L.A. Times - Science:
Four patients at a single hospital test positive for the strain. Health officials have been watching for signs that the virus is mutating, making drugs ineffective. Four North Carolina patients at a single hospital tested positive for a t (Read More)
NEWS.com.au | Europe:
THE World Health Organisation says a mutation had been found in samples of the swine flu virus taken following the first two deaths from the pandemic in Norway. (Read More)
Washington Post:
KIEV, UKRAINE -- One night at the height of the panic over what people here call the California flu, as 24-hour news stations tracked a rising death toll and politicians speculated about a mystery lung plague, Ukraine's prime minister rushed to the airport to greet a shipment of Tamiflu as if it...
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Wall Street Journal:
The current wave of swine flu may have peaked in the U.S., but the illness remains widespread and the threat of another wave remains as officials in Norway reported a mutation of the virus. (Read More)
Wall Street Journal:
China's health ministry ordered accurate reporting of the spread of H1N1 influenza and threatened to punish officials who conceal cases of the virus. (Read More)
MSNBC.com: News:
As outbreaks of the H1N1 virus inject more frazzle into already-frayed travelers, airlines and their approach to sick passengers are being scrutinized.
Swine influenza - Influenza A virus subtype H1N1 - Health - Influenza - Infectious Diseases. (Read More)
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed:
European public health officials are investigating a handful of swine flu infections in Norway and Wales in which the virus mutated to a form that's more severe or less sensitive to drug treatment.Five patients at a hospital in Wales contracted swine flu that resisted treatment with Roche Holding AG's Tamiflu, and three mor (Read More)
Wall Street Journal:
Here are a few threads from around the world on what’s happening with the H1N1 swine-flu pandemic.Four patients in the past six weeks had Tamiflu-resistant flu at Duke University Hospital. In at least two of the cases, patients contracted the resistant bug before they had been treated with Tamiflu, a Duke infection-control (Read More)
Wall Street Journal:
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- The Norwegian Institute of Public Health said Friday that it has found a mutated version of the H1N1 virus in three patients in Norway, two of whom died. The institute suggested this is normal and "most of these mutations will probably have little or no importance." Still, the mutation could a (Read More)
ABC News Video: Health:
Oregon cat is the first in the country to die from the swine flu virus.
Swine influenza - Influenza A virus subtype H1N1 - Health - Influenza - Infectious Diseases. (Read More)
washingtonpost.com - Health:
Scientists in Norway have identified a mutated form of the swine flu virus that is raising concern because it was found in two patients who died of the flu and a third who was severely ill with the disease, officials announced Friday.
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USATODAY.com Health - Top Stories:
People who received last year's seasonal flu vaccine may have gained some protection against the swine flu virus, according to ...
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