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The H1N1 seems to come back in the newspaper headlines, so researchers from Philipps University of Marburg in Germany, published a paper that explains in what way the 'swine flu' contributed to a better understanding of pandemic outbreaks.The authors reveal important lessons about the origins of 2009 H1N1, ... |
13 January 2011
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Many news outlets and TV stations, talk shows and radio programs around the world have discussed exhaustively about the pros and cons of getting vaccinated against the 2009 A H1N1 viral strain. The swine flu is extremely contagious and dangerous, and poses significant risks to old people and children, as they have th... |
13 January 2010
08:56 GMT |
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A new statistical estimate shows that, by closing schools, authorities could potentially prevent up to 21 percent of new swine flu cases. The investigation was conducted in eight European countries, and scientists determined that schools were one of the main ways through which the viral strain infected additional pop... |
28 November 2009
06:13 GMT |
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Swine flu is the hot trendy infectious disease right now and everyone wants a piece of it. Not literally obviously, but seeing that even Google got on the swine flu bandwagon, it's hard to blame all of the over-the-top headlines news outlets have been sporting for a couple of months. Still, it could all be in g... |
11 November 2009
05:08 GMT |
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While the World Health Organization (WHO) is painting a dire image of the new influenza outbreak, there are voices that say the situation is not nearly as bad as official announcements would have it. Regardless of where the truth lies, the main question on everybody's lips now is whether they should be getting t... |
29 October 2009
10:38 GMT |
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A new iPhone application developed by the Harvard Health Publications Division of the Harvard Medical School is now available in the iTunes App Store. Dubbed the “HMSMobile Swine Flu Center,” the app is touted as being a vital tool that leverages Harvard’s extensive knowledge and provides the public... |
28 October 2009
09:59 GMT |
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A new service from Microsoft is designed to help people perform swine flu self-assessments in order to determine whether they have contacted the H1N1 virus. Based on material licensed from Emory University, the Redmond company has introduced the H1N1 Flu Response Center, a website set up to allow users to diagnose th... |
7 October 2009
09:04 GMT |
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Brian Littrell of the Backstreet Boys has officially become the latest celebrity to come down with the Swine Flu. Littrell became sick as the band returned to the US after a visit to Tokyo, the Us Magazine informs, but, luckily enough, the other members of the pop group are OK and show no symptoms of having contacted... |
6 October 2009
04:30 GMT |
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Security researchers from antivirus vendor Trend Micro report that malware distributors have resorted to a swine flu-related theme for their campaign again. Spam emails written in Spanish and linking to an information-stealing trojan claim that the presidents of several South American countries have been diagnosed wi... |
7 September 2009
10:32 GMT |
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According to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), it may be that the swine flu vaccine, a new drug created specifically for the recent strain of the virus that caused a global pandemic, won't be available to the general public until after mid-October. The announcement was made yesterday by Dr... |
27 August 2009
04:54 GMT |
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There is no magic cure against the swine flu, as 20-year-old British star Rupert Grint, who plays one of the main characters in the highly successful “Harry Potter” film franchise, has recently recovered from a bout of it, as his rep confirms for People magazine. Grint has now fully recovered and will be ... |
6 July 2009
05:16 GMT |
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In two new, separate studies using ferret populations, experts have determined that the A H1N1 influenza strain has a very widespread effect on the body, being able to penetrate deep within the respiratory tract, and even as far as the intestines. This find may help explain why the symptoms associated with swine flu ... |
6 July 2009
02:20 GMT |
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Experts can relax a bit now, the World Health Organization said on Thrusday, the Influenza A type H1N1 viral strain is not currently mutating, and it keeps a constant configuration for the moment. In the midst of a global swine flu pandemic, the world is in fear over the fact that the viral agent might mutate in the ... |
26 June 2009
04:34 GMT |
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The current swine flu pandemic has also drawn attention to a very worrying fact – throughout the world, millions of people could lose their lives because they don't have access to affordable supplies of antiviral drugs and vaccines. In fact, statisticians estimate, more than 90 percent of the world's ... |
15 June 2009
16:51 GMT |
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The World Health Organization (WHO) announced yesterday that it had lifted the warning level on the swine influenza outbreak from five to a maximum of six, which means that the contagion is now officially classified as a pandemic, the first since 1968. Thus far, the disease has spread in some 74 countries, and the WH... |
12 June 2009
02:36 GMT |
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At this point, the World Health Organization (WHO) has announced, the flu season in the temperate Northern Hemisphere is over, which means that we will get to a see a reduction in the number of new swine flu cases that appear in these areas. However, health experts warn, the infection will now move south of the Equat... |
28 May 2009
18:01 GMT |
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The swine flu has devastated a lot of countries in its worldwide journey, but the starting point, which was in Mexico, has made a lot of companies fearful of traveling towards that country or to the south of the United States. As you all know, one of the biggest gaming conventions in the world, the Electronic Entert... |
28 May 2009
13:01 GMT |
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Keeping in tune with the bleak tone of its recent statements, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned countries that they should be prepared for more widespread and devastating flu epidemics in the future. The concern is prompted by the fact that, in some parts of South America, Africa and Asia, the swine flu viru... |
24 May 2009
11:01 GMT |
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The swine flu is all over the news, affecting quite a lot of countries and leaving them quarantined. But, even though the E3 conference is still taking place, as its organizer, the ESA, isn't afraid of it, it seems that developers and publishers are. Capcom has recently issued a statement, through the voice of ... |
22 May 2009
14:21 GMT |
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According to a new estimate released by the United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday, the number of confirmed swine flu cases around the world continues to rise, despite authorities' best efforts to contain the situation. The H1N1 influenza A strain has thus far infected some 10,243 people, an... |
20 May 2009
10:37 GMT |
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Developer IntuApps is preparing (hoping?) for the approval of a Swine Flu Tracker app for iPhone and iPod touch, a tool that will enable every handset owner on the planet to successfully zig-zag through the hotbeds of the infection. The app will be distributed free of charge, following its approval in the App Store. ... |
4 May 2009
05:01 GMT |
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In case you haven't been aware in the last few days, the Swine Flu is one of the world's most dangerous viruses and threatens to engulf the whole wide world in a pandemic. With the core of the outbreak around Mexico, slowly but surely the virus has spread around key points in almost every continent. But ev... |
30 April 2009
14:11 GMT |
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Want a complex perspective over the reports related to persons infected with Swine Flu? Then you turn to Live Search Maps/Virtual Earth and the 2009 Swine Flu H1N1 Outbreak and Migration Map. Users will be able to see the travel paths of Swine Flu cases around the world, as well as get similar information for suspect... |
30 April 2009
08:13 GMT |
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Recent developments in the analysis of the H1N1 swine influenza virus have shown that the lethal viral strain does not combine genes from humans, birds and pigs, as first thought, but that it's rather made up of a combination of two swine flu strains, which, brought together, are deadly to us. Scientists studyin... |
29 April 2009
04:02 GMT |
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Malware analysts from various security vendors warn that cyber crooks are capitalizing on the general public's interest into the deadly swine flu epidemic. Swine flu spam has started filling e-mail Inboxes aggressively at the beginning of this week, most of it pushing fake meds. With the number of swine flu dea... |
28 April 2009
05:46 GMT |
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The swine flu pandemic, which has recently taken the world by surprise with more than 130 people dying in Mexico and the United States, can no longer be contained, a top United Nations World Health Organization announced a few days ago. This means that nations are now forced to fend for themselves, and should focus o... |
28 April 2009
04:17 GMT |
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