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FDA warning: Don't buy swine flu drugs online

FDA warning: Don't buy swine flu drugs online

Americans should avoid buying treatments for the H1N1 virus, commonly known as swine flu, online, the Food and Drug Administration warned.

 

Swine flu still spreading; blamed for 76 child deaths

Swine flu is believed to have killed 19 children the week ending Oct. 3, bringing the number of pediatric deaths to 76 since ...

 

To vaccinate or not? Some wary on H1N1 choice

To vaccinate or not? Some wary on H1N1 choice

Mary Peterson of Des Moines, Washington, doesn't believe the vaccine for the novel H1N1 flu has been studied enough to get it for herself and her daughters, who are 1 and 3 years old.

 

Swine flu put many hospitalized patients into ICU

Swine flu put many hospitalized patients into ICU

One quarter of Americans sick enough to be hospitalized with swine flu last spring wound up needing intensive care and 7 percent of them died, the first such study of the early months of the global epidemic suggests. That's a little higher than with ordinary seasonal flu, several experts said....

 

Poll: Only half want H1N1 shots

Poll: Only half want H1N1 shots

The people who most want the swine flu vaccine are older people, who will be last in line, says a new Associated Press-GfK poll.

 

Swine flu vaccines begin

Swine flu vaccines begin

For 13-year-old Brandon Marti, the intranasal vaccine felt "good," "cold" and "watery" at the Children's Hospital at Montefiore in the Bronx, New York, on Tuesday.

 

McTriage: Hospitals use swine flu drive-thrus

Fast-food places have them. Banks and pharmacies do, too. Now hospitals are opening drive-thrus and drive-up tent clinics to screen and treat a swelling tide of swine flu patients.

 

Government to Intensely Track for H1N1 Shot Side Effects

Government to Intensely Track for H1N1 Shot Side Effects

The government is starting an unprecedented system to track possible side effects as mass flu vaccinations begin next month.

 

EU agency recommends first two H1N1 flu vaccines

EU agency recommends first two H1N1 flu vaccines

European healthcare regulators recommended two swine flu vaccines for approval on Friday, clearing the way for mass vaccination programs to start imminently.

 

WHO: Very few Tamiflu-resistant swine flu cases

The World Health Organization says 28 swine flu patients worldwide had viruses resistant to Tamiflu, but another antiviral still ...

 

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