Pandemics timeline
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Alexander Fleming Discovers Penicillin
When I woke up just after dawn on September 28, 1928, I certainly didn't plan to revolutionize all medicine by discovering the world's first... Read more
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First Swine Flu Death in Mexico
The first swine flu death in Mexico occurred on 13 April, but mucus samples were not sent to the US Center for Diseases and Control until five days... Read more
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World Health Organization (WHO) Raises Pandemic Alert to 5, Second Highest Level
The World Health Organization on Wednesday raised its pandemic alert to 5, its second-highest level, warning of widespread human infection from the... Read more
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Swine Flu (H1N1) downgraded by US Health and Human Services Secretary
U.S. health officials are no longer recommending that schools close for two weeks over suspected cases of the A/H1N1 flu virus. Hundreds of schools... Read more
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World Health Organization raises H1N1 Flu (Swine Flu) Alert to highest level
The World Health Organization has told its member nations it is declaring an H1N1 flu pandemic -- the first in 41 years. The move came Thursday... Read more
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Mayor Bloomberg Announces that New York City will Offer all School-Aged Children H1N1 Flu Vaccine Free of Charge
All primary school-age children in New York City will be offered free vaccines for seasonal and H1N1 flu this year under a plan announced on... Read more
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China Begins Mass H1N1 Flu Vaccinations
China kicked off mass vaccinations for swine flu Monday in Beijing, making it apparently the first nation in the world to start innoculating its... Read more
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Officials Set up Tents in Austin to Accommodate Flood of Patients with H1N1 Flu Symptoms
In what some experts think may be a harbinger of things to come this fall, officials of Dell Children's Medical Center in Austin have set up tents... Read more
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Researchers Announce a New Vaccine that Could Cut Risk of HIV Infection by 30%
The vaccine trial, which was funded by the US army, involved a combination of two vaccines that individually had proved ineffective. The World... Read more
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New York Health Care Workers Rally to Protest Mandatory H1N1 Shots for State Medical Employees
Several hundred health-care workers, civil libertarians and members of anti-vaccine groups on Tuesday railed against a mandate that medical... Read more
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United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Announces Arrival of H1N1 Flu Vaccine Amid Fears of Side-Effects
After all the waiting and worrying, the first of the swine flu vaccines will begin arriving in the United States next week. They are coming just in... Read more
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Nationwide H1N1 Vaccination Campaign Begins in United States
Doctors, nurses and other health-care workers in Indiana and Tennessee will receive the first doses of swine flu vaccine Monday as the federal... Read more
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H1N1 Flu Vaccine Arrives in DC Area
Thousands of doses of swine flu vaccine began arriving in the Washington region Tuesday night as a private high school in Laurel became the first... Read more
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Begin Distribution of Injectable H1N1 Flu Vaccine
Both the flu shot (in the arm) and nasal spray form of 2009 H1N1 vaccines have now been produced and licensed by the Food and Drug Administration.... Read more
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Centers for Disease Control Address Confusion and Fears Regarding H1N1 versus Seasonal Flu Vaccines
Buried on page 12 of Saturday's Sun is news that 76 U.S. children have died of the H1N1 virus. The front page has a story about a worried mom,... Read more
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Number of H1N1 Flu-Related Deaths in United States Surpasses 1,000
re Americans have been vaccinated against seasonal flu this fall than ever before by this time of year, federal health officials said... Read more
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President Obama Declares H1N1 Flu a National Emergency
President Barack Obama has now declared H1N1 swine flu a national emergency. At the same time, areas of Indiana are experiencing shortages of... Read more
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Rhode Island Becomes First State to Electronically Track Spread of H1N1 Flu
Rhode Island health officials are tracking the spread of H1N1 flu through electronic prescription records. Rhode Island is thought to be the... Read more
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Federal Officials Say Nation Faces Shortage of H1N1 Flu Vaccine
U.S. health officials expressed frustration Wednesday with the nation's struggles to produce vaccines against the H1N1 flu strain and told... Read more
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Cat Diagnosed with H1N1 in First Known Case Involving Cats or Dogs
The U.S. Department of Agriculture and Iowa State University College of Veterinary Medicine confirmed that a 13-year-old cat whose owners had... Read more
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Centers for Disease Control Estimates 22 Million Cases of H1N1 Flu in US
At least 22 million Americans have come down with the H1N1 swine flu since the virus first surfaced in April and approximately 3,900 people have... Read more
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Swiss Pharmaceutical Maker Novartis Announces Study Results Suggesting Half-Dose of Its H1N1 Vaccine Sufficient for Protection Against Flu
The vaccine against the H1N1 influenza remains effective at half doses, according to a study by Swiss pharmaceutical manufacturer Novartis... Read more
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Santa America Requests Consideration for Priority H1N1 Vaccination
Santa wants the swine flu vaccine. Many of the nation’s Santas want to be given priority for the vaccine and not just because of those... Read more
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Drug-Resistant Strain of Swine Flu Identified
Drug-resistant strains of swine flu are cropping up around the globe - with four cases confirmed at a North Carolina hospital on Friday. The... Read more
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Saudi Arabia Advises H1N1 Flu Vaccination for Hajj Pilgrims
About 2.5 million Muslims are converging on Mecca this week to take part in the annual Hajj. This year many pilgrims are adding extra step to... Read more