Swine Flu

Swine influenza (also called swine flu, hog flu, and pig flu) is an infection of a host animal by any one of several specific types of microscopic organisms called "swine influenza virus". A swine influenza virus (SIV) is any strain of the influenza family of viruses that is usually hosted by (is endemic in) pigs. As of 2009, the known SIV strains are the influenza C virus and the subtypes of the influenza A virus known as H1N1, H1N2, H3N1, H3N2, and H2N3. Swine influenza is common in pigs in the midwestern United States (and occasionally in other states), Mexico, Canada, South America, Europe (including the United Kingdom, Sweden, and Italy), Kenya, Mainland China, Taiwan, Japan and other parts of eastern Asia. Read more at Wikipedia

Brazil to make H1N1 swine flu vaccine

Posted on 2013-06-19 07:16:00 from Health.India.com

Rio de Janeiro, June 19 (IANS): Brazil plans to produce vaccines against the influenza H1N1 virus, Health Minister Alexandre Padilha said. Nationwide production of the vaccine will help the country have an easier and faster access to the drug in case of

Dominican merchants close key border market in protest over Haiti ban of poultry, egg imports

Posted on 2013-06-19 05:25:00 from Haitian-Truth.org

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic — Merchants in the Dominican Republic have shuttered a large border market in protest over neighboring Haiti’s ban on poultry and egg imports. The Dajabon market was closed Monday seeking to pressure Haiti to drop the ba

With rain, related ailments are back; 434 cases so far

Posted on 2013-06-18 19:57:00 from Indian Express

Please read our terms of use before posting comments A week into the season, 434 cases of monsoon-related ailments have been recorded. The civic public health department also registered two cases of swine flu. Of the 434 cases recorded between June 10 an

What are the chances?

Posted on 2013-06-18 12:32:00 from Sydney Morning Herald

What's more dangerous, walking a tightrope across Niagara Falls - US acrobat Nik Wallenda performs the feat here - or eating a hearty meal of hamburger and chips? Photo: AP Every morning I walk my eight-year-old daughter to school. The walk is about a ki

Massive vaccine scandal exposes government lies and psyops

Posted on 2013-06-18 09:13:00 from NewsTarget - Natural Health & Wellness News

(NaturalNews) If you control the use of words and numbers, you can make trillions of dollars, and you can hide scandals that would otherwise take you down into infamy and prison. You can pretty much operate a whole sector of society and remain untouched.

Saliva May Improve With Age for Flu Protection

Posted on 2013-06-18 04:29:00 from MedicineNet

FRIDAY, June 14 (HealthDay News) -- Certain proteins in saliva help protect seniors from influenza, according to a new study from China. The findings improve understanding of why older people are better able to fight off the new strains of bird and swine

Dominican merchants close border market over ban

Posted on 2013-06-18 00:02:00 from WFAA

Early in June, Haiti said it was barring those products because there had been an outbreak of avian flu in the Dominican Republic. But local and international health officials say there is no avian flu in the Dominican Republic. They say a few recent dea

Dominican merchants close border market over ban

Posted on 2013-06-17 23:43:00 from Enquirer Herald

Merchants in the Dominican Republic have shuttered a large border market in protest over neighboring Haiti's ban on poultry and egg imports. The Dajabon market was closed Monday seeking to pressure Haiti to drop the ban. A Dominican board says the countr

Dominican merchants close border market over ban

Posted on 2013-06-17 23:34:00 from KREM.com

Dominican merchants close border market over ban

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