Read more influenza stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/17562/influenza.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 19:09:37 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74535/flu-pandemic-slacks-off-but-its-not-over.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe 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." Infections in people...http://www.newser.com/story/74535/flu-pandemic-slacks-off-but-its-not-over.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 20 Nov 2009 16:25:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74526/swine-flu-mutation-worries-norway-scientists.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagNorwegian 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. Bottom line...http://www.newser.com/story/74526/swine-flu-mutation-worries-norway-scientists.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 20 Nov 2009 13:37:49 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74175/our-immune-system-already-prepared-for-swine-flu.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe 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, by...http://www.newser.com/story/74175/our-immune-system-already-prepared-for-swine-flu.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 17 Nov 2009 9:45:32 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73356/shortage-of-seasonal-flu-vaccine-looms.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSevere 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...http://www.newser.com/story/73356/shortage-of-seasonal-flu-vaccine-looms.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 05 Nov 2009 1:19:37 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/71972/vaccine-delay-aggravates-swine-flu-fears.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagProduction 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...http://www.newser.com/story/71972/vaccine-delay-aggravates-swine-flu-fears.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 18 Oct 2009 17:15:17 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/71897/swine-flu-more-likely-to-cause-pneumonia.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSwine 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 travels farther into...http://www.newser.com/story/71897/swine-flu-more-likely-to-cause-pneumonia.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 16 Oct 2009 15:52:31 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/71892/county-will-fire-sick-employees-for-working.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIn 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 like...http://www.newser.com/story/71892/county-will-fire-sick-employees-for-working.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 16 Oct 2009 13:13:31 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/71497/swine-flu-turns-critical-with-deadly-speed-taxing-icus.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSwine flu can turn from mild to critical extremely rapidly, with the sickest patients needing to be moved to intensive care only a day or so after being admitted to the hospital, new studies show. The worst cases have the potential to overwhelm health care facilities in the event of...http://www.newser.com/story/71497/swine-flu-turns-critical-with-deadly-speed-taxing-icus.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 12 Oct 2009 16:20:25 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/71362/swine-flu-spreads-to-virtually-entire-country.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe swine flu is “widespread” in 37 states, the CDC says, and extended into 10 new states this week. And reports that areas where flu activity was relatively high last spring will be spared this winter are incorrect—in 50 such locations under study, "the vast majority of people are...http://www.newser.com/story/71362/swine-flu-spreads-to-virtually-entire-country.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 09 Oct 2009 15:58:51 CDT