Swine Flu Vaccine: Will It Catch On?

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Published Aug. 25, 2009 at 7:02 p.m.

Less than half of health care workers surveyed in Hong Kong intend to get vaccinated against swine flu because of uncertainties about its effectiveness and possible side effects, a new study indicates ...

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Tamiflu-Resistant Swine Flu in U.S.?

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Published July 7, 2009 at 5:34 p.m.

A teenage girl traveling from San Francisco was found to be carrying Tamiflu-resistant swine flu after triggering a temperature-monitoring device in the Hong Kong airport ...

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Tamiflu-Resistant Swine Flu in U.S.?

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Published July 7, 2009 at 5:34 p.m.

A teenage girl traveling from San Francisco was found to be carrying Tamiflu-resistant swine flu after triggering a temperature-monitoring device in the Hong Kong airport ...

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Swine Flu Shuts Down Philippines Government For 5 Days

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Published June 23, 2009 at 4:55 p.m.
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MANILA, Philippines (AP) -- The Philippine House of Representatives suspended operations for five days after news that the country's first H1N1 flu-related fatality worked at the legislature. Australia reported its second swine flu-related death, the third for the Asia-Pacific region ... Hong Kong elementary schools and kindergartens cut the school year short, and Malaysia shuttered another school in efforts to contain the spread of the pandemic flu virus ... Philippine House Speaker Prospero

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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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Tourists, Staff Sealed In Hong Kong Hotel

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Published May 2, 2009 at 9:33 a.m.
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Hong Kong sealed a downtown hotel with hundreds of tourists and employees inside as authorities worked to prevent an outbreak of swine flu, searching for anyone who had contact with a Mexican tourist who brought the virus into the territory ...

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Asia Reports First Case of Swine Flu in Hong Kong

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Published May 1, 2009 at 10:29 a.m.
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The arrival of a Mexican traveler with the flu at a Hong Kong hospital re-awoke memories of the SARS outbreak ...

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   This site was created to help deal with the H1N1 influenza flu pandemic. Flu preparation is important! You can have an immunization with the flu vaccine, you can have the flu shot; flu shots are good before you are showing flu symptoms, although the current trivalent influenza vaccine is unlikely to provide protection against the new 2009 H1N1 strain, vaccines against the new strain are being developed and could be ready as early as June 2009.

   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.