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Update: 2009 H1N1 Flu ("Swine Flu") and You


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Published Nov. 3, 2009 at 4:23 p.m.

Questions & Answers About 2009 H1N1 Hospitalizations in People with Asthma ...

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Swine Flu Vaccine Protects Pregnant Women


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Published Nov. 2, 2009 at 6:13 p.m.

Pregnant women safely get "robust" protection from one dose of the H1N1 swine flu vaccine; but kids under age 10 really need two doses, NIH studies show ...

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Swine Flu Study on N95 Masks Retracted


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Published Nov. 2, 2009 at 3:54 p.m.

N95 masks may be no better than ordinary disposable surgical masks at preventing the flu, after all ...

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Nurses' union reaches contract deal with hospitals


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Published Nov. 2, 2009 at 3:13 p.m.

A California nurses' union won't strike, saying swine flu protections have been written into new contracts with the state's largest hospital system ...

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Swine flu woman dies after birth


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Published Nov. 2, 2009 at 7:39 a.m.

A 31-year-old woman dies days after giving birth after contracting swine flu during her pregnancy ...

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Chuck takes flu 'shot'


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Published Nov. 2, 2009 at 4:45 a.m.

Sen. Chuck Schumer yesterday slammed the federal government's swine-flu response, citing "gaping holes" in the Centers for Disease Control's efforts to get enough vaccine to those who need it ... "The CDC is trying to do their job, in all fairness, bu ...

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Freeze wages now


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Published Nov. 2, 2009 at 1:19 a.m.

LAST week, Gov. Paterson activated New York's "health-emergency preparedness plan," as a prudent precautionary measure to deal with a potential swine-flu epidemic.It's time to take a similar approach to the state's rapidly worsening fiscal fever. C ...

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Hospitals 'feel swine flu strain'


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Published Nov. 1, 2009 at 6:52 a.m.

Hospital intensive care wards are under "a lot of pressure" as a result of swine flu, says the government's medical adviser ...

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Cuba swine flu 'from US tourists'


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Published Oct. 31, 2009 at 5:37 p.m.

Cuba's former leader Fidel Castro blames the growth of swine flu on the increased numbers of US visitors on the island ...

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CDC reports 19 more children died of swine flu last week


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Published Oct. 30, 2009 at 7:45 p.m.
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That brings the total to 114 children deaths since the pandemic's start, compared with 40 to 50 in a normal flu season. On H1N1 vaccines, 'the gap between supply and demand is closing.' ... Nineteen more U.S. children died from pandemic H1N1 influenza in the week ending Oct. 24, bringing the total to 65 since Aug. 30 and to 114 since the beginning of the pandemic in April, according to the newest data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...

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   This site was created to help deal with the H1N1 influenza flu pandemic. Flu preparation is important! You can have an immunization with the flu vaccine, you can have the flu shot; flu shots are good before you are showing flu symptoms, although the current trivalent influenza vaccine is unlikely to provide protection against the new 2009 H1N1 strain, vaccines against the new strain are being developed and could be ready as early as June 2009.

   According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), in humans the symptoms of H1N1 swine flu are similar to those of influenza and of influenza-like illness in general. Symptoms include fever, cough, sore throat, body aches, headache, chills and fatigue. The 2009 outbreak has shown an increased percentage of patients reporting diarrhea and vomiting.

   Recommendations to prevent the spread of the virus among humans include using standard infection control against influenza. This includes frequent washing of hands with soap and water or with alcohol-based hand sanitizers, especially after being out in public.