China has started treating severely infected swine flu patients with blood plasma donated by survivors _ a therapy not yet proven to work but one that has shown potential to save lives.
Influenza Headlines and Flu Vaccination Information
Archive for December 25th, 2009
TAYSIDE HAS had its first swine flu death since the outbreak of the H1N1 virus, the Scottish Government has confirmed, writes Jennifer Cosgrove.
JORDAN MURRAY, 8, gets her H1N1 vaccine from Ashley Macon of Napa Valley College during a swine-flu clinic earlier this month. Bill Hoban/Index-Tribune
NORMAN — Swine flu vaccine is available for younger children who need to get two doses, according to health officials.It is recommended that children younger than 10 years old get a second dose of the swine flu vaccine to maximize their protection against the flu, said Shari Kinney, director of the Cleveland County Health Department.The doses should be separated by at least four weeks, health ...
WARSAW, Poland - A Polish official who has waged a campaign against the government for refusing to import swine flu vaccines says he is himself now sick with the illness.
People who die of swine flu contract a "rapidly fatal" form of the disease and tend to die of lung injury, although it strikes different people in different ways, an autopsy study showed Thursday.
ANCHORAGE, - About 10,400 doses of nasal spray vaccine for swine flu that were distributed in Alaska have been recalled by the manufacturer. The state Department of Health and Social Services says the vaccine went out to about 100 medical providers around the state in October.
Agencies Bangalore, Dec 25: The swine flu vaccine will be brought out by March or April next year after completion of animal and human trials, Union health minister Ghulam Nabi Azad said.
Ahmedabad, Dec 25 (PTI) Two more persons succumbed to H1N1 infection here taking the death toll due to swine flu in Gujarat to 88, health officials said today.
New Delhi, Dec 25: Delhi Friday reported 95 fresh cases of swine flu of which 40 were children. There was no death and the toll remained at 64, health authorities said.