Archive for December 24th, 2009

Justin Baciao, 27, was hospitalized on Oct. 4, after suffering severe complications from swine flu. On Monday, doctors released him to go home.
 
Thursday, December 24th, 2009
THE number of swine flu cases across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight has dropped.
State health officials are planning swine flu vaccination clinics at 33 locations across Pennsylvania for anyone who wants to receive it.
The swine flu virus that sickened an estimated 20 percent of Americans in 2009 will continue its infectious ways in 2010, but in a diminished role.
All doses in Md. probably used at full potency, they say About 98,400 doses of the batch of swine flu vaccine recalled this week by its Gaithersburg-based maker had been distributed in Maryland, but nearly all were likely used while still at full potency, state officials said.
Drug maker MedImmune is recalling nearly 5 million doses of swine flu vaccine because the nasal spray appears to lose strength over time, federal health officials announced this week.
Four more adults, including two men who were otherwise healthy, are the latest deaths in the county in which swine flu was a factor, the San Diego Health and Human Services Agency said yesterday.
 
Thursday, December 24th, 2009
Children under five in Dorset will receive the swine flu vaccine from the new year, despite a national agreement with GPs breaking down.
Justin Baciao, 27, was hospitalized on Oct. 4, after suffering severe complications from swine flu. On Monday, doctors released him to go home.
 
Thursday, December 24th, 2009
Los Angeles -- Swine flu is not only dangerous to pregnant women, but it's a threat to new mothers too, the first study to document this risk shows.