Sentences with phrase «swine flu hit»

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

For a handful of scientists, the swine flu hitting the southern U.S. and Mexico bears an eerie resemblance to another outbreak more than 30 years ago.

Not exact matches

Fears that a second wave of the H1N1 virus, or swine flu, will hit during the upcoming flu season are already prompting airlines to be cautious.

Nope, it's swine flu that has gotten under the collar of the Blackburn manager and the FA's decision not to postpone this game due to Rovers being hit with the sometimes fatal disease.

Officials also worry whether a second or third wave of swine flu will hit later this year with more severity than the first.

As he continues to probe the viral RNA, Taubenberger wants to solve another mystery: why young adults, usually the most resistant to flu infections, were the hardest hit in 1918 by the swine flu.

Well, people were already pretty scared of the recent swine flu outbreaks in 2009 and vets and vaccine manufacturers were eager to prey on pet owners» fears and cash in when canine influenza (dog flu) hit at the same time.

It is now predicting a 70 percent likelihood that there will not be enough H1N1 vaccine available to hit government targets until at least December, and a a more than 90 percent probability that more than half of U.S. flu cases this season will be swine flu.