http://www.bling.org health care headlines Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:02:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 en hourly 1 http://www.bling.org/2012-01-27/mexico-ups-swine-flu-screening-as-cases-increase-2.html http://www.bling.org/2012-01-27/mexico-ups-swine-flu-screening-as-cases-increase-2.html#comments Fri, 27 Jan 2012 22:01:19 +0000 Matthew http://www.bling.org/2012-01-27/mexico-ups-swine-flu-screening-as-cases-increase-2.html ...years after swine flu closed Mexico City and caused an international scare, the Mexican government and local media are at odds over the severity of this season's flu virus. Newspapers are warning of an alarming increase in cases while the government insists...

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]]> http://www.bling.org/2012-01-27/mexico-ups-swine-flu-screening-as-cases-increase-2.html/feed 0 http://www.bling.org/2012-01-27/older-adults-may-be-vulnerable-to-new-swine-flu-virus.html http://www.bling.org/2012-01-27/older-adults-may-be-vulnerable-to-new-swine-flu-virus.html#comments Fri, 27 Jan 2012 22:01:06 +0000 Matthew http://www.bling.org/2012-01-27/older-adults-may-be-vulnerable-to-new-swine-flu-virus.html ... There may be a lot more vulnerability in the population to a new swine influenza virus than was first thought, new Canadian research suggests. It has been believed that while children and teens are probably vulnerable to the new H3N2 variant, people over...

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]]> http://www.bling.org/2012-01-27/older-adults-may-be-vulnerable-to-new-swine-flu-virus.html/feed 0 http://www.bling.org/2012-01-26/mexico-says-swine-flu-cases-up-this-year-institutes-screening-program-for-schools.html http://www.bling.org/2012-01-26/mexico-says-swine-flu-cases-up-this-year-institutes-screening-program-for-schools.html#comments Fri, 27 Jan 2012 03:01:17 +0000 Matthew http://www.bling.org/2012-01-26/mexico-says-swine-flu-cases-up-this-year-institutes-screening-program-for-schools.html ...CITY - Three years after swine flu closed Mexico City and caused an international scare, the Mexican government and local media are at odds over the severity of this season's flu virus. Newspapers are warning of an alarming increase in cases while the government...

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]]> http://www.bling.org/2012-01-26/mexico-says-swine-flu-cases-up-this-year-institutes-screening-program-for-schools.html/feed 0 http://www.bling.org/2012-01-13/health-new-drug-resistant-swine-flu-strain-surfaces-in-five-states.html http://www.bling.org/2012-01-13/health-new-drug-resistant-swine-flu-strain-surfaces-in-five-states.html#comments Sat, 14 Jan 2012 03:01:18 +0000 Matthew http://www.bling.org/2012-01-13/health-new-drug-resistant-swine-flu-strain-surfaces-in-five-states.html ...had many people wearing flu masks, certain New York City schools closing and a total of 17,000 dying from the H1N1 (Swine Flu) virus. Pharmaceutical companies quickly and impressively developed a vaccine for the new strain and it was incorporated in this years...

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]]> http://www.bling.org/2012-01-13/health-new-drug-resistant-swine-flu-strain-surfaces-in-five-states.html/feed 0 http://www.bling.org/2012-01-07/swine-flu-outbreak-sends-vaccine-makers-stock-soaring.html http://www.bling.org/2012-01-07/swine-flu-outbreak-sends-vaccine-makers-stock-soaring.html#comments Sat, 07 Jan 2012 12:01:04 +0000 Matthew http://www.bling.org/2012-01-07/swine-flu-outbreak-sends-vaccine-makers-stock-soaring.html ...for next year. The subtype H3N2 flu virus in the new outbreak is resistant to Tamiflu - the leading treatment today for swine flu of the H1N1 strain, which broke out in April 2009 and caused 38,000 deaths around the world. The U.S. Center for Disease...

