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Swine Flu: Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) of Medical Products and Devices


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Published April 29, 2009 at 1:45 a.m.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration, in response to requests from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, has issued Emergency Use Authorizations (EUAs) to make available to public health and medical personnel important diagnostic and therapeutic tools to identify and respond to the swine flu virus under certain circumstances. The agency issued these EUAs for the use of certain Relenza and Tamiflu antiviral products, and for the rRT-PCR Swine Flu Panel diagnostic test ...

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Swine Flu Vaccine Months Away, FDA Says


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Published April 28, 2009 at 1:30 p.m.
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U.S. scientists hope to have a key ingredient for a swine flu vaccine ready in early May, but tell The Associated Press that the novel virus grows slowly in eggs - the chief way flu vaccines are made ...

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Flu vaccine of no use against swine flu; no cases reported in Los Angeles


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Published April 26, 2009 at 6:47 p.m.

Even as more cases of swine flu emerged nationwide, Los Angeles County reported none over the weekend, but federal health officials said today they are "very pessimistic" that the seasonal flu vaccine protects against the unique virus infecting people in the United States, Mexico and other ...

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TV SoundOff: Sunday Talking Heads


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Published March 15, 2009 at 3:45 a.m.

You know, most days I wake up and my heart is cheered to see that a certain Tralfamadorian test pilot hasn't ignited the chain reaction that destroys the universe ... But, then, there are the Sunday mornings ... And, ugh ... Greetings! My name is Jason and welcome to your Sunday Morning Liveblog, where I battle wankery with wankery for your amusement ... Today, uhm ... people say stuff about things ... I don't remember much from the preview tip sheet ... We'll be sticking to the network shows,

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Living in a Clean and Healthy World


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Published March 17, 2008 at 8:00 a.m.

This podcast is about the importance of effective sanitation programs and steps people can take to stay healthy, including proper hand washing ...

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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.