When H1N1 kills healthy young people
After being infected with swine flu, Brent Robb, a 34-year-old New Zealander with no pre- existing medical conditions, spent 11 days in a coma induced by doctors i n a last-ditch effort to save his life. …
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Obama-care Promises are Free, but Universal Health Care is Not and Swine Flu Disinformation
Hour Two: Swine Flu Disinformation — Apparently the united states of America were formed so that one day its chief executive officer could instruct the citizenry o…
Helen Macdonald on side effects, Tamiflu and the swine flu hotline
A hundred and five thousand people with flu symptoms were prescribed Tamiflu via the new hotline last week. But there are some unintended consequences. Although consultation rates for flu like symptoms are levelling, Pulse magazine reports on a new problem.
amiflu causes sickness and nightmares in children, study finds
July 31, 2009 David Rose Children report a range of side-effects, but the official advice is that Tamiflu is safe More than half of children taking the swine flu drug Tamiflu experience side-effects such as nausea and nightmares, research suggests. An estimated 150,000 people with flu symptoms were prescribed the drug through a new hotline and website last week, according to figures revealed yesterday.
Nova Scotia not ready for swine-flu pandemic | SWINE BIRD FLU
Nova Scotia does not have an adequate stockpile of medical supplies to protect health-care workers and respond effectively to the swine – flu pandemic , the province’s auditor general says. (Source: CBC | Health)
Cost of swine flu pandemic could be up to £5 million – Northampton …
Cost of swine flu pandemic could be up to £5 million – The total cost of the swine flu pandemic to NHS Northamptonshire could be up to £5 million, the primary care trust’s chief executive has said.
Letter Sparks Investigation of Baxter Vaccine by New Zealand Minister of Health
Wednesday, July 08, 2009 by: Barbara Minton, Natural Health EditorSee all articles by this authorEmail this authorRobert L.
Cumbria and Lancashire Health News 07/15/2009
Delighted Darren wins top job at NHS Trust – Carlisle News & Star 14th July 2009 NORTH West Ambulance Service NHS Trust has appointed a new chief executive. The appointment of Darren Hurrell follows the retirement of John Burnside at the end of May. Prior to this appointment, Mr Hurrell was the chief executive of Clatterbridge Centre for Oncology NHS Foundation Trust, based in Bebington on the Wirral.
Greater Manchester Health News 07/15/2009
Swine flu fears grow – Manchester Evening News 14th July 2009 SCORES of children are being kept away from schools in Manchester by anxious parents as the swine flu death toll rises. Two more fatal cases were confirmed yesterday. Chloe Buckley, a six-year-old girl from north west London, died at St Mary’s Hospital in Paddington and hours later news broke that a GP, Dr Michael Day, had been killed by the virus in Bedfordshire
Tom Nolan: How do you monitor swine flu?
Yesterday, reporters descended on Whitehall to hear about the methods of influenza monitoring . Sir Liam Donaldson, the Chief Medical Officer led the numbers feast alongside Justin McCracken, chief executive of the Health Protection Agency, and Ian Dalton, the new flu czar. Sir Liam explained what data are being tracked: total number of cases, antiviral usage, hospitalisations and deaths (see pyramid, below).