Health officials encourage caution, despite H1N1 case decline (News-Medical-Net)

As the number of new H1N1 (swine flu) infections worldwide drops, U.S. health officials on Friday cautioned the virus continues to circulate and can still be deadly, Reuters reports. According to the WHO, H1N1 remains the dominant strain worldwide, but there are reports of the recent emergence of the seasonal flu in Africa and China, according to the news agency.

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Health officials encourage caution, despite H1N1 case decline (News-Medical-Net)

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Signpost – Anti-virals are not so amazing (The Weber State University Signpost)

With the recent H1N1 flu pandemic, the use of many anti-viral drugs, especially Tamiflu (Oseltamivir), has increased dramatically. Just like the resistance to antibiotics, resistance to anti-viral treatments occurs, but at a much faster rate.

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New H1N1 Guidelines at a Major Southern Chicago Healthcare Provider (Marketwire)

KANKAKEE, IL–(Marketwire – December 30, 2009) – There have been some new changes to the visitor guidelines at Riverside Medical Center. With the recent upswing in the number of people infected with the H1N1 virus, the southern Chicago suburbs healthcare provider has decided that there should be extra precautions put in place to protect patients, visitors and staff during this influenza outbreak …

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A TIME'S MEMORY: Pandemic (H1N1) Update 03 December 2009 09:00 …

The WHO released its Pandemic ( H1N1 ) 2009 briefing note 18, commenting on the recent reports on Oseltamivir resistance among immunocompromised individuals. The agency modifies the treatment recommendations regarding this group of …

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Inflammablog3: Nicotine, Anti-Inflammatory H1N1 Cure

With the recent global outbreak of H1N1 , there have been many theories for different vaccines to cure H1N1 . Lucky for us some of those theories have been approved by medical researchers and the FDA and vaccines have been produced to …

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