Widespread cases of swine flu in children across the country are increasing pressure on pharmacies to keep up with demand for ... (Source: USATODAY.com Health)
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Corporations world-wide are girding for swine-flu outbreaks, devising plans to keep their offices and factories running. (Source: WSJ.com: Health)
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Obama adviser says US will soon have all the swine flu vaccine it needs (Source: ABC News: Health)
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The Strategic Advisory Group of Experts (SAGE) on Immunization, which advises WHO (World Health Organization) on policies and strategies for vaccines and immunization, devoted a session of its 27-29 October meeting to pandemic influenza vaccines. The experts reviewed the current epidemiological situation of the pandemic worldwide and considered issues and options from a public health perspective. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Kuwait's health ministry is to launch an H1N1 vaccination campaign today, making the vaccine available to those most at risk to the virus, in line with World Health Organization recommendations, Kuwait Times has reported. Last month is received 145,000 doses of the vaccine, and these will be distributed to public clinics and hospitals. Kuwait expects to get a second batch of 600,000 doses of the vaccine in late December, and a total of two million doses by February, the ministry said. (Source: Healthcare)
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H1N1 vaccination clinics in Alberta shut down their lineups early Saturday as thousands of people lined up for swine flu shots. (Source: CBC | Health)
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Five drug companies are now increasing production of the vaccine for the H1N1 swine flu, and 10 million more doses are expected next week, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said on Saturday. (Source: Reuters: Health)
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have classified all children, 6-months to 24-years, one of the high risk groups for contracting the H1N1 (swine) flu, and recommend this population receive the H1N1 vaccine for immunity against the disease. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
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That brings the total to 114 children deaths since the pandemic's start, compared with 40 to 50 in a normal flu season. On H1N1 vaccines, 'the gap between supply and demand is closing.'
Nineteen more U.S. children died from pandemic H1N1 influenza in the week ending Oct. 24, bringing the total to 65 since Aug. 30 and to 114 since the beginning of the pandemic in April, according to the newest data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention . (Source: Los Angeles Times - Science)
One dose of vaccine might be enough to protect both adults and children older than six months against the swine flu pandemic, an international panel of experts has concluded. (Source: Wash Post Health)
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