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H1N1 Vulnerable Groups

People prone to H1N1 Virus infections While Swine Flu is widely recognised as a threat to all, it has particular danger for certain groups of vulnerable people. This often happens with any epidemic, where the virus spreads quicker among certain groups.  …

Swine Flu Symptoms and the High Risk Groups

Swine Flu Symptoms and the High Risk Groups It makes perfect sense to have a working thermometer at home, as one of the main indicators that you have Swine Flu is a raised temperature. However, there are a few other things you need to keep an eye on if  …

Swine Flu Explained in Simple Terms

Swine Flu Explained in Simple Terms You may have heard a lot about Swine Flu via the media in recent times. The media have perhaps been enjoying the reporting on this latest epidemic with a little too much glee. Whatever your opinion about how they have …

Protection Against Swine Flu

Protection Against Swine Flu When Swine Flu first became a major news story earlier this year, people began to think seriously about washing their hands. And when one thinks about it carefully enough, this makes perfect sense. If you wash your hands, yo …

Facts about Swine Flu That You May Not Have Known

Facts about Swine Flu That You May Not Have Known It is an acute respiratory disease that primarily affected pigs. At one point it was responsible for pig deaths of around one to four per cent. Since the early days of the virus spreading, it has of cour …

Facts about Swine Flu

All About Swine Flu There is one particular small group of people who are most vulnerable to the virus. This group contains those with serious or highly damaging medical conditions. The first recognised very high risk group consists of those people  …

Swine Flu and Obesity – a risk factor

Obesity May Be A Risk Factor In Swine Flu First pregnant women set off alarm bells in the medical community because of complications arising from exposure and illness to the current novel H1N1 influenza A virus [or swine flu] and now it seems obese peop …

H1N1 Pandemic Flu Mimics Dreaded 1918 Flu

Study Discovers H1N1 Pandemic Flu Mimics Dreaded 1918 Flu The novel H1N1 influenza virus seems to mimic certain characteristics of the 1918 Spanish influenza virus starting with its ability to infect the lower respiratory system, specifically the lungs, …

Tamiflu Cuts H1N1 Swine Flu Deaths In Half Vs. No Intervention

Tamiflu Cuts H1N1 Swine Flu Deaths In Half Vs. No Intervention Treating the H1N1 novel influenza A Virus or Swine Flu using generic tamiflu and for chemoprophylaxis for those people in contact with infected patients is a most economical tactic for thwar …

Swine Flu Prevention

Preventive Medicine For Swine Flu The danger of the novel H1N1 influenza A Virus becomes increasingly more evident on a daily basis with the mortality rate rising and the infection rate increasing rapidly worldwide. Fortunately the outbreak occurred at  …

Asthma Sufferers Should Be Cautious Of Swine Flu

Asthma Sufferers Should Be Cautious Of Swine Flu As the H1N1 influenza A virus continues to spread globally, it is becoming clear that anyone suffering from an asthmatic or further respiratory ailment must remain cautious regarding the simple facts of t …

Novel H1N1 Influenza A Virus Inept at Infecting People

Novel H1N1 Influenza A Virus Inept at Infecting People As the latest swine flu virus makes its way around the globe, medical experts are claiming they know why it has so far been less than vigorous in its infection capability as opposed to be a raging,  …

Tamiflu Approved For Canadian Babies – Other Nations To Follow

Tamiflu Approved For Canadian Babies – Other Nations To Follow Canada has become one among numerous countries that are approving or researching whether infants less than one year of age should be administered the antiviral medication Oseltamivir or co …

H1N1 Swine Flu Vaccine

Problems Creating H1N1 Vaccine Make For Tough Choices The World Health Organization [WHO] has proclaimed that frontline responders to any pandemic, primary health care workers, should receive priority when initial vaccine is made available for novel inf …

Swine Flu in Pregnancy

Pregnant Women and Novel Influenza A (H1N1) As Of the last several months – June/July 2009 – There has been an alarm raised about women who are pregnant when they contract influenza A [H1N1] strain of the virus. It appears that women who are pregnan …

Tamiflu And Relenza shortage

Crisis Administration For Dispensing Tamiflu And Relenza On April 26th, 2009, a public health emergency was declared by the Health and Human Services Department [HHS] regarding the outbreak of the influenza H1N1 virus. Because of the declaration, the Ce …

Generic Tamiflu

Generic Tamiflu Available Through Indian Manufacturer A drug manufacturer, Cipla Ltd., based in India, has announced that it has the ability to provide sufficient Generic Tamiflu to respond to a global swine flu epidemic, if needed. The amount of the an …

Stockpile of Tamiflu

American Government Strategy And Generic Tamiflu In April of 2009, three identifiable swine flu cases in Texas prompted the Governor to request nearly 38,000 doses of oseltamivir from the CDC. In November 2005, Then president George W. Bush asked Con …

Oseltamivir Versus Assorted Flu Strains

Oseltamivir Versus Assorted Flu Strains Generic tamiflu has been available since February 2006, when Thailand was granted the right to produce this drug. Since then, China and India have also produced this medication. Some people have raised concern …

How Tamiflu works and resistance to Tamiflu

How Oseltamivir Works And Its Resistance To The Drug Oseltamivir or Generic Tamiflu is in the class of drugs known as neuraminidase inhibitor, which are antiviral medications. They act to impede or inhibit the mechanics of the viral neuraminidase protei …