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Swine flu might give immunity »

New research has suggested that people who recover from swine flu may gain an extra ability to fight off the majority of other flu strains. The research, carried out at the University of Chicago, found that patients produced powerful antibodies that w...

Wed 26 Jan 2011 by Kirsten Waller | Read more »

You've got to kill to be kind »

Pork skins drying outside a butcher's, Mexico

The small town of La Gloria, a tiny rural backwater in the state of Veracruz in eastern Mexico, was catapulted into the international spotlight in April of this year when reports surfaced that pigs infected with the H1N1 virus originated from a farm in...

Wed 07 Oct 2009 by Ross Cullen | Read more »

Universities braced for freshers' week swine flu outbreak »

Tamiflu

Edinburgh, Herriot-Watt, Napier and Queen Margaret universities have all drawn up contingency plans ready to deal with a potential outbreak of the influenza amongst their students and staff during freshers' week. An Edinburgh Napier spokesperson said:...

Fri 11 Sep 2009 by Constantine Innemée | Read more »

Swine flu: the view from Jilotepec, Mexico »

Pork skins drying outside a butcher's, Mexico

“It is nothing. Here we are all healthy and there are no cases in the hospital.” These are the words of my landlady Lucia, giving me her opinion as we stir our morning coffees, watching sparrows darting among the branches of the avocado tr...

Fri 08 May 2009 by Ross Cullen | Read more »

Swine flu: the Mexican front »

Here in Jilotepec, 80 kilometres north-west of Mexico City, all is quiet. Apart from a few cautious residents wearing the infamous face-masks, you would be hard pressed to find evidence of the deadly swine flu outbreak. Pharmacies are open and busy, b...

Fri 01 May 2009 by Ross Cullen | Read more »

UK's first swine flu case less than 40 miles from Edinburgh »

The first official case of swine flu in the UK has been recorded in Scotland. Two people have been quarantined in Airdrie, Lanarkshire after being admitted to hospital presenting advanced flu symptoms. 14 further suspected cases across Scotland are b...

Tue 28 Apr 2009 by Matthew Moore | Read more »

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