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10 Sep 2009 23:49

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U.S.: A little swine flu vaccine goes a long way, apparently

  • one shot to avoid H1N1; time to party! source
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13 Jul 2009 16:01

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World: Captain Obvious, formerly known as the World Health Organization

  • The WHO is full of good advice these days. For example, today they announced that health-care workers should be immunized against the H1N1 virus first as they will be more prone to exposure and need to be healthy to take care of those in need. I know, right? It’s total genius. source
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01 Jul 2009 22:35

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U.S., World: The latest swine flu drama – making vaccines, nailing Jens Lekman

  • 600 million doses of swine flu vaccine could be needed in the U.S. in case of a major outbreak – two for everyone in the country. Now, if we take six, does that mean that we mutate into a swine flu superhero?
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01 May 2009 19:39

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U.S., World: The swine flu vaccine will come out soon, but … not right away

  • The reality is that from the time the potentially pandemic virus is identified, it takes between four and six months to have the first doses of vaccine coming out of the factory and being available for immunizing people.
  • Dr. Marie-Paule Kieny • WHO director of the Initiative for Vaccine Research, on the process of getting a vaccine out to the public. It’s not the quickest process in the world, but they’re already ahead of the game in one respect – they have the virus identified, which is a major step in production. In other news, the H1N1 outbreak (we still hate that name BTW – it’s not that we don’t think there should be another name, but it’s very clinical) seems to be flagging to some degree in Mexico City, which is positive. • source
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23 Feb 2009 10:10

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U.S.: Could this be the elusive cure to the flu?

  • One treatment to prevent them all. An experimental flu treatment kills multiple strains at once in mice, says the journal Nature Structural and Molecular Biology. The treatment, made from human proteins, managed to kill such strains as bird flu and the 1918 strain that caused an epidemic. But will it work on humans? We’ll find out as soon as the 2010-2011 flu season, when human trials could begin. source
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