Swine Flu

GSK flu shot may raise adult narcolepsy risk: Finnish scientists

HELSINKI/LONDON - GlaxoSmithKline Plc's H1N1 pandemic flu shot may put adults at higher risk of developing narcolepsy, not only children as previous studies found, Finland's National Institute for Health and Welfare said on Thursday.

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UK study confirms GSK flu shot link to rare sleep disorder

LONDON - GlaxoSmithKline's Pandemrix swine flu vaccine has been linked to cases of the rare sleep disorder narcolepsy in children in a scientific study in England that confirms similar findings elsewhere in Europe.

27 Feb 2013

UK study strengthens link between GSK flu shot and narcolepsy

LONDON - Children in Britain who were vaccinated with a GlaxoSmithKline shot against H1N1 swine flu had a significantly increased risk of developing the rare sleep disorder narcolepsy, according to results of a scientific study.

31 Jan 2013

Scientists find genetic clue to severe flu among Chinese

LONDON - British and Chinese scientists have found a genetic variant which explains why Chinese populations may be more vulnerable to the H1N1 virus, commonly known as swine flu.

Science, Health 29 Jan 2013

Swine flu infected 1 in 5, death rate low, study shows

LONDON - At least one in five people worldwide were infected with swine flu during the first year of the 2009-2010 H1N1 pandemic, an international research group said on Friday, but the death rate was just 0.02 percent.

25 Jan 2013

Canadian contracts H1N1 variant after contact with pigs

OTTAWA - A Canadian man has been infected with an H1N1 variant influenza virus after having had close contact with pigs, a senior health official for the province of Ontario said on Tuesday.

25 Sep 2012

Indiana says swine flu cases rise ten-fold, now at 113

INDIANAPOLIS - Swine flu is spreading in Indiana, with human cases rising tenfold in a week, state public health officials said on Wednesday, confirming 113 people are infected and saying they expect to see more.

U.S., Health 08 Aug 2012

Pigs under scrutiny at Midwest state fairs after flu outbreak

COLUMBUS, Ohio - People flocking to agricultural fairs across the United States were warned on Friday to be cautious around pigs after reports this week of nearly a dozen swine flu cases linked to attendance at fairs where sick pigs were present.

03 Aug 2012

H1N1 vaccine tied to small Guillain-Barre risk

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Older adults who got the H1N1 flu vaccine in 2009 had a slightly increased risk of Guillain-Barre Syndrome - but the shots weren't linked to birth defects in babies of vaccinated women, according to two new studies released today.

10 Jul 2012

2009 swine flu outbreak was 15 times deadlier: study

NEW YORK - The swine flu pandemic of 2009 killed an estimated 284,500 people, some 15 times the number confirmed by laboratory tests at the time, according to a new study by an international group of scientists.

26 Jun 2012