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January 20, 2012 12:42 PM
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In Dramatic Move, Flu Researchers Announce Moratorium on Some H5N1 Flu Research, Call for Global Summit
Stung by a growing global controversy over the potential dangers of experiments involving the H5N1 avian flu virus—and worried about heavy-handed government regulation—the world's leading H5N1 researchers have agreed...
January 15, 2010 11:34 AM
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H5N1 Forgotten (Almost), But Not Gone
While the world's flu fighters have concentrated on countering the H1N1 swine flu pandemic, avian influenza H5N1 has quietly continued to take its toll on both poultry and humans....
January 14, 2010 5:27 PM
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Facing Inquiry, WHO Strikes Back at "Fake Pandemic" Swine Flu Criticism
The chief flu scientist at the World Health Organization (WHO) today defended his agency against criticism that the H1N1 swine flu pandemic was "fake," that its threat to human...
For Sale: 19 Million Doses of Pandemic Vaccine, as Good as New
AMSTERDAM—The Netherlands is selling the bulk of its H1N1 pandemic vaccine supply. Some 19 million doses of the 34 million doses that the government has ordered from manufacturers Novartis...
November 13, 2009 4:02 PM
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H1N1: Has the Second Wave Peaked in U.S. and U.K.?
As public health officials have stressed since the swine flu pandemic surfaced last April, influenza is unpredictable. But one thing is predictable: pandemic influenza viruses come in waves that...
November 12, 2009 6:02 PM
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New Estimates Say Swine Flu in U.S. Worse Than Thought
First the bad news: Revised estimates from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention suggest that the novel H1N1 virus has spread much further in the country and taken...
November 5, 2009 3:46 PM
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Swine Flu Vaccine Distribution Dilemmas: Hey, You, No Cuts!
Concern appears to be rising at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention about people in lower risk groups cutting in line to receive the limited supplies of...
November 5, 2009 3:37 PM
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Sick of Swine Flu? Here Comes H3N2
With reporting by Martin Enserink. Although the world’s attention is focused on the novel H1N1 virus causing the swine flu pandemic, H3N2, a seasonal strain of influenza, has popped...
November 3, 2009 4:18 PM
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When Will U.S. Give Up Vaccine for the Poor?
It's a promise: 10% of the 250 million doses of H1N1 vaccine purchased by the United States will be donated to help poor countries. But when is still unclear....
November 3, 2009 3:22 PM
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The Challenge of Getting Swine Flu Vaccine to Poor Nations
As the H1N1 swine flu pandemic marches on, western countries have begun vaccinating their most vulnerable populations against the virus. But many countries in the developing world lack the...
November 2, 2009 4:14 PM
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Two Shots for Kids, One for Preggers: U.S. Clarifies Swine Flu Vaccine Doses, Addresses Vaccine Safety Fears
U.S. policymakers erred on the side of caution in September when they recommended that children under 10 need two doses of the swine flu vaccine to develop a strong...
October 30, 2009 5:46 PM
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Swine Flu Spread Continues to Outpace Efforts to Treat and Prevent Disease
Health officials today reiterated that the novel H1N1 virus continues to spread rapidly around temperate zones of the Northern Hemisphere, hospitalizing and killing an unusual number of children, young adults,...
October 28, 2009 1:46 PM
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How Swine Flu Vaccines Are Like Disco
Pandemics make strange bedfellows—in this case, public health advocates and defense hawks....
October 23, 2009 5:34 PM
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Pandemic Vaccine "Will Arrive Too Late for Many," CDC Concedes
The prospect that Americans will receive the swine flu vaccine in time to protect them from this second wave of the U.S. epidemic continues to dim. With the pandemic virus...
October 20, 2009 3:49 PM
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Novel H1N1 Continues to Wallop Younger U.S. Population
A new analysis from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) of severe disease caused by the novel H1N1 virus again emphasizes that people under 65 suffer...
October 16, 2009 3:17 PM
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Pandemic Vaccine Delivery Delayed in the United States
As the number of swine flu cases burgeons in the United States, vaccine is coming online much slower than the government had anticipated. Vaccine manufacturers have notified officials that they...
Roundup 10/13: Embracing Diversity Edition
Scientists and policymakers are meeting in Cape Town, South Africa, this week as part of the international DIVERSITAS program of biodiversity science. 300 farmers in 60 locations across Benin have...
October 9, 2009 3:40 PM
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CDC: Get Your Swine Flu Shots
As the availability of swine flu vaccine steadily increases, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is stepping up its efforts to combat a growing sense of complacency...
October 8, 2009 5:51 PM
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Roundup 10/8: Around the World With Google Edition
Started last November in coordination with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Google Flu Trends this week increased its coverage from four to 20 countries. This innovative effort...
October 6, 2009 4:25 PM
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Slowly But Surely, U.S. Swine Flu Vaccination Begins
As predicted, the U.S. government has started to deliver a small amount of swine flu vaccines to states this week, and states are wrestling with how to decide who...
