“The best way to protect yourself and your family against influenza is to get vaccinated every year,” said Dr. Karen Midthun, acting director of FDA’s Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, in a statement. “The availability of a new seasonal influenza vaccine each year is an important tool in the prevention of influenza related illnesses and death.”

Also, remember the best non-medical treatment is prevention – wash your hands often and thoroughly!

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today warned consumers about a potentially harmful product represented as “Generic Tamiflu” sold over the Internet. FDA tests revealed that the fraudulent product does not contain Tamiflu’s active ingredient, oseltamivir, but cloxacillin, an ingredient in the same class of antibiotics as penicillin.

If you’re concerned about the legitimacy of anti-flu drugs you wish to purchase, you can check the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy Verified Internet Pharmacy Sites Seal, also known as VIPPS Seal. The VIPPS Seal gives a seal of approval to pharmacy sites that apply and meet state requirements. Legitimate pharmacies that carry the VIPPS seal are listed at www.vipps.info

From USNewsWire:

More Americans die annually from invasive methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections than from HIV/AIDS, H1N1 influenza and Parkinson’s disease, yet the United States and many other countries’ health officials continue to ignore the global crisis.

Due to MRSA’s most recent development, it’s move from hospital/acute-care environments to outside areas, most notably beaches, MRSA has come to the forefront for those concerned about their family’s exposure to potentially deadly epidemics, such as MRSA or H1N1.

USAToday reports:

A study by researchers at the University of Washington has for the first time identified methicillin-resistant Staph aureus (MRSA) in marine water and beach sand from seven public beaches

For the most recent, up to date information about the MRSA epidemic, visit MRSAEpidemic.com.

From Wired Magazine

A new strain of swine flu shows that the pandemic version has jumped from humans back to pigs, where it’s evolving in new and unpredictable ways.[...]
“Hoping for the best while preparing for the worst seems a sensible strategy,” said University of Hong Kong virologist Malik Peiris. The strain is described June 18 in Science.

Yi Guan, a scientist who as instrumental in limiting the SARS oiutbreak as well as an outspoken critic of WHO’s handling of the 2009 H1N1 outbreak, has clamied that further mutation, plus a reassortment with other strins, like the H5N1, which he claims is widespread everywhere but North America, would be “super nightmare for the whole world.”

When pressed further by sciencemag.org, Yi Guan is quoted as saying:

If that happens, I will retire immediately and lock myself in the P3 lab. H5N1 kills half the people it infects. Even if you inject yourself with a vaccine, it may be too late. Maybe in just a couple hours it takes your life.

People should get vaccinated against the H1N1 flu while there is a lull in flu activity and vaccine supplies are plentiful, Dr. Anne Schuchat, director of the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, said at a Thursday afternoon press conference.

Protect yourself and your family when you’re out of the house – Purell Hand Sanitizing ECONOMY Towelettes

A new study from Harvard University has found that swine flu isn’t nearly as dangerous as we first thought it was. Here’s why:

In order to be labeled a pandemic, a disease has to have a fatality ratio of 0.1%. That means it has to result in at least one death for every 1,000 symptomatic infections.
H1N1 swine flu fatality ratio is only about 0.048%, which is LESS than one death for every 2,000 symptomatic infections.

Researcher Marc Lipsitch led the study. He says, quote, “As more detailed data have become available, we have been able to improve our estimates of how severe this disease is . . .

“The good news is that, along with previous work by the CDC and others, our work shows that the severity of the H1N1 flu may be less than initially feared.”

High risk individuals should be vaccinated as soon as possible against H1N1 Swine Flu.
Risk Groups still in danger from H1N1 Swine Flu:
Young children . . . pregnant women . . . the elderly . . . people with asthma . . . and people with compromised immune systems.

Public health officials have noted five priority risk groups: pregnant women, healthcare employees, people aged 2 to 24, those aged 25 to 64 with chronic illnesses, and Blacks and Latinos.

After users enter a ZIP code or town, the tool displays color-coded syringes on a map.  Pink syringes indicate the availability of seasonal flu vaccinations, blue syringes represent the availability of swine Flu H1N1 flu vaccinations – pink and blue syringes mean both vaccinations are available.

The American Lung Association and HHS’s flu.gov collaborators also worked on the project.

The flu shot finder includes data for about 20 states so far, and Google says they are curretly updating the map with all US states. No word on if the map will be updated to North America or worldwide.

• fever
• cough
• sore throat
• runny or stuffy nose
• body aches
• headache
• chills
• fatigue
• sometimes diarrhea and vomiting

Not all cases of Swine Flu H1N1 virus or Influenza will be accompanied by fever.

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