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Is Swine Flu Poised for a British Invasion of the US?
By David Knowles - AOL NewsHere it comes again. An outbreak of H1N1 flu has hospitalized 302 people in England and accounted for 14 deaths in recent weeks, the Guardian reported. Making matters worse, many British citizens, including health workers, have yet to receive flu shots this year after the frenzy of attention paid to H1N1 subsided at the conclusion of last year's pandemic season. This year's flu shot covers both seasonal and the so-called "swine" flu strains, but vaccination rates have been 2.5 percent lower this year than last, the BBC reported. "It was ill-advised not to have the public awareness campaign ...
Health Officials Worry Over H1N1 Uptick
By Katie Drummond - AOL News(March 30) -- An outbreak of H1N1 cases in Georgia and mini-surges in other Southeastern states have federal health officials urging vaccinations and vigilance to thwart the threat of a third wave of the flu. H1N1 has been largely contained across most of the country. But in Georgia, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that the number of those sick is higher than it was in October, when the second wave of the flu swept the nation. In the last week alone, the state has seen 40 hospitalizations. That's more than any other week since last fall. Specialists with the CDC are ...
Hyping H1N1: Did It Create a Dangerous Flu Fatigue?
By Katie Drummond - AOL News(Feb. 27) -- With the World Health Organization warning yet again this week that the H1N1 virus has yet to reach its peak, a flu season that's milder than average hardly seems that way. Now, the nearly yearlong coverage of H1N1 has left some worried that future influenza outbreaks will be met with ambivalent flu fatigue among the public. "It's inevitable that there's H1N1 fatigue," Dr. Robert Daum, an infectious disease specialist at the University of Chicago Medical Center, told AOL News. "Health officials, the media and the public are all stuck between a rock and a hard place on this one." ...
Radio Spots Target African-Americans at Risk for H1N1 Complications
By Mary C. Curtis - Politics DailyIn case you didn't know, it's National Influenza Vaccination Week. The day after she was sworn in as Surgeon General, Dr. Regina Benjamin and other health officials announced new public service radio spots urging African Americans to get the H1N1 flu vaccine. The once-scarce vaccine is now readily available and cases of the flu have decreased since the fall. Still, Benjamin – along with Dr. Anthony Fiori, of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and Dr. Garth Graham, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Minority Health at the Department of Health and Human Services -- warned ...
Thousands of Doses of Kids' H1N1 Vaccine Recalled
By not in system - AOL NewsATLANTA (Dec. 15) -- Hundreds of thousands of swine flu shots for children have been recalled because tests indicate the vaccine doses lost some strength, government health officials said Tuesday. The recall is for about 800,000 pre-filled syringes intended for children ages 6 months to nearly 3 years. The shots, made by Sanofi Pasteur, were distributed across the country last month, and most have already been used, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Doctors were notified of the voluntary recall Tuesday. Dr. Anne Schuchat, a CDC flu expert, said parents don't need ...
The Hajj and H1N1: Pilgrimage During a Pandemic
By Ria Misra - Politics DailyBy some estimates, the hajj is the single largest, annual gathering in the world; the pilgrimage of Muslims to Mecca attracts between 2 and 3 million visitors from all over the globe. But this year, officials are worried about several strains of H1N1. In a study published in the journal Science on Thursday, researchers warned that measures would need to be taken to prevent outbreaks of H1N1 both during the hajj, which takes place Nov. 25-30 this year, and after, as travelers return to their home countries. One of the authors of the study, Dr. Ziad Memish, who is also the Assistant Deputy ...
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