The Public Health Ministry has up to 3 million tablets in stock, while the Government Pharmaceutical Organisation (GPO) has 170,000. Read the rest of this entry »
ScienceDaily (Apr. 30, 2009) — A new study by University of Maryland researchers suggests that the potential for an avian influenza virus to cause a human flu pandemic is greater than previously thought. Results also illustrate how the current swine flu outbreak likely came about. Read the rest of this entry »
Scientists are to study how contagious the swine flu virus is and whether closing schools would help to halt the spread of illness.
A total of 14 projects have been fast tracked by the National Institute for Health Research on behalf of the Department of Health, at a cost of £2.25 million. Read the rest of this entry »
SYMPTOMS AND PRECAUTIONERY MEASURES AGAINST SWINE FLU’ OR H1N1 VIRUS!
According to latest news around the world Swine flu is established worldwide. A number of deaths have been reported worldwid so far. Initially the disease, Swine flu infects pigs caused by the H1N1 virus then transmitted to human beings. It is not a new disease it was noted in past also. The deaths reported were between 50 million and 1 hundred million. Read the rest of this entry »
Soon after Germany started the country’s largest immunization campaign to fight swine flu, many have criticized the government for its preferential treatment. Read the rest of this entry »
Swine flu virus can be treated with antivirals Tamiflu and Relenza
Is treatment available and does it work?Testing has shown that the human swine influenza H1N1 can be treated with the antivirals oseltamavir (Tamiflu) and zanamivir (Relenza), according to the UK’s Health Protection Agency. The health secretary, Alan Johnson, said yesterday that Tamiflu had proved effective on patients in Mexico. Demand has historically been greatest for Tamiflu, which comes in tablet form, while Relenza must be inhaled. Read the rest of this entry »
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