Topic: United States
Infection from the 2009 A(H1N1) pandemic virus presented a lower risk of serious complications than other recent strains of the flu, according to US research presented Tuesday. Analysis of influenza cases in the midwestern US state of Wisconsin showed infected individuals were ...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The World Health Organization's emergency committee intends to convene as early as Tuesday to review data and declare an end to the H1N1 swine flu pandemic, Bloomberg News reported, citing two people familiar with the matter. WHO Director ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - It is too soon to determine whether tens of thousands of doses of H1N1 swine flu vaccine may have to be thrown out if they are not used before their expiration date, a U.S. health official said on Thursday. ...
CDC renews push for swine flu vaccinations; cites increase in hospital cases in GeorgiaHealth officials are renewing their push for Americans to get swine flu vaccinations following a recent uptick in hospital cases in Georgia. No other state has had such an ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - H1N1 swine flu is still circulating around the world and still killing people, although it is on the decline everywhere, global health officials said on Friday. The H1N1 strain is the dominant form of influenza globally, but some seasonal ...
Is the US swine flu epidemic over? It looks that way, but feds aren't prepared to say so yetIf the U.S. swine flu epidemic isn't over, it certainly looks as if it's on its last legs. While federal health officials are not ...
Pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca PLC said Thursday it plans to ax 8,000 more jobs, or 12 percent of its work force, by 2014 to cut costs as it reported disappointing fourth quarter earnings. The Anglo-Swedish company, which said the job cuts will be ...
Panel finds US unprepared for a terrorist attack with deadly biological weaponsA congressionally mandated panel says the United States isn't ready for a biological terrorist attack. The Commission on the Prevention of Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferation gives the Obama administration a ...
GENEVA (Reuters) - At least 11,516 people around the globe have died from the H1N1 flu virus since the pandemic emerged in April, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported on Wednesday. But in its weekly update, which showed an increase in officially ...
CHICAGO (Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Tuesday AstraZeneca's MedImmune unit is voluntarily recalling some of its H1N1 swine flu vaccine because it was not as potent as it should be. Norman Baylor, director of the office of ...
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