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Swine Flu Explained : Video

Posted May 6, 2009 – 5:58 pm in: 'pandemic potential', CDC, WHO, health tips, hybrid strain, mexico outbreak, pandemic, scientific analysis, swine flu   1 Comment  |  Tags:

Swine Flu May Be Less Potent Than Original Fears

Posted May 2, 2009 – 10:09 am in: Obama, mexico outbreak, scientific analysis, swine flu

President Obama noted that the swine flu may turn out to be only as dangerous as the common flu.  In New York City swine flu has not spread far beyond cases linked to one Catholic school.  In Mexico very few relatives of flu victims seem to have caught it, which indicates (to a certain extent) [...]

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Swine Flu Not Showing Signs of Slowing

Posted April 29, 2009 – 1:52 pm in: 'pandemic potential', scientific analysis, swine flu

W.H.O. assistant director-general Keiji Fukuda said scientists on the ground were seeing the infection spread from person-to-person.  “It is clear that the virus is spreading and we don’t see evidence of it slowing down at this point,” said Fukuda.
If this it true, it means that the outbreak is moving closer to being classified as a [...]

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CDC Statement: ‘Fully expect we will see deaths’

Posted April 28, 2009 – 3:03 pm in: CDC, scientific analysis, swine flu

In a statement designed to share realistic expectations with the public, the CDC announced that they would not be surprised to see some deaths due to the swine flu.  It is natural that the flu causes a number of deaths each year, and so a number of the deaths from swine flu would not be [...]

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New Vaccine Protects Against Multiple Flu Strains

Posted April 26, 2009 – 7:30 pm in: CDC, hybrid strain, scientific analysis

Pre-clinical studies conducted by the CDC  in Atlanta, GA report that the H1N1 virus-like particle (VLP) vaccine protects against both the Spanish flu and a highly infective H5N1 Bird Flu strain.  The H1N1 (swine flu) virus-like particle (VLP) vaccine differs from traditional vaccines in several ways. The scientists at Novavax have engineered H1N1 as a live influenza vaccine.

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Swine Flu has scientists scratching their heads

Posted April 23, 2009 – 7:06 pm in: 'pandemic potential', hybrid strain, scientific analysis

The unusual genetic make-up of the swine flu appears to be a combination of 4 different influenza strains.  Scientists discuss the implications - http://hybridstrain.swinefluoutbreaknews.com/

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