Archive for March 6th, 2010

Editor's Note: This column appears in the LVN Sunday health pages throughout the flu season. Readers interested in knowing more about this topic are urged to visit www.cdc.gov/h1n1flu or www.flu.gov By Pam Graber LVNNews Service Q: Is the H1N1 flu season finally over? A: We think so, but it is hard to tell. This flu season, called 2009 H1N1 ...
Canada has recorded a case of Tamiflu-resistant swine flu virus, in a Quebec man who had been given the drug to prevent infection.
At the San Miguel County Department of Health and Environment, workers don’t have enough time to work — they’ve been answering their phones for days, fielding calls about flu vaccines.
A UK expert in pandemic flu thinks Jersey responded the right way to the swine flu outbreak.Professor Nick Phin from the Health Protection Agency has been in the island to talk to Public Health about what has been learned.He says data suggests the small number of cases here compared to the UK was probably down to measures takes locally to contain the spread of the disease.And he’s dismissing ...
YOUNG children in Bridlington are now being offered vaccinations for swine flu – after programmes to vaccinate those in high-risk medical groups were successful. (04/03/2010)