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Expert Warns Of Swine Flu Complacency

A leading virus expert urged health authorities around the world Sunday to stay vigilant even though the recent swine flu pandemic was less deadly than expected, warning that bird flu could spark the next global outbreak. (Source: WDSU.com –...

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Sickle Cell Kids at Greater Risk of ‘Swine Flu’ Complications

Findings highlight need to vaccinate against H1N1, seasonal flu, researchers say (Source: The Doctors Lounge – Hematology) MedWorm Message: Register for MedMatcha, MedWorm’s medical advertising network, and receive $5 free advertising. »...

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Sickle Cell Kids at Greater Risk of ‘Swine Flu’ Complications

Findings highlight need to vaccinate against H1N1, seasonal flu, researchers say (Source: The Doctors Lounge – Hematology) MedWorm Message: Register for MedMatcha, MedWorm’s medical advertising network, and receive $5 free advertising. »...

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Swine flu drug in narcolepsy probe

Fifteen children in Finland were diagnosed with narcolepsy after receiving swine flu vaccine – but it could have occurred by chance (Source: New Scientist – Health) » Continue reading article at source

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Swine flu boosts Scottish GP consultations during winter

Measures to protect against swine flu sent the number of consultations in Scotland “through the roof”, according to official figures (Source: Management in Practice) » Continue reading article at source

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Probe into possible link between swine flu vaccine and narcolepsy

The European Medicines Agency (EMEA) is investigating a possible link between the swine flu vaccine Pandemrix and cases of narcolepsy. (Source: Pulse) » Continue reading article at source

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Evidence-based vaccinations: A scientific look at the missing science behind flu season vaccines

The objectives of the study were to: “Identify, retrieve and assess all studies evaluating the effects of vaccines against influenza in healthy adults.”The Search Criteria: “We searched the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled...

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Swine flu drug in narcolepsy review

A widely used swine flu vaccine has been placed under investigation after reports it causes cases of the rare sleeping disorder narcolepsy (Source: Nursing in Practice) MedWorm Message: Register for MedMatcha, MedWorm’s medical advertising...

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Narcolepsy fears for swine flu drug

Millions of Britons have been given a swine flu vaccine that may be linked to a rare sleeping disorder and is under review by the UK medicines regulator (Source: Pharmacy Europe) » Continue reading article at source

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Genetic divergence of influenza A NS1 gene in pandemic 2009 H1N1 isolates with respect to H1N1 and H3N2 isolates from previous seasonal epidemics

Conclusions: The H1N1v NS1 gene was more conserved than that of previous epidemic strains. In addition, a closer genetic identity of H1N1v with the swine than the human reference strains was shown. Hot-spots were shown in the H1N1v NS1 aa sequence...

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