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The ABC’s of H1N1
INFLUENZA is one of the biggest causes of school absenteeism. And as teachers and principals often say, a child who isn’t in class cannot learn. But absenteeism is not the only reason to fear the new H1N1 flu virus spreading through schools this fall.
When children catch the flu they readily transmit it to their families and communities — perhaps because they aren’t always vigilant about covering their noses and mouths when coughing or sneezing.
As a group, children are two to... read more ››
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New Drug for H1N1 Flu Offers Hope
Athena Gurno thought her allergies were acting up when she started coughing in early October. But within days, Ms. Gurno, the 30-year-old mother of a young girl, was in a Seattle hospital, close to death from the H1N1 flu .
Desperate, her doctors tried a still-experimental drug called peramivir. After getting her second dose, Ms. Gurno started to recover, though she is still in intensive care, according to her father, John Spikowski.
“This saved Athena’s life,” Mr. Spikowski... read more ››
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Saudi Arabia: Flu Largely Spares Hajj
This year’s pilgrimage to Mecca ended without a large or dangerous outbreak of swine flu , Saudi health authorities reported this week. Only 73 laboratory-confirmed cases were found and only five pilgrims died from the flu, H1N1, according to remarks by Health Minister Abdullah al-Rabeeah quoted by Saudi news media. Although some experts feared that the flu could have spread silently, and the real impact not felt until pilgrims arrived home, the minister noted that many pilgrims had been in... read more ››
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H1N1 Pandemic Starting to Wane In Some Countries - WHO
GENEVA (Reuters) - H1N1 swine flu has not peaked yet but seems to be waning in Canada and the United States, signalling that the end of the pandemic may be on the horizon, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Thursday.
A third wave of infections may still be ahead, Keiji Fukuda, the WHO's top flu expert, said. But he added there was no sign of widespread resistance to Tamiflu , the main drug used to treat the H1N1 flu strain.
"I think it's fair to say that we still haven't fully gotten... read more ››
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Experts Say Swine Flu Mutations Do Not Warrant New Alarm
The World Health Organization tried this week to dampen fears about mutations seen in the swine flu virus in several countries, noting that both mutations had been found in very few people.
A change that created Tamiflu resistance has been found in about 75 people around the world, said Dr. Keiji Fukuda , chief flu adviser to the W.H.O.’s director general. Two clusters, in cancer units at Duke University Medical Center in North Carolina and a hospital in Wales, were both among patients whose... read more ››
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U.S. Releases Its Stockpile of Tamiflu for Children
Swine flu is sickening so many children across the country, some of them fatally, that federal health officials decided Friday to release the last of the national stockpile of children’s Tamiflu .
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On Friday, workers in Istanbul disinfectanted a primary school classroom as a precaution against swine flu.
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New York Clinics See Few Crowds for Free Vaccine
Perhaps it was fear of crowds that kept the crowds away on Sunday from the clinics offering free swine flu vaccinations to schoolchildren. Or, maybe, as some of the few who did show up suggested, the small numbers could be attributed to wariness about the new vaccine or a lack of knowledge about the clinics.
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Marina Manheimer and Rachel Cooper, both 22, received swine flu vaccines at a Manhattan school on their... read more ››
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Truck Carrying Flu Vaccine Supply Is Stolen
CHICAGO — The swine flu vaccine has become a coveted commodity all over the country, but someone in Milwaukee appeared at first glance to carry the notion to a new level this week, stealing off in a refrigerated truck that was hauling 930 of the prized doses.
The doses were being returned to Milwaukee’s main storage facility on Thursday evening after a public vaccination clinic when one or more people took off in the truck, which had been left idling and unattended only for moments,... read more ››
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Officials Defend Handling of Flu Vaccine
As a nationwide shortage of swine flu vaccine stretched into its sixth week, federal health officials defended how they handled the program, arguing that the roots of the shortage were beyond their control and that they had made the right decisions on matters they could affect.
At a hearing before the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, representatives of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention , the Department of Health and Human Services and the Department... read more ››
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Signs That Swine Flu Has Peaked
Although federal health officials decline to use the word “peaked,” the current wave of swine flu appears to have done so in the United States.
Flu activity is coming down in all regions of the country, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Friday, though it is still rising in Hawaii, Maine and some isolated areas.
The World Health Organization said Friday that there were “early signs of a peak” in much of the United States.
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Worried About Flu, China Confines U.S. Students
BALTIMORE — When 21 students from a private school in Silver Spring, Md., arrived in the Chinese city of Kaili last Friday, they enjoyed a weekend of exploring the regional province of Guizhou.
