Tag: Swine

ABC's Joohee Cho reports:

No matter how paranoid North Korea is when it comes to keeping their borders shut, it is now obvious they simply can not stop the H1N1 virus from crossing their borders. They blame South Korea for the flu spreading in their territories, despite the fact that communication and travel between the two Koreas is almost non-existent these days.

This week, the 'rich brother nation' South Korea's president Lee Myung-bak offered to send flu medication to the North. Today, Pyongyang finally accepted the offer of Tamiflu doses that could save the lives of millions of malnourished children.

CHICAGO (Reuters) - U.S. health officials said on Friday they are making progress in improving the supply of H1N1 vaccine to state health departments and urged people frustrated by long lines and scarce supply not to give up.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Dr. Anne Schuchat said there are now twice as many doses of vaccine available as there were two weeks ago, with 38 million doses ordered or available for ordering by states.

LANDOVER, Maryland (Reuters) - A U.S. government media event to promote H1N1 school vaccinations on Friday included VIPs, cute kids and a phalanx of television cameras -- but only one in five children at the school had proper parental consent to get immunized.

"This school was ready to go," Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius declared after touring a makeshift vaccination clinic in the cafeteria at Dodge Park Elementary School, near Washington.

Why you should nix swine flu parties, and other swine flu don'ts.

Swine flu isn't in the headlines as much as it was when it was brand new this spring, and while there have been deaths and hospitalizations in countries worldwide, most cases have been relatively mild.

That's the good news. But the bad news is, swine flu isn't gone. In fact, it may pick up steam during the usual flu season -- and it could worsen.

As with the garden-variety flu, there are some people who are more likely to be severely affected by the swine flu. These people are more likely to get very ill, require hospitalization, and more likely to die.

People at higher risk have one thing in common. Their bodies are more susceptible to serious complications of the flu, such as pneumonia or even bloodstream infection.That said, most of these people recover just fine from the flu with no serious illness. But it's good for them to take steps to be extra careful in preventing the flu.

The swine flu virus in the U.S. is the same one causing a deadly epidemic in Mexico.
What is swine flu? What can we do about it? WebMD answers your questions.

April 30, 2009 -- Swine flu cases continue to grow in the U.S. and other countries, as the world watches to see if swine flu will become a pandemic.

Swine flu has sickened at least 109 people in the U.S. and at least 257 people worldwide, according to the CDC and the World Health Organization.