Swine Flu RECALL: H1N1 Vaccine Pulled In Canada
LONDON — Canadian doctors have been advised not to use a batch of 170,000 swine flu vaccines after six reports of serious allergic reactions amo...
LONDON — Canadian doctors have been advised not to use a batch of 170,000 swine flu vaccines after six reports of serious allergic reactions amo...
Johnathon Briggs | Posted 11.23.2009 | Chicago
Some essential city services are too important to do without. Alarmingly, Mayor Daley's 2010 budget plan calls for a $2.1 million funding reduction (6.7% cut) for public health.
bloomberg.com | Michelle Fay Cortez & Marianne Stigset | Posted 11.20.2009 | World
European public health officials are investigating a handful of swine flu infections in Norway and Wales in which the virus mutated to a form that's m...
Amy B. Dean | Posted 11.20.2009 | Books
A study released last week put the spotlight on a workplace demographic shift that is occurring: women are expected to become a majority of labor union workers within the next decade.
Susanna Speier | Posted 11.18.2009 | Politics
Between now and when the vaccination is made available to the public, hang in there, use hand sanitizer and avoid walking petri dishes -- toddlers with runny noses -- if you have the option.
HuffingtonPost.com | Jeff Muskus | Posted 11.17.2009 | Politics
Public health officials say the H1N1 flu pandemic is exacerbated by employees going into work sick because they don't get paid time off. But a represe...
msn.com | Posted 11.17.2009 | Living
Is your diet making you a germ magnet? Research shows that what you eat -- or don't -- can play an important role in your immune system's ability to d...
Chicago Public Radio | Posted 11.16.2009 | Chicago
Illinois residents between the ages of 25 and 49 are being hit especially hard by the H1N1 virus....
Reuters | Posted 11.16.2009 | Technology
Criminal gangs are making millions of dollars out of the H1N1 flu pandemic by selling fake flu drugs over the internet, a web security firm said on Mo...
Danielle Wood | Posted 11.13.2009 | Living
It's up to parents to give kids the information they need to stay calm, and hopefully healthy, in the face of the swine flu pandemic. To start, here are five swine flu myths to address.
Christopher Brauchli | Posted 11.12.2009 | Business
Banks are receiving the H1N1 vaccine because of their employees' importance to the financial well being of the country.
msn.com | Posted 11.11.2009 | Living
An Italian inventor has combined faith and ingenuity to come up with a way to keep church traditions alive without the fear of contracting swine flu -...
Anne Mai Bertelsen | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics
Parents born after 1970 don't know about these diseases first hand. They have the luxury of protection and ignorance: they grew up with vaccines and without pandemics.
nytimes.com | Leora Broydo Vestel | Posted 11.10.2009 | Green
During his chat with Ms. DeGeneres, who is an advocate of veganism, Mr. Safran Foer said factory farming created swine flu....
AP | Posted 11.09.2009 | Chicago
Chicago Department of Public Health officials say they've vaccinated almost 51,000 people against the swine flu in seven days. ...
Allen McDuffee | Posted 11.18.2009 | Politics
If you want to draw attention to a problem, try hiding it. That's the strategy of several military bases when it comes to the H1N1 vaccine.
Ben Sherwood | Posted 11.05.2009 | Living
It may not sound like much, but the best defense against the swine flu involves some very simple steps: Every sneeze should be covered and every hand should be washed.
Posted 11.05.2009 | Business
[NOTE: BusinessWeek originally broke the news of Wall Street banks and other large employers receiving early batches of the H1N1 vaccine. Read their e...
Charlotte Hilton Andersen | Posted 11.04.2009 | Living
Does exercise really boost your immune system? Two new studies examine this connection and the results are not as clear cut as everyone would like to believe.
The Denver Channel | Dayle Cedars | Posted 11.04.2009 | Denver
People all over Colorado are desperately waiting to get the H1N1 vaccine before they or their children gets sick. While many are finding it hard to g...
Shelley Hendrix Reynolds | Posted 11.04.2009 | Living
For over a decade, I've relentlessly searched for answers to the connections I believe exist between my son's autism and vaccines he received.
Ben Sherwood | Posted 11.05.2009 | Living
When we're bombarded with information (and opinion), experts say our brains simply aren't wired to balance risk vs. benefit and make sound decisions. Simply put, too many of us worry about the wrong things.
Barbara Ehrenreich | Posted 11.03.2009 | Politics
According to academic "positive psychologists," and legions of unlicensed life coaches, optimism wards off common illnesses and extends longevity. It turns out to be less than salubrious when it comes to public health.
globalpost.com | Posted 11.03.2009 | World
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia -- As millions of Muslims begin arriving in Mecca for this year's pilgrimage, Saudi officials face a unique challenge: how to pre...
Kerry Trueman | Posted 11.03.2009 | Green
Think of your ballot as a list of menu options. Would you like your burger with, or without, deadly pathogens?
AP | MEERA SELVA | Posted 11.24.2009 | Living