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The government’s plan to vaccinate people against the H1N1 virus is a bad idea since the virus, which caused a pandemic last year, is now ebbing and the number of fresh cases being reported every day is pretty near negligible.

Source: A shot too late (Business Standard India)

The incompetence of the World Health Organization.

Source: The Pandemic That Wasn’t (Forbes)

A FREE swine flu vaccination clinic will be held at Bundaberg State High School tomorrow from 9am to 3pm to help combat the pandemic’s likely second wave.

Source: Free swine flu injections (News Mail)

Immunizing children and adolescents with inactivated influenza vaccine resulted in reduced rates of influenza in their community compared to a similar community in which children did not receive the vaccine, suggesting that vaccinating children may help prevent transmission of the virus and offer protection for unimmunized community residents, according to a study in the March 10 issue of JAMA …

Source: Vaccinating Children For Flu May Help Prevent Transmission, Protect Those Who Are Not Vaccinated (Medical News Today)

As the director of the Larimer County Department of Health and Environment, Dr. Adrienne LeBailly is charged with keeping community members safe and healthy — a task that was put to the test last year when the H1N1 flu pandemic erupted.

Source: Health steward earns Loveland health honor (Loveland Reporter-Herald)

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Source: Report on competitive landscape in growing cancer market (News-Medical-Net)

READINGTON TWP. — The county Department of Health reports that a student at Readington Middle School was diagnosed with mumps.

Source: Mumps reported in Readington Township (Hunterdon Review)

A new study has concluded that immunizing nursing-home workers does nothing to cut the number of confirmed flu cases among the homes’ elderly residents

Source: Flu shots futile: study (National Post)

The first phase of a swine flu vaccination program trial conducted in Tasmania by the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia and the Department of Health and Human Services has proved popular with the community. Phase II of the pandemic vaccination program will now be rolled out to allow pharmacy-based clinics to support other elements of the swine flu vaccination program. During Phase I last month …

Source: Pharmacy Swine Flu Trial Moves Into Phase II – Pharmaceutical Society Of Australia (Medical News Today)

In Aesop’s fable about the shepherd boy, the youngster yelled “wolf” just to amuse himself and make the villagers come running. After he did this a couple of times, they got fed up with him. When the wolf really appeared and started eating his sheep, nobody came to his rescue.

Source: The People’s Pharmacy: Was the flu fracas a flop? (The Buffalo News)

Victoria Point State High School will hold another swine flu vaccination clinic this Saturday from 9am-3pm after a strong response to the clinics over the past fortnight.

Source: Swine flu vaccine at Victoria Point (Bayside Bulletin)

An unusual study done in 49 remote Hutterite farming colonies in western Canada has provided the surest proof yet that giving flu shots to schoolchildren protects a whole community from the disease.

Source: Flu shots in children can help community (Spartanburg Herald-Journal)

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Source: BRIEFLY (The Biloxi Sun Herald)

State Health officials say they’ve tested at least 65 samples sent in from doctors worried about their patients having swine flu, but all have been negative.

Source: No swine flu in first 65 samples, state officials say (Arkansas Democrat-Gazette)

Burlington County will offer H1N1 vaccine for county residents three days a week until April 9 at the Health Department in Westampton.

Source: County offering weekly H1N1 flu clinics (Burlington County Times)

Spring is knocking on the door, but the nasty flu season is being as pesky as ever.

Source: Flu lingering in the area (Waconia Patriot)

NORTH BAY — We’re asking the province to honour the commitment that they made to us City council is calling on the province to honour its commitment to provide full funding for costs associated with the H1N1 pandemic by reimbursing the North Bay Parry Sound District Health Unit for dollars that

Source: North Bay seeks swine flu shot in the arm from province (The Sudbury Star)

Children who get a flu shot help prevent flu from spreading in their communities, Canadian researchers say.

Source: Kids who get flu shots protect the unvaccinated (KIVI Boise)

TUESDAY, March 9 (HealthDay News) — Children who get a flu shot help prevent flu from spreading in their communities, Canadian researchers say.

Source: Kids who get flu shots protect the unvaccinated (KMIR 6 Palm Springs)

CEL-SCI Corporation announced today that it has received a $125,000 payment from Byron Biopharma under its licensing agreement where CEL-SCI granted Byron an exclusive license to market and distribute the Company’s cancer drug Multikine® in the Republic of South Africa .

Source: CEL-SCI Receives Payment From Marketing Partner (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)