Read more H1N1 virus stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/39997/h1n1-virus.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 7:32:44 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/73867/rage-against-privilege-seeps-into-left-right.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIt takes a lot for the folks in middle America to "look upon concentrated wealth as anything except a virtue," writes Timothy Egan for the New York Times , but that line has finally been crossed. Hearing of tens of billions in holiday bonuses at Wall Street firms bailed out by...http://www.newser.com/story/73867/rage-against-privilege-seeps-into-left-right.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 12 Nov 2009 8:32:55 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73695/swine-flu-shrinks-nations-blood-supply.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAmerica'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...http://www.newser.com/story/73695/swine-flu-shrinks-nations-blood-supply.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 10 Nov 2009 7:50:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73421/wal-mart-sick-policy-creates-flu-threat-say-critics.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWalMart is taking heat for a restrictive policy that critics say pressures sick workers to go to work, swine flu be damned. Employees who take absences for an illness or a child’s illness rack up “points," and four points within a certain period can lead to termination. A workers' rights...http://www.newser.com/story/73421/wal-mart-sick-policy-creates-flu-threat-say-critics.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 05 Nov 2009 17:59:29 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73413/drugstore-sorry-after-clerk-scares-child-with-flu.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA 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 look...http://www.newser.com/story/73413/drugstore-sorry-after-clerk-scares-child-with-flu.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 05 Nov 2009 16:28:40 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/73329/iowa-cat-catches-swine-flu.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagHealth 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...http://www.newser.com/story/73329/iowa-cat-catches-swine-flu.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 04 Nov 2009 14:41:14 CST