added that there is no increased risk of this syndrome from the swine flu vaccination.

Establishing improved scrutiny on Guillain-Barre syndrome is always a part of the pandemic plan because there is an increase risk to this disorder after a flu-like symptom. The spokesman also said that the doctors of all the hospital are told report every month whether they have treated any cases of Guillain-Barre syndrome. In preparing the vaccine for the swine flu a similar vaccines has been carried to assess the safety and the immune responses. It has shown a very good result with no side effects.

GlaxoSmithKline started testing swine flu vaccine

2009-08-18T22:17:00.000-07:00

GlaxoSmithKline has started to test the swine flu vaccine on humans. He announced this on Friday and his plans to make 16 clinical trails for the vaccine on thousands of humans who are selected from North America and Europe. The spokesman of the company said that the vaccine will be on the market soon and they have planned to give the first does on September. While the other drug making companies have begun testing their own swine flu vaccine.

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96 cases, mostly U.S. soldiers diagnosed with A/H1N1 flu in Iraq

2009-08-18T00:04:00.000-07:00

Date: 12th August 2009

The Iraqi Health Ministry released report on Wednesday it contained 96 people got affected by A/H1N1 virus, including 67 people among the U.S. soldiers in the country.

So far, the total the country climbed to 96 cases registered, with only one teenage girl death registered in the city of Najaf several days back.

Health officials and experts here have warned governments transversely the world that the latest beckon of swine flu may possibly badly hit nation in the poor and least-prepared parts of the world.

Jubier confirmed that the majority of the cases in the country were detecting among the U.S. soldiers with 67 cases, while 29 cases are Iraqis, together with 11 in Baghdad alone.

He said that all the patients are treating well by giving medical treatment and in steady situation.

The Health Ministry spokesman informed On Aug 9, A/H1N1 flu cases registered in the country at 67, as well as 39 among American soldiers.

Previous this week, the ministry confirmed the primary A/H1N1 flu death of 21-year-old lady in the city of Najaf, she is situated some 160 km south of Baghdad.

A/H1N1 influenza is a respiratory infection with symptoms normally including upper respiratory troubles, but the air-borne complaint can cause severe pneumonia and it cause death.

In glow of its speedy spread worldwide, the World Health Organization in June raised the A/H1N1 on the alert to its peak level; properly declaring it had residential into a global pandemic.