Archive for January 5th, 2010

New production method can meet the demand of a global flu pandemicScientists in Vienna have developed a new technique for producing vaccines for H1N1, 'swine flu', based on insect cells.
LOCAL doctors have warned that swine flu still poses a threat as the number of people seeking free immunisation dwindles.
With only 14 confirmed swine flu cases on Tuesday, Delhi recorded the least number of positive cases in the last four months, reports Mallica Joshi .
Los Angeles taxi drivers can line up this week for a free swine flu vaccine.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles taxi drivers can line up this week for a free swine flu vaccine. The vaccinations will take place at the taxi holding lot of the Los Angeles International Airport. Drivers will have to show their license to get a shot. The effort is sponsored by the city's nine franchised taxi companies for their 3,700 drivers. Norton Medical Industries, a company that does ...
Easthampton residents are getting their chance to fight the swine flu. On Saturday, January 9, the city's Board of Health is holding a free H1N1 flu vaccine clinic.
Deputy editor Alan Cleaver reports daily on the impact of swine flu in West Cumbria, with a particular slant on how the media and the public are reacting to the worsening crisis.
Although the swine flu has swept the nation twice, State Health Officials say the concern is not over.
Swine flu has given many a fright and the top pandemic flu expert at the World Health Organization has warned in recent weeks that the global epidemic isn't over yet.
As the number of H1N1 (swine flu) cases in the U.S. continues to wane, the New York Times reflects on how federal officials handled the pandemic and other factors that helped the situation. "The outbreak highlighted many national weaknesses: old, slow vaccine technology; too much reliance on foreign vaccine factories; some major hospitals pushed to their limits by a relatively mild epidemic ...