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Robot designed to help doctors diagnose H1N1 flu quivers as a man with a full protective outfit puts a tube into its throat during a demonstration at the Security & Safety Trade Expo in Tokyo, Japan, Thursday, Oct. 22, 2009. The life-sized humanoid was developed by Medical Education Technologies, Inc. (METI), the world's leading supplier of human patient simulators, based in Sarasota, Florida, to help medical workers recognize symptoms of the illness and learn to treat patients. It sweats, moans, cries and convulses just like a human would when infected with the H1N1 virus and if the robot is not treated properly the symptoms gradually get worse and it stops breathing. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)
Source: Boston
Read more: http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2009/11/watching_the_h1n1_flu_pandemic.html
New IssueH1N1 death rates higher for some ethnic and racial groups in California
Latinos, blacks and Native Americans in the state have been more likely to die from swine flue than whites, data show.
By Molly Hennessy-Fiske
Over the same months, blacks in the state have been 50% more likely to die of H1N1 flu than whites, the report said.
Source: LA Times
Research
Human, Animal, Ecosystem Health All Key to Curbing Emerging Infectious Diseases
Strategies that integrate human, animal, and environmental health may help prevent outbreaks of zoonotic diseases, such as 2009 influenza A(H1N1), West Nile virus infection, highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1, and Escherichia coli O157:H7 infection. [...]
Source: American Medical Association
Comment
'Kill swine flu without use of chemicals'? Using what -- imagination?
By Tami Dennis
The term has quite irritatingly become shorthand for "scary compounds we know nothing about and thus must be bad," used to describe whatever a company wants you to think is gentle, benign or guaranteed safe. Enough, I say! As a description of tangible substances, it's wrong. And I want you not to be fooled by it.
"Short answer: Everything is a chemical. Longer answer: Chemistry is the study of matter and its interactions with other matter. Anything made of matter is therefore a chemical. Any liquid, solid, gas. Any pure substance; any mixture. Water is a chemical. Technically speaking, so is a chunk of your computer." Oxygen? A chemical element. Water? A combination of the chemical elements hydrogen and oxygen. The human body? A whole passel of chemicals -- naturally occurring ones, no less.
There's more, but that's probably enough for today. If not, here's a fun site, chem4kids.com. Don't be chastened by the name. The very friendly home page does state that "it's for everyone."
As for the "kill swine flu without use of chemicals" reference, it's from a pitch for a product that uses tap water.
Source: LA Times
Risk Communication
FDA 2010 H1N1 (Swine) Flu Page
The FDA plays a vital role on the team led by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services in the fight against the 2009 H1N1 virus. The agency works closely with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institutes of Health, other federal government agencies, and global partners such as the World Health Organization and foreign governments to protect public health during the 2009 H1N1 pandemic.
Source: FDA
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Source: USA Today
Read more: http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2010-01-14-H1N1-swine-flu-booster-children_N.htm
News Flash
Claims H1N1 is a fake pandemic are scientifically wrong and irresponsible: WHO
The Canadian Press
The perception has led to low uptake of H1N1 vaccine in many countries that had pre-purchase orders. A number of western European countries have announced ...
Read More: http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5jFxM_0oyB5RPbXsZ5GLIYpBaNqrw
China issues swine flu travel warning for Lunar New Year
AFP
China's health ministry has urged vulnerable groups to get swine flu vaccinations or limit travel during the upcoming Chinese Lunar New Year ...
Read more: http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gIXLXr-YzdG-d6VXKE8_FsCS4LLg
Swine Flu Caused Permanent Lung Damage in Some
YLE
Read more: http://yle.fi/uutiset/news/2010/01/swine_flu_caused_permanent_lung_damage_in_some_1367397.html
Glaxo becomes swine flu victimStuff
As the biggest gainer from the H1N1 swine flu pandemic, GlaxoSmithKline now has most to lose as countries cut back their orders.
Read more: http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/world/3232361/Glaxo-becomes-swine-flu-victim
New ionator EXP(TM) and ionator HOM(TM) Kill Swine Flu Without Use of Chemicals
Sunherald
Revolutionary Water-Based Handheld Devices Clean and Leave No Chemical Residue; ionator EXP(TM) and ionator HOM(TM) Eliminate 2009 Pandemic H1N1 Influenza A Virus in Seconds
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