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Ancient HIV Stowaway May Hold Clue to Transmission

December 6, 2009 by srrpenna

An HIV genetic stowaway that may have come from a related cat virus could help the AIDS virus transmit and replicate in people, U.S. researchers reported on Sunday.

Their finding, which has implications for designing new drugs or a vaccine against the fatal and incurable virus, may also shed light on how other viruses, such as swine flu, spread from animals to people, experts said.

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory?id=9264450

Demand for Private Swine Flu Tests as Government Stops Testing

July 17, 2009 by srrpenna

- MediChecks.com is the First Company in the UK to Make Available a Swine Flu Test to Individuals and Companies Nationally.

The swine flu test which can be purchased online costs GBP125 is carried out on two swab samples and results are available with 2-3 days. The test kit is posted to the patient's home. Carefully following the instructions they take both a nasal and throat swab sample. These swabs are then sealed in special packaging before being posted to the private London laboratory for analysis.

UK swine flu deaths jump to twenty nine

July 16, 2009 by srrpenna

Twenty-nine people have now died in the UK after contracting swine flu, up from 17 on Monday, the government has said.

It comes as the number of new cases hit 55,000 last week and the NHS has seen a surge in calls and consultations.

from BBC

Sixteen die of swine flu related causes in United Kingdom

July 13, 2009 by srrpenna

A patient from London has died after contracting swine flu, taking the number of swine flu-related deaths in the UK to 16, the government has said.

News from BBC

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