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Mexican Flu

Mexico ends swine flu alert after 14 months

The Mexican government has announced the end of the health alert for swine flu after 14 months in which 1,289 people died in this country and 72,000 cases were registered. Health Secretary Jose Angel Cordova Villalobos made the announcement at a press conference on Tuesday. The decision was taken unanimously on Monday by the General [...]

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Mexico Suspects Swine Flu Virus Originated in U.S.

One year after Mexico alerted the world about the outbreak of the swine flu epidemic, the country’s health secretary says he suspects that the disease originated in the United States. In an interview with Efe, Jose Angel Cordova, at the helm of dealing with the April 2009 outbreak of what was later identified as the [...]

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Mexico: 1,088 H1N1 deaths

Mexico’s Health Secretariat has published a March 1 H1N1 update. Click on “ver mas” for 01 de Marzo de 2010 and you’ll get the PDF, which makes sense even if you don’t read Spanish. It reports 71,090 cases and 1,088 deaths. via H5N1: Mexico: 1,088 H1N1 deaths.

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H1N1 H274Y Tamiflu Resistance in Mexico Flu sample

The Health Ministry reported that it detected a mutation in the influenza A/H1N1 virus in a patient 10 months of age, who survived the disease. This mutation confers resistance to the virus to the antiviral oseltamivir (Tamiflu). The institution noted that the child is well, with isolated cough and runny nose slightly, according to the [...]

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Why the poor will suffer more with Swine Flu

From an excellent piece in the NEJM, by Dr. Nicole Lurie, that nicely links healthcare reform, infection prevention and the public health: “Early detection of a new infectious disease—and potentially the survival of those who are infected—requires that sick people have access to the health care system and receive early treatment. Delays in seeking care [...]

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