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But that is when the good times ended.
At lunch on Monday, Chinese officials quarantined the group to their rooms in the Heaven Sent Dragon hotel, Mike Kennedy, interim head of the school, the Barrie School, said Thursday.
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Summer Camp ’09: A Swim, a Cough, a Quarantine
BELGRADE, Me. — Parents who arrived for visiting day on Sunday at Camp Matoaka in Smithfield, Me., got a tiny bottle of Purell, and at lunch, the serving staff wore masks and gloves.
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At Camp Modin, about 90 people came down with flu. The camp offered prophylactic Tamiflu, and the virus stopped spreading.
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Campers at Modin, where flu-control... read more ››
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Regarding Tamiflu, Doctors and Patients Face a Question of When to Act
When Dr. Matt Thompson, a pediatrician at the Kids Clinic in Spokane, Wash., found about a month ago that his six children had come down with H1N1, or swine flu , he did not give them the antiviral medication that might have made their sickness a bit shorter.
“They don’t have asthma ; they’re not immune-compromised; they don’t work in a health care setting,” Dr. Thompson said. “I don’t tell that story to minimize concern about this virus, but here... read more ››
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Recalculating the Tally in Swine Flu Deaths
About 4,000 Americans — rather than about 1,200 — have died of swine flu since the disease emerged in April, according to new figures being calculated by epidemiologists for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention .
The larger number of deaths does not mean the virus is more dangerous. Rather, it is a new estimate made by combining deaths from laboratory-confirmed cases of the flu and deaths that appear to be brought on by flu , even though the patient may have ultimately died... read more ››
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Stop calling it swine flu!
By Miriam Falco CNN Medical News Managing Editor
The U.S. Department of Agriculture symbolically slapped the news media on the hand Thursday for perpetuating the term "swine" flu in reports about the new H1N1 strain of influenza that's spreading across the world.
In a written statement and during two telebriefings, the USDA reminded reporters that since last Spring they have “consistently asked that the media stop calling this ‘novel’ pandemic virus ‘swine flu.’”
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Do I need the H1N1 vaccine if I think I already had the virus?
As a regular feature of CNNhealth.com, our team of expert doctors answers readers’ questions. Here’s a question for Dr. Gupta.
From Birgitta in Newcastle, Washington:
I think I already had the swine flu but do not know for sure if it was swine flu, do I take the vaccination anyway? Is it safe to take if I suspect that the flu I had was swine flu?
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Tens of thousands of people right now, like Birgitta, are suffering from or getting over the H1N1 virus. Those numbers will continue... read more ››
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Is it H1N1 or seasonal flu and how do we treat it?
As a new feature of CNNhealth.com, our team of expert doctors will answer readers' questions. Here are two questions for Dr. Gupta.
From Kat in College Park, Maryland:
“Is it possible to get swine flu (or regular flu, for that matter) twice in the same season?”
Answer: Once you’ve had the flu, your chance of getting it again in the same season is low. Your body builds antibodies to protect against it. This basically means if you contract that same exact strain, your body fights... read more ››
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Do the flu vaccines contain thimerosal?
By Ann J. Curley CNN Medical Assignment Manager
Many of our readers are still asking questions about H1N1 and seasonal influenza. Today we’ve got a question from Patty:
I am a 63-year-old health care worker in relatively good health, and I’m caring for a 2-month-old infant (my granddaughter). I have had a reaction to thimerosal in the past. It was used as a preservative in contact lens solution.
Is thimerosal used as a preservative in either seasonal flu vaccine or H1N1 vaccine?... read more ››
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It’s not always H1N1
By Miriam Falco CNN Medical Managing Editor
For all the (legitimate) talk about the new H1N1 influenza virus, it's worth a reminder that this new flu strain is not all we have to worry about as fall turns into winter (except for Colorado, which evidently has winter now).
There's also something called "RSV." As a medical reporter, I've come across this term a few times. As a new mom of a 6-month-old, I've paid a little more attention and did some research. RSV, or respiratory syncytial... read more ››
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Will breastfeeding protect my baby from H1N1?
As a feature of CNNhealth.com, our team of expert doctors will answer readers' questions. Here's a question for Dr. Gupta.
From Shannon:
"I have a 4-month-old infant and I recently had myself and my 6-year-old son vaccinated for H1N1. My question is, will my infant also gain my immunity to H1N1 through my breast milk? I hope so."
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This is a great question and a huge concern for many parents whose children are less than 6 months old and therefore too young to... read more ››
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