H1N1 INFLUENZA A
Did I Just Kill 17 Million People? Oopsie!
I committed mass murder by accident this morning. Someone linked me this educational game that's supposed to teach you how difficult it is to manage a pandemic flu situation. Essentially, you get to m...
Posted on 10/22/09 at 4:47 AM
H1N1 novel flu confirmed in Iowa cat
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The swine flu virus has been confirmed in a cat treated at the Iowa State University College of Veterinary Medicine.By Associated Press , November 04, 2009
Epidemiologist answers some common questions about the H1N1 virus
Is it hype, hysteria or common-sense awareness and preparedness, this flu thing?By Chuck Haga, Grand Forks Herald , November 02, 2009
Flu prompts concerns other than health-based
PARK RAPIDS - As the H1N1 virus continues to spread nationwide, schools continue to experience absences eclipsing the 100 mark and Halloween events are canceled, community health director Chris Broeker worries that the fatalities reported have overshadowed the fact that many people are successfully recovering from the virus.By Sarah Smith, Park Rapids Enterprise , November 02, 2009
FDA targeting products that claim to fight swine flu
WASHINGTON – A shampoo that prevents airborne virus particles that settle on the scalp from causing swine flu. Special disposable gloves that offer protection from ATMs, door handles or steering wheels that might be “contaminated” with H1N1. A “natural immunization” that purports to be a safer alternative to a flu shot.By Sandra G. Boodman, Special to The Washington Post , November 02, 2009
CDC: Swine flu kids' deaths jump to 114
ATLANTA (AP) — Swine flu has caused at least 19 more children's deaths — the largest one-week increase since the pandemic started in April, health officials said Friday.By MIKE STOBBE,AP Medical Writer , October 30, 2009
Some who get vaccine not in high-risk groups
LOS ANGELES (AP) — It was bound to happen: Some people who aren't at high risk for swine flu complications got the much-in-demand vaccine.By ALICIA CHANG and SHAYA TAYEFE MOHAJER,Associated Press Writers , October 30, 2009
CDC: Up to 6 million H1N1 novel influenza cases in few months
ATLANTA (AP) — As many as 5.7 million Americans were infected with swine flu during the first few months of the pandemic, according to estimates from federal health officials.By MIKE STOBBE,AP Medical Writer , October 29, 2009
Northland flu cases rise
TWO HARBORS, Minn. - More than 100 students were out sick Monday at Minnehaha Elementary in Two Harbors with influenza-like symptoms, about 28 percent of student population.By Matt Suoja, Lake County News Chronicle , October 29, 2009
Novartis says on track to deliver US vaccine order
BASEL, Switzerland (AP) — Swiss drugmaker Novartis AG said Thursday it is on track to meet its U.S. government order for swine flu vaccine, seeking to calm fears in recent weeks that shipments and vaccination programs may be delayed.By Associated Press , October 29, 2009
Health officials confirm: H1N1 claims two more lives
ST. PAUL — Minnesota health officials confirmed two more deaths from H1N1 flu Wednesday as more schools report flu outbreaks and the number of people hospitalized continues to rise.By Don Davis , October 29, 2009
H1N1 flu vaccine going to youngest kids
DETROIT LAKES - A special public health strike force went into schools in Detroit Lakes, Frazee and Audubon today to administer H1N1 flu vaccine to kindergarteners and first-graders.By Nathan Bowe, DL-Online , October 28, 2009
H1N1 kills healthy 13-year-old
TORONTO — The swine flu death of an otherwise healthy hockey-playing teen came without warning and should serve as a lesson to parents to keep a close eye on their ill children, the boy’s grief-stricken father said Tuesday.By Colin Perkel, Canadian Press , October 28, 2009
WHO: nearly 5,000 swine flu deaths worldwide
GENEVA (AP) — Nearly 5,000 people have reportedly died from swine flu since it emerged this year and developed into a global epidemic, the World Health Organization said Friday.By Associated Press , October 23, 2009
Sioux Falls hospitals ask kids not to visit to combat H1N1
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota's three largest hospital systems are asking kids 18 years and younger not to visit hospital patients and nursing home residents to help reduce the risk of spreading the H1N1 flu virus.By Associated Press , October 23, 2009
Minn. baby who died of swine flu had heart ailment
ALBERT LEA, Minn. (AP) — The family of the Freeborn County infant who died of swine flu says the 5-week-old also had critical heart and lung ailments.By Associated Press , October 23, 2009
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