: The spread of flu in Hong Kong appeared to be slowing with only one new outbreak reported, but attention Saturday shifted to fears of bird flu after dead chickens were found in southeast China. Officials reported nine new flu outbreaks Thursday, but on Friday only one new outbreak was reported by the government, at a home for the elderly. The slowdown came after officials shut primary schools...
Flu costs SA companies R2,7bn a year
Mail Guardian South Africa
Mail Guardian South Africa
Flu and respiratory illness are costing South African companies R2,7-billion a year, said absenteeism statistics company CAM Solutions on Tuesday. Spokesperson Johnny Johnson said absenteeism due to flu and respiratory...
Flu cost companies R2,7bn a year
Independent online (SA)
Independent online (SA)
Flu and respiratory illnesses are costing South African companies R2,7-billion a year, said the absenteeism statistics company CAM Solutions on Tuesday. Spokesperson Johnny Johnson said absenteeism due to flu and...
Ian Cissel: CDC's bad flu season
The Providence Journal
The Providence Journal
The 2007-2008 flu season was the worst in the past few years. Incidences of flu were 20 percent higher than the year before. We are all told vaccination is the best way to prevent infection. So many were surprised when...
Doctors miss chances to give flu vaccines
Reuters
Reuters
Mon May 12, 2008 3:33pm ET | | By Maggie Fox, Health and Science Editor WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Doctors are missing plenty of opportunities to vaccinate people against influenza every year, flu shot maker Sanofi-Pasteur...
State, CDC track link in child flu deaths
The Boston Globe
The Boston Globe
State and federal disease investigators are tracking a disturbing increase in deaths among children stricken simultaneously with the flu and a hard-to-treat, fast-moving bacterial germ. Massachusetts health authorities...


