7/8/09

Swine Flu XI

A new strain of H1N1 flu


 sickened at least two workers at a pig farm


 in Saskatchewan


 


 Tests found the strain is different


from the pandemic swine flu circulating the globe


 


New H1N1 Flu Strain From Pig Farm Found in Canada


Tom Randall


Bloomberg, July 7, 2009


 


Argentina's health ministry


…reported that the official death toll


from the A/H1N1 swine flu virus


has reached 60


although the actual figure may be higher


 


The latest data was…well above the 26 cases


in the ministry's last…report issued June 26


 


Deaths From Swine Flu Reach 60


Matthew Cowley


Dow Jones Newswires


July 5, 2009


 


US health officials are stepping up testing


 of swine flu cases for Tamiflu resistance


now that an American has come down with a resistant strain


 


The other two resistant cases


patients in Denmark and Japan


had been taking Tamiflu as a preventive measure


 after coming into contact with someone with swine flu


 


Health officials acknowledge


 they don't have a complete understanding of what's going on


 


 The samples tested for resistance


 represent just a tiny fraction


 of the more than 1 million swine flu cases


estimated to have occurred in the United States


 since the virus was first detected in April


 


Swine flu resistance testing to grow after US case


Mike Stobbe


Associated Press, July 7, 2009

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