India likely to start swine flu vaccination next week

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India is likely to administer imported swine flu vaccine to the high risk groups from next week, a senior health ministry official said Wednesday. (V.M. Katoch, secretary (Health Research)  Katoch said multinational pharma company Sanofi Pasteur has already completed its bridge study and the data has been given to a health ministry committee for analysis.

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Bolivia: H1N1 returns after 3 months

Via La Razón: La gripe A se reactiva en el norte del país.[H1N1 revives in north]  The Ministry of Health reported a new case of H1N1 flu yesterday. An 11-year-old boy tested positive in the Department of Beni, although the virus had disappeared from the country over three months ago.
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50% of Finns vaccinated against Swine Flu

The Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL) said in a statement Wednesday that the country was clear of swine influenza but the agency went on to urge members of the public to carry on having themselves vaccinated in preparation for the next flu season. According to the agency about half of the population had [...]

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Italy Swine Flu Deaths

The surveillance system of the deaths describes the epidemiology of the mortality for influenza A/H1N1v virus, also in terms of possible risk factors and for changes in the pattern during the course of the epidemic
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Swine Flu kills 10 times more pregnant women

The rate of pregnant women who died of pneumonia increased more than 10 times during the pandemic in Turkey . “The number of pregnant women who died of pneumonia increased from 2 to 38 between 2008 and 2009,” Akdağ said, adding that that 36 of those who died in 2009 had the H1N1 virus. No [...]

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Want to reduce amount of flu in adults? Vaccinate kids

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New Anti-Influenza Drug Being Developed in Korea

Celltrion has developed a drug based on “human monoclonal antibodies” that can be effective against multiple influenza viruses, the biopharmaceutical company said Tuesday.
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H1N1 G158E Low Reactors In Japan Raise Vaccine Concerns

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ACIP silent on high-dose flu vaccine for elderly

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