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LONDON -- The European Medicines Agency Is Investigating Whether
There Is A Link Between narcolepsy and a swine flu vaccine.
Narcolepsy is a rare disorder that causes people to suddenly
fall asleep.
In a statement issued Friday, the agency said... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)

Children with sickle cell disease are especially hard-hit by the H1N1 flu strain, causing more life-threatening complications than the seasonal flu, according to a study from Johns Hopkins Children's Center. The study's findings, published online July 23 in an early edition of the journal Blood, should be heeded as a warning call by parents and pediatricians that children with sickle cell anemia are more likely to need emergency treatment and to be hospitalized if they contract the H1N1 flu... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)

By autumn 2009, almost half of the population of Norway had been vaccinated against the pandemic influenza A (H1N1) virus. Many had also been infected by the virus during the summer and autumn outbreaks. The majority of those who were vaccinated or were infected are expected to have developed immunity to the virus. A study of the Norwegian population's immune status to the pandemic virus in January 2010 was recently published in the journal Eurosurveillance... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention substantially lowered its often-quoted estimate of how many people die in a typical flu season, to 24,000 from 36,000. (Source: NYT Health)

Authors: Jones TF, McMillian M, Boothe E, Hanna S, Ingram LA
To the Editor: As part of the public health response to the current pandemic (H1N1) 2009, surveillance for adverse events following vaccination for influenza A (H1N1) is a high priority (1). Surveillance for Guillain-Barre syndrome (GBS) has been of particular interest, because the syndrome was associated with the 1976-1977 swine influenza vaccine (1,2). To study this association, reliable ascertainment of recent incident cases of GBS is necessary.
PMID: 20735949 [PubMed - in process] (Source: Emerging Infectious Diseases)

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The World Health Organization (WHO) informs that H1N1 virus transmission continues to be intense in parts of New Zealand and India. During the first week of August, the national consultation rate in New Zealand for influenza-like illness (ILI) increased sharply, especially in parts of the country that were less affected by last winter's pandemic wave. Even so, overall national ILI rates and total numbers of severe and fatal cases of H1N1 are below 2009 pandemic levels, authorities report... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)

Federal health officials are gearing up to persuade more Americans to get vaccinated against the flu this fall, in the aftermath of last year's pandemic that killed thousands nationwide, sickened millions, and frustrated many before petering out. U.S. officials say they're using lessons learned from the H1N1 swine-flu pandemic, which erupted in April 2009, to speed the production and development of vaccine and to try to reach more people with shots. (Source: RWJF News Digest - Public Health)

Many have criticised the expense of preparations for the pandemic, but experts say it has left countries in better shape for future threats. (Source: SciDev.Net)

Swine flu as it implies though horrid can be treated without any trace of
post ailment and relapse of the disease.Swine flu is caused
by influenza virus A. The type ‘A ‘viruses is most fatal of all
the influen

Most will remember that last year, we had to have two shots to cover the flu, both seasonal flu and swine flu. This year however, a 3-in-1 vaccine wil...

Health officials are gearing up to persuade more Americans to get vaccinated against the flu this fall, in the aftermath of last year's swine-flu pandemic. (Source: WSJ.com: Health)

Health officials are gearing up to persuade more Americans to get vaccinated against the flu this fall, in the aftermath of last year's swine-flu pandemic. They're also using lessons learned last year to speed the production and development of vaccine. (Source: WSJ.com: Health)

AVI BioPharma Inc. said two studies of its drug targeting swine flu were "positive." (AVII) (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Health Insurance headlines)

AVI BioPharma Inc. said two studies of its drug targeting swine flu were "positive." (AVII) (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)

The vaccination of children and adolescents in Finland with swine flu vaccine - Pandemrix - has been suspended until a link to narcolepsy has either been ruled out or detected, the Finnish National Institute for Health and Wefare (NIHW) announced today. NIHW said this is a precautionary measure until the issue has been adequately examined and explained. As there is no current epidemic in Finland, hence there is no immediate need for vaccination, NIHW added. Discretionary vaccinations will be allowed if the individual plans to travel to an infected area... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)

The vaccination of children and adolescents in Finland with swine flu vaccine - Pandemrix - has been suspended until a link to narcolepsy has either been ruled out or detected, the Finnish National Institute for Health and Wefare (THL - Terveyden ja Hyvinvoinin Laitos) announced today. THL said this is a precautionary measure until the issue has been adequately examined and explained. The seasonal flu vaccine recommendations in Finland are to include the swine flu vaccination. In other words, Finland hasn't halted swine flu jabs per se, but rather the stand-alone version with adjuvants... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)