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Severity Of Flu Linked To Year Of Birth, Research Says
By Sarah | Nov 12, 2016 10:20 AM EST
The lollipop analogy suggests that your year of birth year predicts, how you will be affected by the animal-origin-influenza A virus. Though the prediction can be extended to a complete diagnosis the association proved shows that there are connections between the first time a person gets infected by a flu and his possibility to be severely attacked by influenza A in the later stage.
Swine Flu Outbreak Killed 112 so far in Iran
By Cheri Cheng | Dec 28, 2015 10:00 AM EST
A swine flu outbreak in Iran has taken 112 lives so far since mid-November, the country's media reported on Monday.
Tamiflu Did Save Lives During Swine Flu Pandemic
By Kamal Nayan | Mar 19, 2014 09:00 AM EDT
The antiviral drug Tamiflu helped in reducing the risk of death by around 25 percent among adults who were hospitalized during 2009 H1N1 swine flu pandemic, a new report has claimed.
Santa Clara County Woman Dies Of Swine Flu
By Kamal Nayan | Jan 05, 2014 01:12 AM EST
A Santa Clara County woman aged 41 has died of swine flu. Last year no deaths in the county younger than 65 were reported of any flu strain.
Swine Flu’s Death Toll 10 Times Higher Than WHO Estimates
By Kamal Nayan | Nov 27, 2013 08:43 AM EST
The 2009 swine-flu pandemic might have killed 10 times than the estimates by WHO. A new analysis by scientists have found that the pandemic might have caused 203,000 deaths.
Study Finds Small Incidence of Guillain-Barre Syndrome from H1N1 Vaccine in U.S.
By Cheri Cheng | Mar 13, 2013 02:29 PM EDT
Study finds that the H1N1 vaccine used in the 2009-2010 pandemic presented a small risk for developing Guillain-Barre syndrome, a muscle disorder.
GlaxoSmithKline’s H1N1 Swine Flu Vaccine Linked to Rare Sleep Disorder in Children
By Cheri Cheng | Feb 27, 2013 12:12 PM EST
An United Kingdom study found a casual relationship between GlaxoSmithKline's flu vaccine and narcolepsy in children. Researchers believe that a booster found in the vaccine can trigger narcolepsy in children with the genetic risk for the disease.
H1N1 Flu Pandemic Infected At Least 1 in 5 Worldwide
By Christine Hsu | Jan 25, 2013 11:22 AM EST
More than a fifth of the world's population, including half of children, was infected with the H1N1 virus during the first year of the pandemic in 2009, according to a new study published on Friday.

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