Archive for December 2nd, 2009

Exploiting the public concern over finding swine flu vaccine, Internet scammers have been using a fake e-mail to steal passwords and install a damaging virus in victims' computers. According to the Better Business Bureau office serving Chicago and northern Illinois, the fraudulent e-mail purportedly comes from a "State Vaccination H1N1 Program" and offers an official-looking but bogus link to ...
Two swine flu patients in Maryland and one in Virginia were hospitalized with a form of the virus resistant to a commonly used medicine, prompting infectious disease specialists to call for renewed caution even as the intensity of the pandemic has declined nationwide.
 
Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009
The Federal Government believes its swine flu vaccination program is on track, though less than a quarter of its 21 million doses have yet been used.
Health officials in West Allis on Wednesday confirmed the city's first death related to the H1N1 influenza virus. No information on the victim was provided in a news release from West Allis health commissioner Terry Brandenburg confirming the death. Swine flu appears to be waning around the country, though there remains "considerable H1N1 activity," in Wisconsin, according to the state ...
Another person in Saskatchewan has died after contracting the swine flu virus, health officials reported Wednesday.
 
Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009
Two more people have died of complications from the swine flu in Maine, bringing the total of number of H1N1-related deaths to 11 in the state.
New Jersey has reported two more deaths due to swine flu, but additional shipments of vaccine have finally eased the backlog in orders, according to the state Health Department’s weekly report Wednesday.
New Jersey has reported two more deaths due to swine flu, but additional shipments of vaccine have finally eased the backlog in orders, according to the state Health Department’s weekly report Wednesday.
Another person has died of the swine flu in Polk County, the county's seventh H1N1-related death.
 
Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009
A New Hampshire woman has died of complications related to swine flu, bringing the total number of such deaths in the state to seven.