Close to half of residents surveyed say they're not at all concerned about catching the seasonal or the swine flu this year. But Leon County Health Department officials say the chance of getting both is still there.
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Archive for January 13th, 2010
Swine flu infections remain low in Minnesota, although the Minnesota Department of Health is reporting one more confirmed
Swine flu infections remain low in Minnesota, although the Minnesota Department of Health is reporting one more confirmed
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - Swine flu infections remain low in Minnesota, although the Minnesota Department of Health is reporting one more confirmed death.
Associated Press - January 13, 2010 3:14 PM ET ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - Swine flu infections remain low in Minnesota, although the Minnesota Department of Health is reporting one more confirmed...
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Missouri has been “incredibly lucky” that only 11 of an estimated 10,000 U.S. deaths from swine flu are attributed to residents of the state, a health official said.
DENVER - Colorado health officials say they are seeing higher rates of swine flu among blacks and Latinos this flu season. Chief medical officer Ned Calonge at the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment says diabetes and asthma increase a person's risk of complications from swine flu, and Colorado has high asthma and diabetes rates, especially among Latinos and blacks. The health ...
WARSAW, Poland (AP) – The decision seemed fraught with risk: a government refusing to import swine flu vaccines amid worldwide warnings of a spreading epidemic. But Poland did just that, becoming the only country worldwide known to reject the vaccines over safety fears and distrust in the drug companies producing them – concerns international health experts reject as unfounded.
A man died of swine flu in the capital Wednesday taking the toll in the city due to the pandemic virus to 88, an official said. 'One male died at the Sir Ganga Ram Hospital,' Anjana Prakash, Delhi's deputy nodal officer for swine flu, told IANS.
Serbia's health officials say they will stop the purchase of swine flu vaccines from a Swiss pharmaceutical company because of the lack of demand. Serbia last year ordered three million dozes of the vaccine from Novartis AG worth an estimated euro24 million ($... Serbia - 2009 flu pandemic - Pharmaceutical industry - Novartis - Health