Peter Christian Hall: 'The Canada Problem': Could a Seasonal Flu Shot Help Spread Swine Flu?

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Published Oct. 17, 2009 at 1:13 p.m.

The study, which assessed results obtained by 2,000 Canadians in three big provinces, has not been published. Its authors say it is undergoing pre-publication peer review at a scientific journal ...

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Youths found at risk for H1N1 complications

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Published Oct. 13, 2009 at 2:42 p.m.
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An analysis of the sickest swine flu patients in Australia, Canada, Mexico, and New Zealand suggests that relatively healthy adolescents and young adults are among the most likely to get very sick after an H1N1 infection, a pattern similar to that seen in the 1918 influenza pandemic ...

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Canada Examines Vitamin D For Swine Flu Protection

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Published Sept. 5, 2009 at 5:58 p.m.
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The Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) has confirmed that it will be investigating the role of vitamin D in protection against swine flu, NutraIngredients-USA.com has learned ... The agency started a study last year on the role of vitamin D in severe seasonal influenza, which it said it will now adapt to the H1N1 swine flu virus ... More on Swine Flu ...

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Britons Defend Their Health Care From US Criticism

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Published Aug. 17, 2009 at 10:47 a.m.
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LONDON — Britons love to mock their National Health Service – just don't let anyone else poke fun at it ... They particularly resent the British universal health care system being used as a punching bag in the battle against President Barack Obama's proposed reforms ... Conservatives in the United States have relied on horror stories from Britain's system to warn Americans that Obama is trying to impose a socialized health care system that would give the government too much power ... In an

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Three Amigos Talks Swine Flu, Drug Violence

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Published Aug. 10, 2009 at 12:36 p.m.

Launching coordinated attacks against a swine flu epidemic and halting the violent drug war along the U.S. and Mexican border topped President Obama’s agenda at talks in Guadalajara with the leaders of Mexico and Canada, aides said ... “Everybody recognizes that H1N1 is going to be a challenge for all of us, and there are people who are going to be getting sick in the fall and die,” deputy White House national security adviser John Brennan said ahead of the North American Summit ... Obama

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Swine Flu Vaccine To Take Months To Produce, Says WHO

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Published May 19, 2009 at 8:29 a.m.
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GENEVA — Drug manufacturers won't be able to start making a swine flu vaccine until mid-July at the earliest, months later than previous predictions, the World Health Organization said Tuesday ... The disclosure that making a swine flu vaccine is proving more difficult than experts first thought came as U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and WHO chief Dr. Margaret Chan met Tuesday with representatives from up to 30 pharmaceutical companies to discuss the subject ... Health officials from

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What We Can Learn About Racism From The Swine Flu Scare: Analysis

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Published May 14, 2009 at 1:57 p.m.
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Front-page images of Mexican soldiers wearing surgical masks armed with Baretas. 71 healthy Mexican citizens quarantined for two weeks in a Hong Kong hotel. A congresswoman from New York declaring that the border with Mexico should be "immediately and completely closed." Countries like Argentina and Cuba banning travel to Mexico. An Israeli-led campaign to change the name of the mysterious disease from swine flu to "Mexican flu." ... And then, at long last, news from Mexico's Health Minister

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Canada: Farmer may have given swine flu to pigs

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Published May 2, 2009 at 9:08 p.m.
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President Obama spoke with Mexican President Felipe Calderon on Saturday afternoon to discuss "efforts to limit the spread of the 2009 H1N1 flu strain," the White House said. Their conversation came the same day a CDC official said about a third of Americans sickened had recently visited Mexico or had contact with someone who had ...

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US reports first swine flu death as epidemic spreads

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Published April 29, 2009 at 8:20 a.m.

Mexico City/Washington/Toronto/The swine flu epidemic took its first toll outside Mexico, where it originated, with a 23-month-old baby dying in the US border state of Texas Wednesday as fresh cases were reported from several countries, including Germany and Canada ...

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Arming for the Potential Battle Against Swine Flu Pandemic

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Published April 30, 2009 at 9:09 a.m.

To date, over 150 people in Mexico have lost their lives to swine flu-related causes and the numbers continue to increase. In addition, the virus has been confirmed in the U.S., U.K., Canada, New Zealand, and Spain, causing the World Health Organization (WHO) to raise its global pandemic alert level to indicate that the disease is no longer containable ... read more ...

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   According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), in humans the symptoms of H1N1 swine flu are similar to those of influenza and of influenza-like illness in general. Symptoms include fever, cough, sore throat, body aches, headache, chills and fatigue. The 2009 outbreak has shown an increased percentage of patients reporting diarrhea and vomiting.

   Recommendations to prevent the spread of the virus among humans include using standard infection control against influenza. This includes frequent washing of hands with soap and water or with alcohol-based hand sanitizers, especially after being out in public.