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Area residents hoping to protect themselves against the H1N1 virus lined up Friday for the state Department of Health's first offerings of the vaccines in Williamsport.  

St. Louis County announced on Friday its second round of public H1N1 vaccination clinics. Free swine flu shots will be offered again Saturday, December 5th at five locations: the Ferguson Florissant School District Adminstrative Building, and at Kirkwood, Parkway Central, Ritenour and Rockwood Summit high schools. Like last time, line tickets will be needed.  

Four North Carolina patients at a single hospital tested positive for a type of swine flu that is resistant to Tamiflu, health officials said Friday. The cases reported at Duke University Medical Center over six weeks make up the biggest cluster seen so far in the U.S. Tamiflu — made by Switzerland's Roche Group — is one of two flu medicines that help against swine flu, and health officials have been closely watching for signs that the virus is mutating, making the drugs ineffective. More than 50 re  

World Vision International has announced it will implement a 500,000 U.S. dollar preventive project to combat the spread of A/H1N1 virus in Mongolia. Alex Snary, World Vision country director for Mongolia, made the announcement during a meeting with Miyeegombyn Enkhbold, the Deputy Premier of Mongolia. A decision on realizing the goal of the project was made by the organization after conducting research last week.  

The World Health Organization said Friday it is investigating samples of variant swine flu linked to two deaths and one severe case in Norway, but that so far the significance of the mutation is unclear. Norway's Institute of Public Health announced Friday that the mutation "could possibly...cause more severe disease" because it infects tissue deeper in the airway than usual. The mutation was found in three of 70 analyzed swine flu cases, said Geir Stene-Larsen, the institute's director.

Just to say that the mutated virus infects deeper tissue doesn't really tell us very much   -Thomas Abraham

 

The World Health Organization said Friday it is investigating samples of variant swine flu linked to two deaths and one severe case in Norway, but that so far the significance of the mutation is unclear. Norway's Institute of Public Health announced Friday that the mutation "could possibly...cause more severe disease" because it infects tissue deeper in the airway than usual. The mutation was found in three of 70 analyzed swine flu cases, said Geir Stene-Larsen, the institute's director.

Just to say that the mutated virus infects deeper tissue doesn’t really tell us very much   -Thomas Abraham

 

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. The Arkansas Health Department says two more state residents have died from the swine flu, bringing the state total to 20. The Health Department said Thursday that more vaccine for the swine flu is arriving in the state, so it should be easier to find a provider. The department didn't identify the latest victims of the virus.  

MILWAUKEE—Just days after a Federal task force changed its recommendations for mammograms, there is new advice for pap smears. OBGYNs say most women can wait longer to get their first one and don't need to get them every year. Annual pap smears to detect cervical cancer are not needed as often as previously recommended according to The American College of OBGYNs.  

Temporary visitor guidelines put in place at Island Hospitals earlier this month to prevent the spread of the H1N1 flu virus will remain in place for at least another week. Since Nov. 3, Prince County Hospital in Summerside, Western Hospital in Alberton, O'Leary Community Hospital and Stewart Memorial in Tyne Valley have not been admitting visitors under the age of 18, and no more than two designated visitors per patient during their hospital stay. Queen Elizabeth Hospital and Hillsborough Hospital in