Testing Group Says Swine Flu is Waning In US Soldiers to Receive Mass H1N1 Vax Before Going on Leave for Holidays D225G and H274Y in Illinois 800,000 Doses of Children’s Vax Recalled Ukraine: New Wave of Flu Starts Rapid Evolution of H1N1 in Beijing Silent Spread of Tamiflu Resistance in Texas
Fatal Tamiflu Resistant H1N1 Spreading US Reports Nearly 10,000 Dead From Swine Flu China Swine Flu Death Toll Hits 326, Peak Still Two Months Away Germany to Sell Unused Swine Vax as Only 5% of Population Wants It Third Swine Flu Wave Warned Approaching Iran
Fatal Tamiflu-Resistant Swine Flu in Delaware D225N Raises Pandemic Concerns in Ukraine Fatal Tamaiflu-Resistant Swine Flu Now in The Netherlands CDC: About 1 in 6 Americans Have Had Swine Flu H5N1 (Bird) and H1N1 (Swine) Flu Cluster in Viet Nam High Attack Rate on Tamiflu-Resistant Cluster in Viet Nam
Ukraine: 445 Dead From Unknown Flu Since Beginning of Epidemic. 1.94 Million Sick, 445 Deaths, 116,982 Hospitalized, 94,000 Released (this means almost 23,000 are still hospitalized); Last 24 hours just under 44,000 have been infected. Swine Flu Hits North Korea Border Area China Death Toll From Swine Flu Triples in Two Weeks World Sees Dramatic Surge in Swine Flu Deaths Swine Flu Vaccine Patented Six Months Before First Cases Appeared WHO Probing Reports of Mutating Swine Flu Virus Some Little Known Facts About the Swine Flu CDC: Swine Flu is Widespread in Only 25 States Midwives Who Refuse to Give …
Andre in the EU sent this from Radio Nederland: H1N1 Pandemic Continues. Maryland Reports First Drug Resistant H1N1 Cases Mutated Swine Flu In Baltimore, Maryland. The drug-resistant type… 442 Dead In Ukraine, Nearly Two Million Infected Tamiflu Resistance in Spain and US Georgia H1N1 Tamiflu-Resistance Crosses Tipping Point Transmission of Fit Tamiflu Resistant H1N1 in Maryland CDC: Swine Flu Continues to Decline in US. Worried about second wave after the first of the year.
Andre in the EU sent this from Radio Nederland: H1N1 Pandemic Continues. Maryland Reports First Drug Resistant H1N1 Cases Mutated Swine Flu In Baltimore, Maryland. The drug-resistant type… 442 Dead In Ukraine, Nearly Two Million Infected Tamiflu Resistance in Spain and US Georgia H1N1 Tamiflu-Resistance Crosses Tipping Point Transmission of Fit Tamiflu Resistant H1N1 in Maryland CDC: Swine Flu Continues to Decline in US. Worried about second wave after the first of the year.
Employers Play Dr. Mom to Limit Swine Flu Impact Two Deaths In France from Mutated Swine Flu H1N1 RBD Changes at 225 Create Vaccine Mismatch Concerns H1N1 Evolution Outpacing Vaccine and Host Defenses Transmission of Novel D225G in Norway and Sweden Rapidly Mutating Viri Threaten Cats And Dogs
China Disease Expert Warns of H1N1 Mutation. (Link courtesy of Jack E.) WHO reports mutations of Mexican flu. (Thanks to Andre for the link.) The rest of today’s flu news items are all courtesy of Cheryl (aka The Economatrix): Ukraine Death Toll Reaches 388 Fatal H1N1 Cluster in Texas Raises Pandemic Concern Swine Flu Cases Fall in US But May Rise with Holiday Travel D225G Ukraine Norway Link and China Spread H1N1 Re-Infections Raise Pandemic Concerns Ukraine Dead Approach 400, D225G Spreads H1N1 Changes in D225G and D225E in Norway One Million Iranians Confirmed With Swine Flu. At least 140 …
UK Swine Flu: First Vaccine-Related Death Reported Explosion of Tamiflu Resistance in US 1918 RBD D225G in Lung Cases in US Euro Swine Flu Deaths Doubling Every Two Weeks Flu Death Toll in Ukraine Continue to Grow Rapidly Saudis Confirm Four Pilgrims Die of Swine Flu Is China Cooking the Books on Swine Flu Cases?
