Sentences with phrase «because swine flu»

If I am afraid to Travel to a specific area because swine flu has been detected, will I have coverage for Trip Cancellation?

Because the swine flu virus was traced on the evolutionary tree to see how it mutated and thus develop a vaccine that works against it.

Not exact matches

Just a quickie for today because I've been feeling a little under the weather (better not be the swine flu... eugh).

The Horace Mann School in Riverdale has been closed for the rest of the week because of concerns about swine flu.

Nelson and her colleagues found that flu in pigs «follows long - distance swine movements from the southern U.S. to the Midwest,» with most of the human - origin H1N1 arriving at Midwest hog farms coming from the Southeast, and most of the swine - origin H1N2 coming from the south - central U.S. And that means the Midwest, as the final destination for many of these pigs, is «likely to provide a reservoir for multiple genetically distinct variants to co-circulate and exchange segments via re-assortment because of the continual importation of swine influenza viruses from other regions,» the researchers noted.

Overweight people get heart disease and diabetes — and more severe swine flu — because their fat triggers inflammation, an immune response meant to fight infection.

GREEK doctors and flu scientists are saying what New Scientist revealed two weeks ago: swine flu could be spreading round Europe undetected because people without known links to flu aren't being tested (see «Europe should test more broadly for swine flu»).

The vaccine's effectiveness suggests there must be pre-existing cell - mediated immunity, possibly because of similarities between the surface proteins on swine flu and the seasonal H1N1 flu that emerged in 1977.

The situation is even more complex in swine, because of multiple co-circulating and geographically separated swine flu strains.

The most recent pandemic occurred in 2009, with the appearance of the «swine flu,» so named because the virus was first found in pigs.

But it seems that while the number of deaths in the US was comparable to a bad seasonal flu, swine flu claimed three times as many years of life because the victims were so young.

Pig studies have taken on a new cachet because of the swine origins of the 2009 A (H1N1) strain that's causing the current pandemic — and the pig flu research community's eerily prescient predictions that something like it was bound to make headway in humans.

Recently, thanks in part to the increased attention to pandemics because of the swine - flu outbreak, she has partnered with the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative to expand that study.

Doctors and flu scientists are saying what New Scientist revealed two weeks ago: swine flu could be spreading round Europe undetected because many ill people aren't being tested

When swine flu emerged in Mexico last April, it was dubbed a «killer virus» because of its apparent high mortality rate.

If it's because of the panic surrounding the swine flu, he recommends looking at the facts: In the United States, seasonal flu kills tens of thousands more people every year than swine flu has so far in 2009.

Worth noting: The New York City Health Department says that your doctor cant diagnose swine flu because tests available to them cant discern between normal seasonal flu and swine flu.

It is also known as «swine flu» because it is thought to have originated in the swine population.

That's because the vaccine debate crystallized in 2009 - 2010 when media hype created a pandemic leading to mass inoculation against H1N1 (swine flu) that passed as weirdly as it arrived... By 2010, savvy dog breeders were rethinking vaccine protocol and the public said «no way» to that year's drugstore signs «get your flu shots here» See display links.

Because swine are susceptible to this virus, follow standard flu prevention protocols when handling your pet pig.

And swine flu isn't new; it's just especially scary because the 1918 «Spanish flu» was a swine flu.

Anything new concerning the game has been pretty scarce since late spring — Capcom decided not to show the game at E3 because of the swine - flu incident.

Because their computer models told them so, thank you very much... Hmmm... remember how accurate the computer models were at predicting the predicting the swine flu apocalypse a few years back?

And because it would hardly be a fillip without a lead to a relevant online game, I point you to Sneeze, a game aimed at making people aware of how swine flu is transmitted by letting you sneeze in crowds and infect as many folks as you can.

However, an individual who decides to cancel a trip because he or she is afraid of contracting Swine Flu would not be an eligible expense.

The emergence of swine flu has caused many people to cancel their trips to Mexico, and Cancun's tourism industry has suffered significantly because of news of the disease.

However, you can not just cancel a trip because you are scared of getting swine flu.

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Trip Cancellation / Trip Interruption — For claims incurred through December 31, 2010, Access America (now Allianz Travel Insurance) will provide coverage if you must cancel or interrupt your trip because you, your traveling companion or family member become ill with the H1N1 swine flu virus.

Travel Delay If you are quarantined because of swine flu, many of our policies will pay a daily per person benefit up to the coverage limit for unexpected meals, accommodations and transportation that result from your delay.