Your family might be sharing more than turkey and pumpkin pie this Thanksgiving. Swine flu may also be on the table — and at crowded airports and shopping malls.
Thanksgiving gatherings could spread swine flu
Posted in Health by healthnutter 913 days agoSwine flu may have hit peak, but not over yet
Posted in Health by healthnutter 917 days ago
The pandemic of swine flu may be hitting a peak across much of the globe, health officials said on Friday, but they cautioned it was far from over.
Swine flu shows signs of peaking in some areas
Posted in Health by healthnutter 923 days ago
The winter flu season that began early in the northern hemisphere this year may be peaking in parts of north America and western Europe, the World Health Organization said on Friday.
Deadliest week so far for children and swine flu
Posted in Health by healthnutter 937 days ago
Heath officials say swine flu has caused at least 19 more children's deaths — the largest one-week increase since the pandemic started . Meanwhile, the government has decided to release the last of its stockpile of liquid Tamiflu for children.
Swine flu closes more than 600 schools in U.S.
Posted in Health by healthnutter 940 days ago
Across the country schools are closing by the dozen as officials say they’re being hit so hard by swine flu that they feel shutting down for a few days is the only feasible option.
Obama: Swine flu a national emergency
Posted in Health by healthnutter 943 days ago
President Barack Obama has declared the swine flu outbreak a national emergency, giving his health chief the power to let hospitals move emergency rooms offsite to speed treatment.
Isabella, 4, is a case study in swine flu fears
Posted in Health by healthnutter 957 days ago
Doctors expect Isabella Ragan, 4, of Tishomingo, Miss., to recover completely from swine flu, but the previously healthy preschooler is an example of rare complications of H1N1 infections — and every parent's worst fears.
1 in 4 hospitalized swine flu patients put in ICU
Posted in Health by healthnutter 960 days ago
A new government study shows that one quarter of Americans who were sick enough to be hospitalized with swine flu last spring wound up needing intensive care, and 7 percent of them died.
NYT: Doctors swamped by swine flu vaccine fears
Posted in Health by healthnutter 963 days ago
Doctors say they are already being deluged with questions about the new swine flu vaccine and that they are ill-prepared to cope with the nationwide drive to immunize everyone.
Government approves new swine flu vaccine
Posted in Health by healthnutter 983 days ago
The Food and Drug Administration approved the new swine flu vaccine Tuesday, a long-anticipated step as the government works to get vaccinations under way next month.
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