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Health Tip: Symptoms That May Indicate a Urinary Tract Infection

Title: Health Tip: Symptoms That May Indicate a Urinary Tract Infection Category: Health News Created: 3/5/2010 10:10:00 AM Last Editorial Review: 3/5/2010 [...more]

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Salmonella Scare Prompts Wide Product Recall

Title: Salmonella Scare Prompts Wide Product Recall Category: Health News Created: 3/4/2010 8:10:00 PM Last Editorial Review: 3/5/2010 [...more]

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OIE : animal disease information summaries

This collection of animal disease information sheets (including zoonoses) have been prepared for the general public by the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE). These “questions and answers” sheets provide an overview on some major OIE listed diseases, and diseases covered include avian influenza, anthrax, African swine fever, brucellosis, bluetongue, BSE, bovine tuberculosis, classical swine fever, contagious bovine pleuropneumonia, diseases of bees, equine influenza, foot-and-mouth disease (FMD), and several others. Published in 2009. [...more]

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DH press release: Vaccination available for protection against swine flu now and in the future

Source: Department of Health (DH) Area: News This update from the Department of Health (DH) provides information on the current situation with pandemic H1N1 influenza (swine flu) and reiterates the importance of vaccination. Statistics on the numbers of swine flu cases and vaccine uptake are also provided. (Source: NeLM - News) [...more]

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An Introduction To Swine Flu | Relayblogger

Swine Flu -Is a respiratory track infection from the hogs. This kind of virus can kill the human race. This infection is a worldwide virus outbreak. A flu. [...more]

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Swine-origin H1N1 influenza A virus and dental practice: a critical review

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Swine Flu Infection Rates Continue to Fall – U.S. News & World Report

CBC.ca Swine Flu Infection Rates Continue to Fall U.S. News & World Report FRIDAY, Dec. 11 (HealthDay News) -- Swine flu infection rates continue to drop, US health officials said Friday, with only 14 states reporting widespread H1N1 activity, down from 25 states last week and 48 states at the height of the ... Nevada: Swine flu vaccine available to all Dec. 18 San Francisco Chronicle H1N1 vaccine available to public Auburn Citizen Texas offering swine flu vaccine to all Houston Chronicle Lincoln Journal Star [...more]

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Physician Offers Tips To Avoid Flu Infection

National Handwashing Awareness Week is from Dec. 6 to 12, and a Geisinger physician advises that with the presence of the H1N1 virus this year, handwashing is more important than ever. "Washing your hands is one of the simplest and most effective ways to avoid infections such as H1N1 and seasonal influenza," said Lisa Esolen, M.D., Medical Director of Infection Control, Geisinger Health System. "Because this year's H1N1 virus has been so contagious and has rapidly spread widely, it is especially important to remember to wash your hands... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today) [...more]

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Epidemiological Modeling Study Shows Vaccination, Antivirals And Social Distancing May Blunt Impact Of H1N1 Influenza

The relatively low number of new cases created by a single case of H1N1 influenza indicates that mitigation strategies such as vaccination, social distancing and the use of antiviral drugs may help to lessen the final impact of the virus, suggests an epidemiological modelling study http://www.cmaj.ca/cgi/doi/10.1503/cmaj.091807 reported in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal). The study looked at data from laboratory-confirmed cases of H1N1 between April 13 and June 20, 2009 in Ontario, Canada and performed 1000 simulations to estimate epidemiological parameters for the virus... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today) [...more]

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Transplant infectious disease experts provide pandemic guidance

(Wiley-Blackwell) The global swine flu pandemic has major implications for solid organ transplants, including donor selection and transplant management and care. There are also significant concerns that swine flu could combine with seasonal or bird flu to create a strain with unpredictable virulence. American and Canadian experts have teamed up to provide expert advice on the infection risks to transplants and these have been fast-tracked for online publication by the American Journal of Transplantation. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health) [...more]

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