WHO Confirms D225G In Norway And Ukraine Sharp Rise In England’s Swine Flu Deaths 1918 RBD D225G In Lung Cases In Ukraine and Norway UK: Surge In Pediatric Swine Flu Cases May Cause Bed Shortage All Fatal Ukraine Cases Have RBD D225G RBD Change D225G in Ukraine Lungs Raises Concerns Swine Flu Kills Six Adults In New Jersey Radical Measures Can’t Stop Swine Flu D225G Lung Tropism Driving H1N1 False Negatives?
Radio Nederland reports: Ukraine paralysed by “superflu” Receptor Binding Domain Change D225G Confirmed in Ukraine H1N1 Receptor Binding Jumps in China, Australia Raise Concerns In rough translation: Forensic Physician Told UNIAN, From What People Are Dying Ukraine Dead Increase to 315, Still No Sequences. Poland now reporting fatalities, Belarus also reporting severe cases Record Number of H1N1 Pediatric Deaths in US Swine Flu: Previous Infection Could Offer Some Immunity
CDC Now Says There are Likely 4,000 Swine Flu Deaths in the US. This is 4x what they had been reporting. Ukraine Dead at 213; Still No Sequences From WHO 1,192,481 Influenza/ARI; 62,462 Hospitalized WHO Appeals to Ukraine for Help with Hemorrhagic Pneumonia Senators Debate Requiring Paid Sick Leave for Workers with Flu 11 Die of H1N1 in War-Ravaged Afghanistan Cheryl sent this article auto-translation link: Belarusian doctors: “Swine flu triggers a deadly form of pneumonia disease” …and this data from the Ukrainian Ministry of Health. Cheryl also did some digging and found this: Norway: 300,000 Infected. Doubling of cases …
Andre sent this from Radio Nederland: Madagascar! Slovakia closes borders with flu-hit Ukraine Bobbi-Sue mentioned that respected surgeon and fiction author Robin Cook thinks a mix of avian and swine flu could be the next global plague on the scale of the Black Death. In a piece in Foreign Policy magazine, he details why. Belarus Has 1/4 Million Swine Flu Cases Suspect H1N1 Death in Romania on Border With Ukraine US Pandemic Options Include Crippling Home Modems WHO Silence On Ukraine Sequences Raise Pandemic Concerns “In the days post shipment, cases in Ukraine have quadrupled to over 1 million and …
Amid shortage, big NYC firms get swine vaccine. Reader Garth S. (who sent us the article link) asks: “So is this how it works? I get six zeros behind my salary and I can get to the front of the line?” World First As Swine Flu Found in US Cat Critically Ill Swine Flu Patients Spend Weeks in ICU Scandal: NHL Team Gets Priority Flu Shots WHO Targets Hemorrhagic H1N1 Cases in Lviv, Ukraine. So, assuming that his is a new, more lethal strain, I’m led to ask: Will contracting the current mild strain circulating in the US protect someone …
Reader Karl B. sent this new item that he spotted on a news wire, dated 29 October: Unidentified virus kills 30 in western Ukraine. Since I was unable to find a link to the English translation of the piece (originally from a Kiev television outlet), I’ve decided to post it in full: [Presenter] An unknown deadly virus has taken lives of over 30 people in western Ukraine. The preliminary diagnosis is viral pneumonia. The results of analyses are to be made public early next week. According to the latest statistics, some 12 people died in Ternopil Region, 11 in Lviv …