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Nov 28, 2009 2:02 PM CST

Garlic Investors Smell Money

Hoarding, speculation create garlic millionaires in China

(Newser) - A massive rise in demand for garlic is making plenty of people in China stinking rich. Prices in China—the world's largest garlic producer by far—have risen 15-fold in big cities and even more in far-flung regions. Two key factors seem to be behind it: garlic's reputed powers to...

Flu Pandemic Slacks Off, But 'It's Not Over'

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Nov 20, 2009 4:25 PM CST

Flu Pandemic Slacks Off, But 'It's Not Over'

Tamiflu-resistant cluster crops up in NC; 3 of 4 patients dead

(Newser) - The swine flu outbreak is slacking off in some areas, but don't get complacent, officials say: Pandemics naturally fluctuate. "There can be multiple ups and downs over the season," says a CDC doctor. "We have many weeks ahead of us where disease is going to be circulating....

Swine Flu Mutation Worries Norway Scientists

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Nov 20, 2009 1:37 PM CST

Swine Flu Mutation Worries Norway Scientists

CDC official says it's no cause for alarm

(Newser) - Norwegian scientists say they've discovered a mutated version of swine flu in two patients who died and another who is severely ill. The mutation "could possibly make the virus more prone to infect deeper in the airways and thus cause more severe disease," said the nation's health institute....

Our Immune System Already Prepared for Swine Flu

Nov 17, 2009 9:45 AM CST

Our Immune System Already Prepared for Swine Flu

Disease isn't as contagious, deadly as feared

(Newser) - The initial fear that swine flu is a totally new virus that your immune system isn’t equipped to handle turns out to be pure hype. According to a new study, immune systems that have previously had contact with flu viruses recognize H1N1 and deal with it the same way,...

Swine Flu Shrinks
Nation's Blood Supply

Nov 10, 2009 7:50 AM CST

Swine Flu Shrinks Nation's Blood Supply

Donor pool dries up amid absenteeism at schools, offices

(Newser) - America's blood supply is suffering from the H1N1 pandemic. Blood centers nationwide are seeing a drop in donations as school and businesses cancel blood drives because of absenteeism; they're also having to dump blood already donated as an increasing number of donors report flu-like symptoms after giving. Centers say they...

Drugstore Sorry After Clerk Scares Child With Flu

Nov 5, 2009 4:28 PM CST

Drugstore Sorry After Clerk Scares Child With Flu

Employee refuses to serve boy with with mask: 'I'm not dying'

(Newser) - A New Hampshire drugstore has apologized to a customer after a pharmacy clerk enacted her own quarantine. Scott Sullivan’s 12-year-old son was told he probably had the flu by a doctor, who gave him a paper mask because he was coughing. At a local Walgreens, the clerk took one...

Shortage of Seasonal Flu Vaccine Looms

Nov 5, 2009 1:19 AM CST

Shortage of Seasonal Flu Vaccine Looms

Supplies running low, manufacturers can't make more

(Newser) - Severe shortages of seasonal flu vaccines are expected across the country in coming weeks as supplies run short amid increasing demand. Manufacturers have committed their production to making H1N1 vaccines and lack the capacity to make any more seasonal flu vaccines this year. The director of the CDC told lawmakers...

Iowa Cat Catches Swine Flu

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Nov 4, 2009 2:41 PM CST

Iowa Cat Catches Swine Flu

It's the first feline case, but not a huge surprise

(Newser) - Health officials in Iowa have diagnosed the nation's first cat with swine flu. The 13-year-old indoor cat apparently caught the H1N1 virus from a member of its household of the human variety. Such human-to-feline transmissions have occurred with other strains of flu, so it's not all that surprising, a health...

Kellogg's
'Immunity' Claim
Stokes H1N1 Ire

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Nov 2, 2009 12:11 PM CST

Kellogg's 'Immunity' Claim Stokes H1N1 Ire

Company profiting from parents' swine flu fears, critics charge

(Newser) - Kellogg's claim that its cereal has immunity-boosting powers is a cheap way to capitalize on parents' swine flu fears, critics tell USA Today . "This one belongs in the hall of fame," says the director of Yale's Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity. The boxes in question announce...

Feds Release Last of
Kids Tamiflu Stockpile

H1N1 OUTBREAK

Oct 30, 2009 10:42 PM CDT

Feds Release Last of Kids Tamiflu Stockpile

Swine flu has killed at least 114 US children and teens

(Newser) - With the swine flu outbreak taking an enormous, and sometimes fatal, toll on American kids, the Centers for Disease Control today released the last of its stockpiles of the children’s version of flu drug Tamiflu. Some 114 youngsters have been reported killed by the virus, and the actual number...

