How safe is the swine flu drug? Tamiflu is the only drug that can treat swine flu. But a new study shows there is no data to show whether it works in patients who have developed complications, such as severe respiratory infections.
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Archive for December 16th, 2009
How safe is the swine flu drug? Tamiflu is the only drug that can treat swine flu. But a new study shows there is no data to show whether it works in patients who have developed complications, such as severe respiratory infections.
Officials stress that vaccine is still safe Several Central Florida county health departments received swine flu shots for children that have been recalled by federal health officials due to their lack of potency.
Only 45 children in Galveston County received a version of the swine flu vaccine that was recalled Tuesday by the manufacturer.
Only 45 children in Galveston County received a version of the swine flu vaccine that was recalled Tuesday by the manufacturer.
BLAINE, Minn. (AP) — Hundreds of people turned out for a mass swine flu clinic in Anoka County on Wednesday, the first day anyone in Minnesota could get vaccinated with the state Health Department's blessing.
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - The Utah Department of Health is reporting another death related to the swine flu. The total number of reported H1N1-related deaths this flu season is now 25 as of Saturday. The department says 857 people have been hospitalized due to swine flu and seasonal flu this flu season. That's 16 more than were reported a week ago. The department says the influenza-like illness rate ...
Only a handful of patients known to have gotten it South Florida received at least 600 doses – and probably many more – of the children's swine flu vaccine recalled because of weak potency, and Florida got 40,000, officials said Wednesday.
After weeks of shortages, swine flu vaccine is plentiful enough that nearly half the states now say everyone can get it, not just people in high-risk groups.
TRENTON — It's now easier to get the swine flu vaccine in New Jersey.