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Severity Of Flu Linked To Year Of Birth, Research Says
By Sarah | Nov 12, 2016 10:20 AM ESTThe 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.
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Swine Flu Outbreak Killed 112 so far in Iran
By Cheri Cheng | Dec 28, 2015 10:00 AM ESTA swine flu outbreak in Iran has taken 112 lives so far since mid-November, the country's media reported on Monday.
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Tamiflu Did Save Lives During Swine Flu Pandemic
By Kamal Nayan | Mar 19, 2014 09:00 AM EDTThe 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.
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Santa Clara County Woman Dies Of Swine Flu
By Kamal Nayan | Jan 05, 2014 01:12 AM ESTA 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.
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Swine Flu’s Death Toll 10 Times Higher Than WHO Estimates
By Kamal Nayan | Nov 27, 2013 08:43 AM ESTThe 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.
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Study Finds Small Incidence of Guillain-Barre Syndrome from H1N1 Vaccine in U.S.
By Cheri Cheng | Mar 13, 2013 02:29 PM EDTStudy finds that the H1N1 vaccine used in the 2009-2010 pandemic presented a small risk for developing Guillain-Barre syndrome, a muscle disorder.
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GlaxoSmithKline’s H1N1 Swine Flu Vaccine Linked to Rare Sleep Disorder in Children
By Cheri Cheng | Feb 27, 2013 12:12 PM ESTAn 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.
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H1N1 Flu Pandemic Infected At Least 1 in 5 Worldwide
By Christine Hsu | Jan 25, 2013 11:22 AM ESTMore 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.
