The seasonal flu vaccine provides little protection against the novel (swine) H3N2 strain of flu, Canadian researchers say.
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VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Jan. 27 (UPI) -- The seasonal flu vaccine provides little protection against the novel (swine) H3N2 strain of flu, Canadian researchers say.
Mexican health officials agree there is an increase in swine flu cases, but they say the number is within the range of a normal flu season.
The swine influenza outbreak in Mexico claimed its ninth life Tuesday as H1N1 continues to account for 90 percent of detected cases of flu in the country. According to Big Pond News, the total confirmed number of swine flu cases in the country currently totals 573. That’s up by more than 200 cases since last Thursday, when the total reached 333. Still, Mexican health authorities are denying that ...
MEXICO CITY Three years after swine flu closed Mexico City and caused an international scare, the Mexican government and local media are at odds over the severity of this season's flu virus. Newspapers are warning of an alarming increase in cases while the government insists there is no cause for alarm.
MEXICO CITY - Mexico's newspapers are warning of an alarming increase in swine flu for the first time since a pandemic shut down much of the country three years ago, while the government insists there's no need for another international scare.
Mexico's newspapers are warning of an alarming increase in swine flu for the first time since a pandemic shut down much of the country three years ago, while the government insists there's no need for another international scare.
State health officials say lab tests confirm a case of H1N1 influenza in Madison County. The positive test came back earlier this month.
Title: How Did Generation X Respond to the H1N1 'Swine' Flu Epidemic? Category: Health News Created: 1/24/2012 4:05:00 PM Last Editorial Review: 1/25/2012
A scientist mixed a bird flu virus with the swine flu virus from 2009 to create a controversial bird flu strain that spread among ferrets in the lab, he reported Wednesday.