Tag: H1n1 Flu

Vietnam wants WHO response to lobbying accusations

Vietnam has asked the WHO for a response to allegations it had exaggerated the swine flu pandemic under pressure from pharmaceutical lobbies. Pharmaceutical companies have made huge profits from vaccine contracts in the wake of the crisis that critics say was overblown for that purpose.“At the moment the... Read more

Hanoi hospital saves pregnant woman, baby with H1N1

 Staff at Bach Mai Hospital said January 8 they saved the life of a 23-year-old female infected with A/H1N1 flu and her unborn baby.  LookAtVietnam - Staff at Bach Mai Hospital said January 8 they saved the life of a 23-year-old female infected with A/H1N1 flu and her unborn baby.  Pham Thi Lan Anh from Hoan Kiem District, Hanoi, was hospitalized... Read more

A/H1N1 flu continues decline in U.S. state of Illinois

H1N1 flu in the U.S. state of Illinois declined with only two new deaths from the virus in the last week, according to an official report issued on Thursday. Thursday’s weekly update by the Illinois Department of Public Health also includes 41 new hospitalizations related to H1N1 flu. Last week, in comparison, state officials were reporting two new deaths... Read more

Only 14 U.S. states report widespread flu activity last week

A/H1N1 flu was widespread in only 14 U.S. states last week, down from 25 in the previous week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said on Friday. “Fourteen states reported geographically widespread influenza activity, Puerto Rico and 25 states reported regional influenza activity, the District of Columbia and seven states reported local... Read more

Study: Tamiflu has limits curing A/H1N1 flu

Tamiflu, the drug known widely in the world as the main medicine to cure the A/H1N1 flu, has limits in preventing people from getting the flu. File photo shows packets of Tamiflu tablets are stored in the Swiss Army Pharmacy in Ittigen near Bern August 10, 2009. (Xinhua/Reuters File Photo)The new study found although Tamiflu cuts the symptoms’ duration... Read more

900,000 pregnant women to be vaccinated against A/H1N1

LookAtVietnam - Between 800,000 and 900,000 women who are more than three months pregnant and around 280,000 health-care workers nationwide will be vaccinated against A/H1N1 flu. The chief of the Department of Preventive Health and the Environment Nguyen Huy Nga said on December 2 that the vaccine administered to the high-risk groups has been provided by... Read more

4 dead after China A/H1N1 inoculation

China’s Ministry of Health said here Tuesday that four deaths had been reported after inoculated with China-made A/H1N1 flu vaccine and three had been confirmed irrelevant to the vaccines. The three deaths were “coincidental” and causes of the other death are yet to be finalized, Liang Wannian, director of the ministry’s emergency response... Read more

U.S. health officials say A/H1N1 flu vaccine safe

There’s no evidence that the A/H1N1 flu vaccine can cause any serious side effects, said U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in a report released on Wednesday. The report was CDC’s first report on the safety of the vaccine. The report said the U.S. government has been tracking the safety of the A/H1N1 flu vaccine since October, and... Read more

H1N1 flu virus mutation detected in HK

Hong Kong’s Department of Health announced Monday that it had found the same mutation in a H1N1 flu virus sample as the one detected in Norway recently. The department said that it had examined the genetic sequence of H1N1 flu viruses in its monitoring system. Out of the 123 sequences studied, one sample showed the same mutation as the Norway strain. The... Read more

WHO reemphasizes safety of A/H1N1 flu vaccine

The World Health Organization (WHO)on Thursday reemphasized the safety of A/H1N1 flu vaccine, saying a small number of deaths that occurred after vaccination were actually not caused by the vaccine itself. A boy gets a free H1N1 flu vaccine at a kindergarden in Budapest November 19, 2009. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo)“Although some investigations are still ongoing,... Read more

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