Sentences with phrase «swine flu»

Canadian scientists today clarified that they still think it's «highly probable» that a farm worker infected the Alberta pig herd found to have the virus now causing the outbreak of swine flu in humans around the globe.

Smeyne suspects that all flu viruses, including the current H1N1 swine flu pandemic, could cause symptoms of encephalitis, or inflammation of the brain.

P.S. 68 in Wakefield closed today along with four other schools on suspicions of swine flu outbreaks.

Brown says there are three further confirmed cases of swine flu in the UK, in addition to the two cases in Scotland: a 12 - year - old girl from Torbay, and two adults, from London and Birmingham.

PREGNANT women are at the front of the queue for swine flu vaccine as distribution starts this month in the US, UK and elsewhere.

Travelers Liberty Specific Statement: Covered individuals diagnosed with Swine Flu by a treating physician are covered for trip cancellation, interruption and medical (standard coverage terms and exclusions apply).

As the H1N1 swine flu pandemic marches on, western countries have begun vaccinating their most vulnerable populations against the virus.

Medical expenses incurred if an insured requires medical treatment for Swine Flu while on a covered trip are covered

Mayor Bloomberg recently had a new issue to handle — an outbreak of the H1N1 flu commonly known as swine flu in New York City.

What is not covered Most carriers will not provide coverage that allows the insured to cancel or interrupt a trip due to fear of contracting Swine Flu.

The authors confirm that the new strain is comprised of segments from swine flu strains known to circulate in Europe, Asia and North America, but that this combination has not previously been seen and appears to have been evolving independently from its parent strains for some time.

Kilbourne, then at Mount Sinai Medical School in New York City, specialized in developing vaccines to specific flu strains and was quickly recruited to help combat a feared swine flu epidemic.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has published new details about swine flu cases in the United States.

Q: Did you continue working on swine flu after 1976?

For example, GBS was linked to a 1976 flu vaccine designed to fight against swine flu virus.

My lord, «what if» I get swine flu with this asthma I have?

«The risk of type 1 diabetes not increased by swine flu vaccine Pandemrix.»

Infectious disease specialist Edwin D. Kilbourne, now 88 and retired, was at the center of the last swine flu scare in the U.S..

Imagine contracting swine flu while traveling, flying President Clinton around the world in a private jet or getting kidnapped by nuns in Puerto Rico.

Arriaga had hoped to work with a Vietnamese investor group earlier this year, but swine flu fears cancelled the trip.

Even a member of President Barack Obama's security team is suspected of catching swine flu during a recent visit to Mexico with the president.

Concerns over Swine Flu outbreaks have caused Capcom to scale back E3 2009 plans, with other Japanese developers saying the same.

And while the death count is nothing to celebrate, a pandemic like swine flu may be just what's needed to boost these new technologies, and carry our outdated vaccine production methods into the 21st century.

Scientists are edging closer to a universal flu jab after analysing data collected during the last swine flu epidemic.

The World Health Organization (WHO) is expected to raise the pandemic threat level of the current swine flu outbreak within an hour.

On 11 June the WHO officially declares swine flu to be a pandemic.

In fact, I am so unafraid of the flu that I would be comfortable in a room full of swine flu patients with no mask!

First, cases of swine flu broke out before the usual flu season; and second, a disproportionate number of young people were reported to be sickened by it.

I used to hate my job so much I would pray for swine flu so I could have a legitimate reason not to go into the office.

Well, it's actually old news: three children contracted swine flu at Washington County, PA county fair.

Jack, the cat lost and found in JFK airport, is sick RIP feline leukemia pioneer William Jarrett More swine flu news Flu vaccine for people...

All insurance companies cover swine flu after an initial waiting period of 30 days, since it is not a part of any exclusion and is a seasonal disease similar to jaundice.

U.S. health officials tried to play down worries today that the country might be unprepared for pandemic swine flu come this fall.

Between 1 % and 10 % of people who develop swine flu require hospitalization, according to a review of the current epidemiologic data released today by the World Health Organization (WHO).

In the waning days of April, as federal officials were declaring a public health emergency and the world seemed gripped by swine flu panic, two rival supercomputer teams made projections about the epidemic that were surprisingly similar — and surprisingly reassuring.

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

But in a study reported in the Journal of Experimental Medicine in 2011, a team of scientists from Emory and elsewhere found that antibodies to the so - called swine flu behaved unexpectedly.

If this national standards endeavor were a new drug for fighting swine flu or breast cancer, the FDA would subject it to rigorous long - term «field trials» to determine both its safety and its efficacy before releasing it for widespread use.

Swine flu doesn't necessarily put you in the ICU — that's only if you have pre-existing medical conditions that would be further compromised by a flu.

More swine flu news.

I live in San Diego, where some of the first cases of 2009 h1n1 swine flu took place in the U.S..

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

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.

Does anyone else see a similarity between the new swine Flu vaccine, which has had less than 8 months before manufacture, and the vaccine for Canine Influenza which has had several years to develop an effective one, or am I just being overly paranoid about what Big Pharma thinks is their best money making option?

Then, a strain of swine flu hit soldiers at Fort Dix, New Jersey, setting off panic and efforts to vaccinate 40 million people.

Gordon Brown attended an emergency Cobra meeting chaired by health secretary Alan Johnson over the phone today to formulate the government's plans to deal with the possible swine flu pandemic.