Designer Flu: How scientists made a killer virus airborne — and who should know
Science News
Instead it is a composite of H5N1 and the H1N1 “swine flu” virus that caused a pandemic in 2009. To create the combination virus, the researchers replaced a sugar-spiked protein called hemagglutinin (the H in H5N1) found in the 2009 virus with one from …
Can Stuffing Germs up Ferrets Unleash a Human Pandemic?Discover Magazine
Scientists Make Bird Flu Transmissible Between Humans Then Tell World How To Do ItSingularity Hub

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NY1 At 20: 2009 Report Re-Visits H1N1 Outbreak In NYC
NY1
NY1 VIDEO: In May of 2009, concerns about H1N1 – also known as swine flu – were sweeping the city. As we mark 20 years of New York 1, we take a look back at Molly Kroon's report on the outbreak from May 18, 2009. NY1 FOLLOW-UP: According to an April …

Immunization against A/H1N1 pandemic flu (2009- 2010) in pediatric patients at …
7thSpace Interactive (press release)
Vaccination coverage rates against pandemic flu were far below those required by ItalianPublic Health Authorities.The aim of this retrospective study was to assess how the management of vaccination againstpandemic flu in the Health District of Piacenza …

Inovio Pharmaceuticals' Universal Avian Flu Vaccine Generates Protective …
MarketWatch (press release)
We are planning further development initiatives for this program and look forward to forthcoming data from INO-3510, our universal vaccine for the influenza H5N1 and H1N1." The major challenge to developing broadly effective vaccines against influenza …

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'Barcoding' viruses could help detect mutated strains
CNET
The H1N1 virus of 2009 — a new type of influenza A virus — caused the first influenza pandemic in more than 40 years, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Barcoding viruses based on molecular behavior could help researchers …

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H1N1 Discovery Paves Way for Universal Flu Vaccine
Infection Control Today
The 2009 H1N1 pandemic killed more than 14000 people worldwide. Meanwhile, public health and bioterrorism concerns are heightened by new mutations of the H5N1 "bird flu" virus, published last week by the journal Nature, that could facilitate infection …
Clues to a universal flu vaccine foundNew York Daily News
New H1N1 stem discovery could lead to universal flu vaccinesVaccine News Daily (blog)
Universal flu shot imminent?Toronto Star

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Study: H1N1 resistance to oseltamivir may spread
CIDRAP
May 7, 2012 (CIDRAP News) – A detailed genetic analysis of an oseltamivir-resistant 2009 H1N1 virus responsible for a cluster of illnesses in Australia in 2011 found evidence that the viruses maintained their fitness when the resistance mutation was …

Renewed H1N1 alert in district
The Hindu
The district health administration and the H1N1 Cell have renewed the alert against H1N1 infection after the season's first case of H1N1 in the district was picked up in a Poojappura resident through routine surveillance. “Ever since the Union Health …
Three years later, immunizations have curbed spread of H1N1 virusEast Valley Tribune
H1N1 Risk More For SmokersYentha
Jabbing Pregnant WomendailyRx
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H1N1 toll rises to four in Tamil Nadu, state on high alert
Times of India
CHENNAI: The H1N1 toll in the state increased to four with the death of a 65-year-old woman at Rajaji Government General Hospital in Madurai on Tuesday . Five more people also tested positive for the infection in Chennai, putting the state health …
7 more H1N1 cases in TNIBNLive.com
920 cases of swine flu reported this yearHindu Business Line
57 swine flu deaths in India this yearNDTV
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First H1N1 death in Madurai
Times of India
MADURAI: The first case of H1N1 death was reported in Madurai after Kaliammal (60) succumbed to the disease on Tuesday morning, taking the total death count in the state to four. Kaliammal was diagnosed with H1N1 infection and had been admitted in the …
First victim of H1N1 reported in MaduraiTruthDive
Tamil Nadu alerted for H1N1 epidemic following raise in new cases and death tollsHealth(Y) Destination

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