With 40 per cent of B.C’s population immunized against the H1N1 flu virus provincial health authorities are hoping there will be no significant “third wave” outbreak of the flu within the next few months.
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B.C. residents encouraged to get H1N1 vaccine so third wave avoided (Vancouver Sun)
Turkeys on a local farm in northwestern France were infected with the A/H1N1 flu virus, authorities in Cote d’Armor department announced Thursday. Laboratory tests have confirmed the virus in turkeys on the farm, and the infected turkeys have been quarantined, authorities said in a statement. If no further spread of the virus was spotted, the quarantine would be lifted in seven days, and there …
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France confirms A/H1N1 flu infection in turkeys (People’s Daily)
Just a fortnight after Influenza A/H1N1 (swine flu) killed a 38-year-old woman in Lagos and eight others subsequently tested positive, Lagos State Govern-ment yesterday disclosed that Nigeria currently “has no vaccine to treat the flu virus in stock”.
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Swine Flu: ‘Vaccine Not Available in Nigeria’ (This Day)
Be smart. Protect yourself against the H1N1 flu virus, but beware of bogus products and fraudulent claims.
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Beware H1N1 Internet scams (The Sacramento Bee)
Be smart, protect yourself against the H1N1 flu virus.But beware of bogus products and fraudulent
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The Public Eye: Beware of Internet claims for bogus H1N1 products (The Sacramento Bee)
The Center for Disease control in Atlanta, Ga., reminds people to get their flu vaccinations in a timely manner. This season, the flu may pack more of a punch than usual because of the 2009 H1N1 flu virus, according to the CDC.
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Flu season packing bigger punch due to H1N1 (Keokuk Daily Gate City)
A Manitoba man has died after contracting the H1N1 flu virus, health officials said on Thursday.
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4th H1N1 death reported (CBC Manitoba)
PORTER COUNTY | This season, flu may pack more of a punch thanusual because of the H1N1 flu virus (sometimes called “swine flu”).H1N1 has been the most common flu virus circulating so far thisseason.
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VNA offers H1N1 flu shots (The Times of Northwest Indiana)
The Washoe County Health District (WCHD) has scheduled additional free novel H1N1 flu vaccination clinics for anyone over 6 months of age who wants to protect themselves, their family and their community from becoming ill with the novel H1N1 flu virus.
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County schedules swine flu clinics (Daily Sparks Tribune)
EL PASO — The H1N1 flu virus has been so unpredictable that it is hard to know what to expect next.
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H1N1 flu lingers, officials say (El Paso Times)