NY Declares
Swine Flu
Emergency

Oct 30, 2009 2:00 AM CDT

NY Declares Swine Flu Emergency

Measure allows dentists, pharmacists to help vaccinate

(Newser) - A surge in swine flu cases in New York state prompted Gov. David Paterson to declare a state of emergency yesterday. The move expands the categories of health care professionals who can administer the H1N1 vaccine, once a lot of it is available, to include dentists, pharmacists, podiatrists. While the...

Swine Flu
Crisis Is Fake
—Just Like
AIDS in Africa

Rush isn't buying

Oct 29, 2009 8:37 AM CDT

Swine Flu Crisis Is Fake —Just Like AIDS in Africa

Those dang Africans are just fishing for relief cash, says Limbaugh

(Newser) - What do H1N1 and HIV have in common? They’re both money-making schemes! At least according to Rush Limbaugh, who yesterday took a fairly reasonable critique of swine flu hysteria off the rails and into crazy town, by saying it was being purposely hyped “for many of the same...

Fears Trigger Rush on
Liquid Tamiflu for Kids

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Oct 28, 2009 6:06 PM CDT

Fears Trigger Rush on Liquid Tamiflu for Kids

Sporadic shortages reported around the country

(Newser) - Parents are scrambling in parts of the country to find liquid Tamiflu for their kids. It's selling out so quickly in drug stores that federal officials have given pharmacists a back-up plan: They can mix syrup with the powdery adult capsules—the precise ratio is determined by a child's weight—...

Soccer Stars Told
to Quit Spitting

Swine Flu Panic

Oct 28, 2009 8:30 AM CDT

Soccer Stars Told to Quit Spitting

Health officials fear they'll spread flu, kids will imitate them

(Newser) - British health officials are scolding Premier League footballers for spitting on the pitch. With swine flu outbreaks already confirmed at Bolton Wanderers and Blackburn Rovers, the HPA fears players' rampant habit of spitting could spread the disease. “It's unhygienic and unhealthy,” says an HPA spokesman. “Footballers, like...

Swine Flu-Wary
Telecommuters
Could Floor Internet

Oct 28, 2009 6:06 AM CDT

Swine Flu-Wary Telecommuters Could Floor Internet

Report finds surge in demand might make telecommuting unfeasible

(Newser) - Telecommuters hunkering down at home because of swine flu could overwhelm Internet networks in the coming weeks, a federal watchdog reports. The report earlier this week found that no guidelines are in place to deal with any surge in demand caused by a spike in workers telecommuting and students going...

US Declares Swine Flu Emergency

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Oct 24, 2009 10:56 AM CDT

US Declares Swine Flu Emergency

Move will eliminate red tape, allow for speedier vaccinations

(Newser) - President Obama declared the swine flu outbreak a national emergency and empowered his health secretary to suspend federal requirements and speed treatment for thousands of infected people. Despite the language, the White House emphasized the declaration is bureaucratic in nature and should not signal cause for alarm. The goal is...

Vaccine Scarier
Than Swine Flu: Poll

H1N1 OUTBREAK

Oct 22, 2009 2:05 PM CDT

Vaccine Scarier Than Swine Flu: Poll

Concern high and building, but 60+% don't plan to get a shot

(Newser) - Americans are spooked by the growing threat of swine flu but even warier of the vaccine. Half of respondents in a recent Washington Post poll are a “great deal” or “somewhat” worried they or a family member will catch H1N1, up from 39% in August. But more than...

Vaccine Delay
Aggravates
Swine Flu
Fears

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Oct 18, 2009 5:15 PM CDT

Vaccine Delay Aggravates Swine Flu Fears

Uncertainty of supply makes scheduling immunization clinics tough

(Newser) - Production delays that are slowing the distribution of the H1N1 flu vaccine could hardly have come at a worse time, with the death toll in young people mounting and antivaccine activists seizing on any chance to make their position heard. Experts point out that the H1N1 version uses the same...

Swine Flu More Likely to Cause Pneumonia

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Oct 16, 2009 3:52 PM CDT

Swine Flu More Likely to Cause Pneumonia

WHO urges doctors to treat suspected cases with antiviral meds

(Newser) - Swine flu is much more likely than seasonal flu to cause potentially life-threatening viral pneumonia, the World Health Organization said today, urging doctors to immediately treat even young and otherwise healthy suspected H1N1 cases with antiviral meds. “It’s not like seasonal influenza,” said a WHO officer. It...

County Will Fire Sick Employees for Working

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Oct 16, 2009 1:13 PM CDT

County Will Fire Sick Employees for Working

Arizona municipality tries to put brakes on spread of swine flu

(Newser) - In a desperate attempt to curb the spread of swine flu, Pima County, Ariz., has notified its employees that they could be canned if they come to work sick. Any employee with a fever over 100.4 accompanied by any other flu symptom will be sent packing. “It seems...