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Pregnancy likely to be swine flu shot priority

Swine flu has been hitting pregnant women unusually hard, so they are likely to be among the first group advised to get a new ...

 

H1N1 flu shots ready in months, winter a risk-WHO

Vaccines should be ready within months for H1N1 flu, which could mutate and become more severe in winter, the World Health Organisation said on Friday. WHO spokesman Gregory Hartl said ...

 

U.S. trials for H1N1 vaccine announced

In a race to beat the flu season, medical institutes across the United States will begin human trials for a new H1N1 flu vaccine starting in early August, the University of Maryland announced Wednesday.

 

H1N1 pandemic spreading too fast to count: WHO

The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday that the H1N1 flu pandemic was the fastest-moving pandemic ever and that it was now pointless to count every case.

 

WHO says new flu "unstoppable", calls for vaccine

WHO says new flu

Saying the new H1N1 virus is "unstoppable", the World Health Organization gave drug makers a full go-ahead to manufacture vaccines against the pandemic influenza strain on Monday and said healthcare workers should be the first to get one.

 

Swine flu vaccine coming, officials say

Swine flu vaccine coming, officials say

The nation's secretary of health and human services told government leaders at a swine-flu preparedness summit Thursday that a vaccine to fight the H1N1 virus should be ready for distribution in mid-October.

 

Denmark finds 1st case of H1N1 resistance to Tamiflu

Scientists have established the first case of the new H1N1 influenza strain showing resistance to Tamiflu, the main antiviral flu drug, Danish officials and the manufacturer said on Monday.

 

Travelers to China risk 'random' quarantine

Travelers to China risk 'random' quarantine

Travelers to China who display flu-like symptoms may be randomly quarantined over concerns of the swine flu virus, the U.S. State Department warned.

 

Kids may be first in line for swine flu shots

Kids may be first in line for swine flu shots

Schoolchildren may be first in line for swine flu vaccine this fall — and might even be able to get the shot right at school.

 

Swine flu cases nears 30,000 worldwide

Swine flu cases nears 30,000 worldwide

The number of swine flu cases is closer to reaching 30,000, the World Health Organization reported Friday, a day after declaring the start of a global pandemic.

 

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