# 4056 From Mike Stobbe , medical writer for the AP, we get this news report about 4 people in North Carolina who have tested positive for a Tamiflu resistant strain of the H1N1 virus. First the story and then a few comments about reports of mutations and such. I’ve just printed a small excerpt, follow the link to read the full story. Associated Press Tamiflu-resistant swine flu cluster reported...
Shelby Anderson November 20, 2009 10:11 am A new deadly virus has taken lives in Africa. It is called the “Lujo” and it has the similar symptoms of the Ebola virus. The symptoms include bleeding in the gums and around needle injection sites, fever, shock, coma and organ failure. Scientists are not sure how the first victim, a female travel agent from Lusaka, Zambia, actually acquired the...
H1N1 is the most common type of flu in humans. It is a type of Influenza virus. Some types or strains are natural in humans. Some strains are natural to pigs and birds. H1N1 also known as swine influenza is a very contagious respiratory disease in pigs. The respiratory disease is caused by one of several influenza A viruses.
RALEIGH, N.C. | A cluster of four Tamiflu-resistant cases of H1N1 flu at Duke University Medical Center has raised concerns that changes in the virus may make severe infections more difficult to treat. Three of the Duke patients died. All were adults, including two women and one man, and they had other major diseases, said Cameron Wolfe, an infectious-disease specialist at Duke. He said a fourth patient...
The mysterious white-nose syndrome is expected to continue afflicting bats this winter. By Jessica Marshall Fri Oct 30, 2009 It won't be long before millions of bats settle into caves and mines across the country to hibernate. But the sad truth is that many in the East will never see the warmth of spring. More than a million bats have died so far from white-nose syndrome, a still- mysterious bat killer...
From The Washington Post: Norwegian scientists detect mutated form of swine flu. Scientists in Norway announced Friday they had detected a mutated form of the swine flu virus in two patients who died of the flu and a third who was severely ill. In a statement, the Norwegian Institute of Public Health said the mutation "could possibly make the virus more prone to infect deeper in the airways and...
In Smallpox: The Death of a Disease , Dr. D.A. Henderson recounts the history of the deadly virus, from the development of the first vaccine in the late 18th century to his involvement in the successful global eradication campaign in the 1960s and 70s.
The American Public Health Association (APHA) sent a letter to President Obama urging support from the White House on CDC guidelines on N95 respiratory protection for healthcare workers from the H1N1 virus. APHA OHS Section members learned last week that three organizations—Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA), Infectious Disease Society of American (IDSA), Association [...]...
# 4053 I can remember when Friday’s used to be quiet on the flu front. Those days are gone, apparently. In a statement from the National Public Health Service for Wales , we get word of the likely ( limited ) spread of a Tamiflu resistant strain of the H1N1 virus at the University Hospital in Cardiff. Oseltamivir Resistance is generally caused by a mutation, known as H274Y , where a single amino...
Resistant strain discovered in Cardiff hospital, prompting concern among health officials Doctors in Wales have discovered a Tamiflu-resistant strain of swine flu that has been spreading from patient to patient in a Cardiff hospital. The emergence of an easily transmissible, resistant strain is a worrying development for health officials and appears to be the first documented case in Europe. Five...
Scientists in Norway have identified a mutated form of the swine flu virus that is raising concern because it was found in two patients who died of the flu and a third who was severely ill with the disease, officials announced Friday.
# 4050 No . . . this isn’t some wild conspiracy theory. Last spring the British government dragged their feet in testing, and reporting H1H1 cases so as not to establish ` community transmission’ in a second WHO region. From this blog way back on May 29th of this year ( New Scientist: The Invisible Pandemic ) The ` useful fiction’ that community transmission of the H1N1 virus has...
# 4049 The numbers don’t reflect reality, but the trends and percentages are probably useful in these reports from the WHO. The maps, as of this posting, are not updated from next week but preWsumably will be soon. Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 - update 75 Weekly update 20 November 2009 -- As of 15 November 2009, worldwide more than 206 countries and overseas territories or communities have reported laboratory...
Joan Katushabe, a Senior Four student at Ishaka Vocational Secondary School in Bushenyi district, is scared of the AH1N1 virus (swine flu) that attacked Kitabi Seminary which is about 20km from her school. She says the press reports and strict guidelines the school authorities have issued increased her worries about the disease, which was first detected in Mexico early this year.
Recurrent occurrence of cold and flu damage your health. In fact the recurrent occurrence of cold and flu is a warning symptom of some more serious health complication. Most of us have suffered with the flu, but we get the medications and get well. But, in some people you will notice that they suffer with the flu more times than a normal person. This is up course not good for the health. The recurrent...
A skin disorder or Vitiligo causing white patches on the skin is being effected due to the loss of pigment cells when the dysfuntional of auto-immune system is found or virus attacks on the immune system but normally the system protects from these infectious virus. However, the infection when affected due to the failure of any of our protective auto-immune system will fall under victim of any disease....
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