Dutch government wants to sell flu vaccines back (Reuters)
Reuters - The Dutch government wants to sell 21 million unused H1N1 flu vaccine doses back to their manufacturers after they proved unnecessary and no other country wanted to buy them, the Health Ministry said on Saturday.
Virtually Everyone Should Get a Flu Shot: CDC (HealthDay)
HealthDay - THURSDAY, Feb. 25 (HealthDay News) -- All Americans 6 months of
age and older should get a flu shot each year, a panel of U.S. advisers is
recommending.
Children and obese hard hit by swine flu: experts (Reuters)
Reuters - People who were morbidly obese and school-aged children were much more likely to become seriously ill or to die from H1N1 swine flu, U.S. experts said on Wednesday.
H1N1 no longer ‘unknown, evil, dark’
Last spring, the U.S. verged on a full-blown panic over H1N1. "It was another variation of the flu. Yet for our patients, it seemed so different, so unusual, so scary," one doctor said.
WHO scientists decide if flu pandemic has passed peak (AFP)
AFP - The World Health Organisation's emergency committee of scientists was due to meet on Tuesday to decide whether the swine flu pandemic has passed its peak.
Dry Weather Boosts Odds of Flu Outbreaks (HealthDay)
HealthDay - TUESDAY, Feb. 23 (HealthDay News) -- Rain and snow may seem like
perfect incubators for the flu, but new research suggests that low
humidity and unusually dry skies might be responsible for increases in
influenza, such as those that occur during winter months.
New seasonal flu vaccine to contain H1N1 strain (Reuters)
Reuters - This year's seasonal flu vaccine in the northern hemisphere should include protection against three strains, including the pandemic H1N1 virus, the World Health Organization (WHO) recommended on Thursday.
Swine flu ‘should be included in new seasonal vaccine’ (AFP)
AFP - The World Health Organisation said Thursday that the swine flu pandemic virus would spread again next winter in the northern hemisphere and recommended its inclusion in the regular influenza vaccine.
Swine flu to be included in north’s seasonal vaccine (AFP)
AFP - The World Health Organisation said Thursday that the swine flu pandemic virus would threaten again next winter in the northern hemisphere and recommended its inclusion in the regular influenza vaccine.