Four North Carolina patients at a single hospital tested positive for a type of swine flu that is resistant to Tamiflu, health officials said Friday. The cases reported at Duke University Medical Center over six weeks make up the biggest cluster seen so fa... (source: cbs2chicago.com) - News widgets and RSS feeds on Feedzilla.com [...more]
The Canadian Press Tamiflu-resistant swine flu cluster reported in NC The Associated Press ATLANTA — Four North Carolina patients at a single hospital tested positive for a type of swine flu that is resistant to Tamiflu, health officials said Friday. The cases reported at Duke University Medical Center over six weeks make up the biggest ... Drug resistant swine flu found in NC hospital USA Today Tamiflu-resistant swine flu spreads 'between patients' BBC News Drug-resistant strain of swine flu appearing New York Daily News WRAL.com [...more]
Last week's 19 new child deaths is the biggest single-week jump since the H1N1 swine flu pandemic began. So far, 114 kids have died of the flu. [...more]
The CDC has released a new, troubling number. Over the past week the deaths of 19 children were reported from swine flu . Last week 95 pediatric deaths were reported making this the biggest one week increase since the virus came..., ... [...more]
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He is the BMA man at the centre of the profession’s negotiations with the Government about one of the biggest challenges ever to face the NHS - how to fight the second wave of the swine flu virus. (Source: Pulse Today Clinical Updates) 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]
SALT LAKE CITY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--As the battle against the H1N1 influenza outbreak continues, hospitals are on the front lines, charged with identifying, treating, monitoring, and reporting flu cases—as well as preventing their spread to other patients and hospital personnel. To facilitate this arduous task, a growing number of U.S. hospitals are using a patient safety surveillance system developed by TheraDoc that helps them more effectively coordinate their responses to this serious publ [...more]
With today's launch of what may prove to be the biggest vaccination program in Australia's history, debate about the merits of swine flu vaccination continues. In Crikey today, a leading US consumer advocate as well as an international ... [...more]
Prague, July 27 (CTK) - Another 20 swine flu cases were registered in the Czech Republic over the weekend, the biggest such increase in a short period, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 63, according to the National ... [...more]
And that goes for any type of flu virus, be it the seasonal type or the pandemic H1N1 swine flu . Unfortunately, very few percentage of pregnant women get vaccinated and very few OB/GYN doctors recommend the vaccine. ... [...more]
