By Maggie Mertens
All around our neighborhood, people are coughing. So we weren’t too surprised when a blog reader, who asked not to be identified, wrote in with a question about the hacking:
Is a ‘cough’ always present with the swine flu, or is it possible for that symptom not to be present and still have H1N1?
Most of the time a cough does go along with the swine flu, Dr. Douglas Kamerow, a family physician and former Assistant Surgeon General, says. The symptoms for swine flu are generally the same as classic influenza, which means a cough is very common.
full story
http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2009/11/coughing_and_swine_flu.html
Azerbaijan
• Azerbaijan reports another confirmed H1N1 case (Link)
Belarus
• Quarantine in schools lifted, despite of protests of doctors (Link)
Canada
• Saskatchewan has 2 more suspect H1N1 deaths, others in ICUs (Link)
• Tamiflu-Resistant Swine Flu Found in Canadian Father (Link)
China
• China’s Tough Measures on Flu Appear to Be Effective (Link)
• A/H1N1 flu kills 36, infects 62,800 in Chinese mainland (Link)
Croatia
• second death confirmed from H1N1 (Link)
Finland
• Finland’s death toll from A/H1N1 flu rises to six (Link)
India
• Flu SOS before Cuttack match (Link)
• Kerala confirms another victim, the 20th in state (Link)
• Jaipur resident doctor suspect H1N1 case (Link)
Iraq
• Swine flu in the region (Link)
Jordan
• Death toll of A/H1N1 flu reaches 10 (Link)
North Korea
• N. Korea Reports No Type A Flu (Link)
Pakistan
• Another Afghani died in Peshawar (Link)
Poland
• Calm and unvaccinated (Link)
Russia
• A/H1N1 flu rate in Russia up to 4,563 (Link)
• 2 more H1N1 deaths confirmed, total now 26 (Link)
• Russian film director Maria Solovtsova died in Minsk from flu (Link)
Saudi Arabia
• Two Hajj pilgrims have been ‘diagnosed’ with H1N1 (Link)
South Korea
• Actor recovering from H1N1 (Link)
Turkey
• 36 deaths confirmed from H1N1 (Link)
Uganda
• Muslims heading for Mecca tested for H1N1 (Link)
Ukraine
• Number of registered flu and ARVI cases grew 2.5 times (Link)
• Suspected hemorrhagic pneumonia outbreak hits Ukraine” (Link)
• Ukraine PM accuses Yushchenko over H1N1 swine flu (Link)
• H (Link)
United Kingdom
• Stephen Wright struck down with flu – despite Sky Blues jabs (Link)
• Flu cases cause 20-fold increase in hospital stays (Link)
United States
• US (who else?!): Recalculating the Tally in Swine Flu Deaths (Link)
• FDA approves Glaxo flu vaccine for use in U.S. (Link)
• CDC now says 4,000 swine flu deaths in US (Link)
• CO: 4 more deaths announced in Colorado in past week (Link)
• IA: Possible Bacterial Meningitis or H1N1 Caused Death (Link)
• IL: 1st death in Sangamon County, Illinois, an elderly resident (Link)
• IN: Flu cases tripled in October (Link)
• KY: Father Speaks Out On Son’s H1N1 Death (Link)
• MI: Reported Cases of Swine Flu Show Downward Trend for Now (Link)
• NV: State Tells Las Vegas To Follow CDC Guidelines For Vaccinations (Link)
• NY: Swine Flu Cases Leads To More Hospital Patients (Link)
• PA: Flu Screening and Administration Latest Cases (Link)
• SD: Ethan’s Superintendent Dies Of H1N1 (Link)
• TX: Houston metro area: 29th and 30th deaths confirmed (Link)
• VA: Pentagon workers get H1N1 vaccine (Link)
• VA: Teen suffers rare illness after swine flu shot (Link)
• WA: Thurston County missing 2 vials of H1N1 from hospice facility (Link)
• WV: another flu-like death may be 8th death in West Virginia (Link)
General
• Planes are breeding ground for germs (Link)
• Swine flu: One killer virus, three key questions (Link)
Commentary
• Recombinomics: Media Myths on Swin Flu in Ukraine Raise Concerns (Link)
• Recombinomics: WHO Appeals to Ukraine for Help with Hemorrhagic Pneumonia (Link)
• Recombinomics: Ukraine Dead Increase to 213 – Still No Sequences (Link)