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]]> http://www.bling.org/2012-01-07/swine-flu-outbreak-sends-vaccine-makers-stock-soaring.html/feed 0 http://www.bling.org/2012-01-07/swine-flu-strain-resists-tamiflu.html http://www.bling.org/2012-01-07/swine-flu-strain-resists-tamiflu.html#comments Sat, 07 Jan 2012 12:01:03 +0000 Matthew http://www.bling.org/2012-01-07/swine-flu-strain-resists-tamiflu.html ...that is resistant to the drug Tamiflu is spreading more easily in the land Down Under. For those in need of a refresher course, swine flu refers to the H1N1 flu virus that caused a pandemic in 2009. It emerged in April in Mexico and spread swiftly around...

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]]> http://www.bling.org/2012-01-07/swine-flu-strain-resists-tamiflu.html/feed 0 http://www.bling.org/2011-12-31/atypical-swine-flu-virus-reported-in-5-states.html http://www.bling.org/2011-12-31/atypical-swine-flu-virus-reported-in-5-states.html#comments Sat, 31 Dec 2011 22:01:19 +0000 Matthew http://www.bling.org/2011-12-31/atypical-swine-flu-virus-reported-in-5-states.html ...infected occupationally passes the infection to others. Swine flu is not spread from eating pork. Recently an atypical form of swine flu virus has been found in 5 states. Robert Lowes has reported for Medscape Today "Novel Swine Flu Virus Now Reported in 5...

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]]> http://www.bling.org/2011-12-31/atypical-swine-flu-virus-reported-in-5-states.html/feed 0 http://www.bling.org/2011-12-30/how-a-new-swine-flu-virus-could-complicate-influenza-season.html http://www.bling.org/2011-12-30/how-a-new-swine-flu-virus-could-complicate-influenza-season.html#comments Fri, 30 Dec 2011 12:02:52 +0000 Matthew http://www.bling.org/2011-12-30/how-a-new-swine-flu-virus-could-complicate-influenza-season.html ...individuals were below the age of 18. While the virus itself seems to have originated in pigs and initially jumped directly from swine to human beings, half of the cases had no documented contact with pigs, which means there’s at least minimal person-to-person...

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]]> http://www.bling.org/2011-12-30/how-a-new-swine-flu-virus-could-complicate-influenza-season.html/feed 0 http://www.bling.org/2011-12-30/swine-flu-strain-that-is-resistant-to-tamiflu-is-spreading-more-easily-3.html http://www.bling.org/2011-12-30/swine-flu-strain-that-is-resistant-to-tamiflu-is-spreading-more-easily-3.html#comments Fri, 30 Dec 2011 12:02:34 +0000 Matthew http://www.bling.org/2011-12-30/swine-flu-strain-that-is-resistant-to-tamiflu-is-spreading-more-easily-3.html ...report: The version of so-called swine flu that is resistant to the drug Tamiflu is spreading more easily in the land Down Under. Swine flu refers to the H1N1 flu virus that caused a pandemic in 2009. It emerged in April in Mexico and spread swiftly around...

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]]> http://www.bling.org/2011-12-30/swine-flu-strain-that-is-resistant-to-tamiflu-is-spreading-more-easily-3.html/feed 0 http://www.bling.org/2011-12-29/swine-flu-strain-that-is-resistant-to-tamiflu-is-spreading-more-easily-2.html http://www.bling.org/2011-12-29/swine-flu-strain-that-is-resistant-to-tamiflu-is-spreading-more-easily-2.html#comments Thu, 29 Dec 2011 17:01:14 +0000 Matthew http://www.bling.org/2011-12-29/swine-flu-strain-that-is-resistant-to-tamiflu-is-spreading-more-easily-2.html ...report: The version of so-called swine flu that is resistant to the drug Tamiflu is spreading more easily in the land Down Under. Swine flu refers to the H1N1 flu virus that caused a pandemic in 2009. It emerged in April in Mexico and spread swiftly around...

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