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Influenza’s Achilles Heel Discovered By Scientists

As the nation copes with a shortage of vaccines for H1N1 influenza, a team of Alabama researchers have raised hopes that they have found an Achilles' heel for all strains of the flu - antioxidants. In an article appearing in the November 2009 print issue of the FASEB Journal (http://www.fasebj. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)

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GPs’ swine flu vaccination target revealed

Exclusive: GP practices will be expected to vaccinate at least half of all patients in the priority at-risk group against swine flu during this winter’s vaccination campaign, Pulse can exclusively reveal. (Source: Pulse)

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H1N1 Testing Data Presented At Infectious Diseases Society Of America Conference

The Phoenix-based non-profit Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen) has announced that, along with a business collaborator, it will submit a request to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for emergency use of a new test to diagnose the 2009 H1N1 swine flu virus. Details about TGen's test will be presented Sunday (Nov. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)

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Another big rise in swine flu cases

There were 78,000 new cases of swine flu in England in the past week, up from 53,000 the week before, new estimates show. (Source: Nursing Times Breaking News)

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U.S. Won’t Donate H1N1 Vaccine To Developing Countries Until ‘At-Risk’ Americans Receive Vaccine

The U.S. will hold off on donating H1N1 (swine flu) vaccine stockpiles to developing countries until "at-risk Americans" receive the vaccine, HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said Wednesday, (Source: Immune System / Vaccines News From Medical News Today)

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Experts advise WHO on pandemic vaccine policies and strategies

The Strategic Advisory Group of Experts (SAGE) on Immunization, which advises WHO 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: WHO Swine Flu)

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Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 – update 72

As of 25 October 2009, worldwide there have been more than 440,000 laboratory confirmed cases of pandemic influenza H1N1 2009 and over 5700 deaths reported to WHO. (Source: WHO Swine Flu)

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Could Vaccination For Children Against Seasonal Flu Stop Immunity Developing Against Pandemic Strains?

Infection with "seasonal" influenza A could actually benefit children by giving them improved immunity against pandemic strains such as the swine flu H1N1 strain now circulating. Thus, vaccinating children aged 6 months to 5 years against seasonal flu, as is recommended in some countries, could be disadvantageous to these children. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)

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Rwanda: Swine Flu Infections Down

Government's efforts to curb the spread of the contagious Influenza A, H1N1 (swine flu) have paid off with only four new laboratory confirmed cases reported as of yesterday. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)

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CDC gives new swine flu numbers

Between 1.8 million and 5.7 million caught H1N1, as many as 21,000 were hospitalized and perhaps 800 died, according to data from the start of the outbreak in April through July. Between 1.8 million and 5.7 million Americans caught pandemic H1N1 influenza this spring, as many as 21,000 were hospitalized, and perhaps 800 died, according to new estimates by researchers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The revised numbers suggest that even larger numbers will become infected during this flu season. (Source: Los Angeles Times - Science)