GenevaLunch » seasonal flu http://genevalunch.com Community Newspaper Online Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:57:55 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ Copyright © GenevaLunch 2010 editor@genevalunch.com (GenevaLunch) editor@genevalunch.com (GenevaLunch) http://genevalunch.com/wp-content/plugins/podpress/images/powered_by_podpress.jpg GenevaLunch http://genevalunch.com 144 144 Community Newspaper Online GenevaLunch GenevaLunch editor@genevalunch.com no no A/H1N1 flu spreads in Switzerland, vaccine available http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/11/27/ah1n1-flu-spreads-in-switzerland-vaccine-available/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/11/27/ah1n1-flu-spreads-in-switzerland-vaccine-available/#comments Fri, 27 Nov 2009 14:48:19 +0000 Sean Ecker http://genevalunch.com/?p=32486 GenevaLunch.com Bern, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Switzerland confirmed 2,423 new cases of swine flu in the week ending 21 November, the Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH) announced Friday 27 November, bringing the total to 6,691 since the outbreak began. The pandemic has already claimed four deaths in Switzerland, all from high risk patients. FOPH estimates that [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/11/27/ah1n1-flu-spreads-in-switzerland-vaccine-available/feed/ 0 White House declares A/H1N1 swine flu a national emergency http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/10/25/white-house-declares-ah1n1-swine-flu-a-national-emergency/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/10/25/white-house-declares-ah1n1-swine-flu-a-national-emergency/#comments Sun, 25 Oct 2009 10:14:24 +0000 Sean Ecker http://genevalunch.com/?p=30365 GenevaLunch.com Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – US President Barack Obama declared swine flu a national emergency late Friday 23 October, in order to relax some Medicaid and Medicare (national health insurance for the elderly and the poor) rules ahead of a potential surge in cases that could swamp the country’s medical facilities. The Centers for Disease Control [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/10/25/white-house-declares-ah1n1-swine-flu-a-national-emergency/feed/ 0 Novartis announces start to clinical trials with A/H1N1 vaccine on humans http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/08/06/novartis-announces-start-to-clinical-trials-with-ah1n1-vaccine-on-humans/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/08/06/novartis-announces-start-to-clinical-trials-with-ah1n1-vaccine-on-humans/#comments Thu, 06 Aug 2009 09:30:37 +0000 Sean Ecker http://genevalunch.com/?p=24242 GenevaLunch.com Basel and Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Swiss drugs maker Novartis said 5 August it had begun trials of a swine flu vaccine on humans in Germany, the US  and the UK. If the trials are successful, the vaccine could be approved by regulators using a fast-track approvals process in Europe and the US. Large-scale production [...]

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