September 23, 2009 4:10 PM
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Rethinking the Ingredients of Influenza Vaccines for 2010
Next winter in the Southern Hemisphere, influenza vaccines should no longer be designed to protect against the seasonal H1N1 strain as the pandemic H1N1 strain has replaced it, according...
September 21, 2009 2:05 PM
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Mixed Results of Swine Flu Vaccine in Kids
Early results from clinical trials suggest that healthy children under the age of 9 will likely need two doses of the swine flu vaccine, but those between 10 and...
September 18, 2009 4:19 PM
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New Date for First U.S. Swine Flu Vaccine Arrival
At least 3.4 million doses of swine flu vaccine will become available the first week in October, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced today. In one...
September 17, 2009 3:00 PM
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Countries That Have Swine Flu Vaccine Will Share With Have-Nots
In the wake of evidence that a single dose of the swine flu vaccine can protect adults, U.S. President Barack Obama announced a plan today to share 10% of...
September 15, 2009 4:42 PM
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FDA Approves Swine Flu Vaccines
As expected, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved four vaccines against the novel H1N1 virus that is causing the swine flu pandemic. None of the vaccines are...
September 11, 2009 5:04 PM
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HHS Celebrates Early Swine Flu Vaccine Results
In an effort to assuage growing concerns about the swine flu pandemic, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) pulled out all stops today to broadcast the...
September 11, 2009 11:22 AM
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U.S. Swine Flu Vaccine: Good News, Bad News
An increasing number an influenza experts in the United States are worried that the wave of the swine flu epidemic that has started to hit the country may peak...
September 2, 2009 1:55 PM
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Specious Report of Bird and Swine Flu Coinfection
An Egyptian news story that is starting to receive worldwide attention about a nightmare swine flu/bird flu coinfection is inaccurate, according to officials at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control...
August 21, 2009 3:30 PM
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Unsurprisingly Surprising Swine Flu Battle Continues
The virus causing the swine flu pandemic has spread to turkeys in Chile, slowed its spread in people in the Southern Hemisphere and in the United Kingdom, and is thriving...
July 30, 2009 4:34 PM
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CDC's Besser Moves to TV News
Epidemiologist Richard Besser, who until recently helped coordinate the nation's swine flu (H1N1) response as acting director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, will soon be reporting on...
July 29, 2009 6:14 PM
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More Canadian Pigs Catch New Flu Virus
According to the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food of Quebec (MAPAQ), the 2009 H1N1 influenza virus infected a herd of pigs in this Canadian province. This is only the...
July 29, 2009 6:05 PM
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Advisory Group Urges U.S. Swine Flu Vaccination Program
At a meeting billed as “urgent” today in Atlanta, Georgia, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) recommended that the U.S. government launch a vaccine program against the 2009 H1N1...
July 28, 2009 4:47 PM
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Laurie Garrett Interview: U.S. Global Health Leader MIA on Swine Flu
Laurie Garrett, a senior fellow for global health at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) in New York City, is a media consultant’s nightmare: She cuts to the chase and...
July 28, 2009 11:12 AM
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Yet Another New Patient Zero in Swine Flu Pandemic
A baby from San Luis Potosí in north-central Mexico was likely infected with the 2009 H1N1 influenza virus on 24 February, making this the earliest case of swine flu yet...
July 24, 2009 3:33 PM
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Swine Flu Continues to Camp Out in U.S. and Vexing Vaccine Questions Remain
The 2009 H1N1 influenza virus continues to spread in the United States, hitting particularly hard at summer camps, military academies, and other places where people from different locales gather. “It’s...
July 22, 2009 5:47 PM
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Swine Flu Vaccine Tests Move Forward
Five clinical trials of different vaccines that aim to protect against the 2009 H1N1 influenza virus will soon begin in the United States, the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and...
July 17, 2009 5:24 PM
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Not to Worry About Vaccine Availability, U.S. Health Officials Say
U.S. health officials tried to play down worries today that the country might be unprepared for pandemic swine flu come this fall. Vaccine producers are having trouble producing large amounts...
July 13, 2009 3:11 PM
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Pandemic Vaccine Shots Urged for Healthcare Workers
Health care workers should be first in line when vaccines against the swine flu virus are ready and approved, an expert panel at the World Health Organization concluded in a...
July 10, 2009 6:23 PM
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Pandemic H1N1 Virus in Canadian Pigs Smells Odd
Ever since Canadian officials announced in May that pigs on an Alberta farm harbored the novel H1N1 virus causing the swine flu outbreak, scientists have struggled to explain its origins....
July 7, 2009 5:37 PM
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International Agencies Try to End Flu Naming Wars
Repeat after me: "Pandemic H1N1 2009." That's the new name three international agencies, including the World Health Organization, have picked to end the chronic confusion about what to call the...
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