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Mexico pushing for homegrown swine flu vaccine

Grappling with low supplies of swine flu vaccines, President Felipe Calderon persuaded drug makers this week to sell him 30 million doses, while 1,000 Mexicans lined up for an experimental vaccine they hope can speed up supplies. (Source: CTV Health)
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Sinovac Receives Certificate Of Approval To Distribute PANFLU.1 (H1N1) In Mexico

Sinovac Biotech Ltd. (NYSE Amex: SVA), a leading developer and provider of vaccines in China, today announced that it has received a Certificate of Approval from the Secretaria de Salud to distribute PANFLU.1, its H1N1 pandemic influenza (swine flu) vaccine, in Mexico. The certificate is valid through October 13, 2014. Laboratorios Imperiales S.A. de C.V. (Source: Pharma Industry News From Medical News Today)
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Six months ago, swine flu began by closing schools (Feature)

Mexico City - Six months ago Mexico's health minister made an announcement on late night television that shocked (Source: Monsters and Critics Health News)
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Swine Flu Shot Gets Mexican Test

A vaccine for the 2009 H1N1 influenza virus made in insect cells could be approved in Mexico as early as next year. (Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News)
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U.S., Mexico face shortage of H1N1 flu vaccine

Production is running behind, the CDC says. In Mexico, response to the outbreak is more muted than in the spring. As the so-called swine flu sweeps through the Northern Hemisphere once again, U.S. officials on Friday downplayed the impact of vaccine shortages, and Mexican officials stressed good hygiene and prompt medical treatment for flu-type symptoms. (Source: Los Angeles Times - Science)
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Swine flu cases near 900 and counting

Despite the recent claims by Mexico’s health secretary that the swine flu virus is in its declining phase, The World Health Organization (WHO) warned that the 2009 H1N1 (swine flu) outbreak could gain momentum in the months ahead. Gregory Hartl, a spokesman from the WHO for epidemic and pandemic diseases, said Sunday that the outbreak is only about 10 days old, and even if the illness is declining, it could return. He went on to remind everyone that “in 1918 the Spanish flu showed a surge in the spring, and then disappeared in the summer months, only to return in the autumn of 1918 with a vengeance,” He further said “And we know that that eventually killed 40 million to 50 million people.”

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367 confirmed swine flu cases and counting

According to the World Health Organization the number of confirmed swine flu cases across the globe kept rising Friday. Despite the rising number of confirmed cases there are some signs of hope in the battle against the worldwide outbreak. On Friday, the World Health Organization said that the number of confirmed cases worldwide was at 367. The total cases includes 141 confirmed cases in the United States and 156 in Mexico. So far, thirteen countries have confirmed cases.

Researchers worked to develop a vaccine for swine flu, which is also known as 2009 H1N1. According to Michael Shaw, lab team leader for the H1N1 response at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the CDC hopes to have a vaccine to manufacturers within a month. “We’re doing the best we can as fast as we can,” he said. Even with the vaccine getting to manufacturers within a month, it would take four to six months from the time the appropriate strain is identified before the first doses become available, said Dr. Marie-Paule Kieny, WHO director of the Initiative for Vaccine Research. “Of course we would like to have a vaccine tomorrow. We would have wanted to have it yesterday,” she said. “It’s a long journey.” She said there is “no doubt” that a vaccine can be made “in a relatively short period of time.”

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Updated Travel Health Warning: H1N1 Flu (Swine Flu) and Severe Cases of Respiratory Illness in Mexico — Avoid Nonessential Travel to Mexico

Revised to link to updated antiviral recommendations for travelers.
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MMWR: Swine-Origin Influenza A (H1N1) Virus Infections in a School — New York City, April 2009

On April 24, 2009, CDC reported eight confirmed cases of swine-origin influenza A (H1N1) virus (S-OIV) infection in Texas and California. The strain identified in U.S. patients was confirmed by CDC as genetically similar to viruses subsequently isolated from patients in Mexico.
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Interim Guidance—HIV-Infected Adults and Adolescents: Considerations for Clinicians Regarding Swine-Origin Influenza A (H1N1) Virus

Human infections with a swine-origin influenza A (H1N1) virus that is transmissible among humans were first identified in April 2009 with cases in the United States and Mexico. The epidemiology and clinical presentations of these infections are currently under investigation. There are insufficient data available at this point to determine who is at higher risk for complications of swine-origin influenza A (H1N1) virus infection. However, adults and adolescents with HIV infection, especially persons with low CD4 cell counts, are known to be at higher risk for viral and bacterial lower respiratory tract infections and for recurrent pneumonias.
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