This year's flu materials include messaging to address both Seasonal and 2009 H1N1 flu (sometimes called "swine flu") recommendations. (Source: PandemicFlu.gov RSS Feed for News Releases) MedWorm Message: Get the very latest Swine Flu news via the MedWorm Swine Flu RSS news feed - updated hourly from thousands of authoritative health and news sources. [...more]
With many people believing the swine flu mania is over, the World Health Organization warns the pandemic still poses a real threat. [...more]
Flu seasons are unpredictable in a number of ways, including when they begin, how severe they are, how long they last and which viruses will spread. There were more uncertainties than usual going into this flu season (2009-2010), because of the emergence of the 2009 H1N1 influenza virus (previously called "novel H1N1" or "swine flu"). This virus caused the first influenza pandemic (global outbreak of disease) in more than 40 years. (Source: PandemicFlu.gov RSS Feed for News Releases) MedWorm Message: Get the very latest Swine Flu news via the MedWorm Swine Flu RSS news feed - updated hourly from thousands of authoritative health and news sources. [...more]
Conclusions The findings from this review can be broadly explained by theories of health behaviour. However, theoretically driven prospective studies are required to further clarify the relationship between demographic factors, attitudes, and behaviour. The findings suggest that intervention studies and communication strategies should focus on particular demographic groups and on raising levels of perceived threat of the pandemic disease and belief in the effectiveness of measures designed to protect against it. PMID: 20109274 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: British Journal of Health Psychology) [...more]
(NaturalNews) The great swine flu hoax of 2009 is now falling apart at the seams as one country after another unloads hundreds of millions of doses of unused swine flu vaccines. No informed person wants the injection anymore, and the entire fear-based campaign to promote the vaccines has now been exposed as outright quackery and propaganda.Even doctors are now calling the pandemic a complete hoax. As reported on FoxNews, Dr. [...more]
While firms will have boosted profits as a result of H1N1, the reality of the pandemic is more complicated than a simple revenue grab (Source: New Scientist - Health) MedWorm Message: Get the very latest Swine Flu news via the MedWorm Swine Flu RSS news feed - updated hourly from thousands of authoritative health and news sources. [...more]
The government spent more than £1bn in preparation for a flu pandemic, it has been disclosed. (Source: Nursing Times Breaking News) [...more]
A roundup of articles about the WHO's handling of the pandemic, countries slashing vaccine orders, the risk to children, and more. (Source: SciDev.Net) [...more]
A roundup of articles about the WHO's handling of the pandemic, countries slashing vaccine orders, the risk to children, and more. (Source: SciDev.Net) [...more]
Authors: Kelly HA From the recognition of the swine flu pandemic in late April 2009, health professionals, politicians and the public needed to know how serious pandemic (H1N1) 2009 influenza (swine flu) was in relation to other seasonal strains of influenza. The Victorian experience suggests that the circulation of pandemic (H1N1) 2009 influenza in the community was at most like influenza circulation in a season of moderate seasonal activity [...more]
