The Federal Ministry of Health on Monday January 18, 2010, confirmed the first Nigerian to die from the H1N1 virus, or swine 'flu. The case involved a 38-year-old female in Lagos who tested positive to the virus. The lady who had a history of travel to the United States three months earlier developed a respiratory tract infection six weeks after returning to Nigeria and died on Tuesday January 5, 2010 at a hospital on Victoria Island, Lagos. So far, about twenty-seven countries have been hit by swine flu. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine) [...more]
Spokesman.com: BOISE — State health officials say nearly 800 people have tested positive for the swine flu in the past three months, and about 30 of those cases were reported in the past week. [...more]
(NaturalNews) The FDA has now suddenly granted approval to four different H1N1 vaccines, all on the same day! With virtually no testing, these fast-tracked vaccines are now approved for use on everyone: Infants, children, adults, senior citizens and even expectant mothers. But does everyone really need these vaccines?According to the CDC, by June of 2009, one million Americans had already been exposed to H1N1 swine flu. Although the CDC hasn't released official infection statistics in recent months, with the rapid spread of the mild virus, it's not unreasonable to suspect that by now, three months later, the number of Americans who have been exposed to H1N1 swine flu has at least doubled to two million.Yet here's the interesting part: You don't see two million Americans dying from swine fl... [...more]
DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aastra, a leading provider of IP-Telephony and Contact Center solutions, offers a solution for contact centers needing an alternative for premises-based agents if it is necessary to close the call center due to a disaster or flu epidemic. [...more]
Just three months ago, San Diego-based Inovio Biomedical looked like one of the many biotechs with big ambitions that were headed for the dustbin of history. [...more]
As panic over swine flu continues to mount, health experts say TB is still the most serious threat facing the country. Although the respiratory disease claims an estimated 1000 lives per day in South Africa, doctors feel the media has neglected TB coverage and instead created a disproportionate anxiety over H1N1, responsible for fewer than 10 deaths over three months since it hit the country. (Source: AllAfrica News: Tuberculosis) [...more]
London - Britain's first swine flu victim was a 38-year-old woman who gave birth to a baby almost three months prematurely a fortnight ago, reports said Monday. [...more]
