. . . By Eliane Engeler Associated Press GENEVA — Many more people could become sick with swine flu this winter even though it has peaked in North America and some European countries, the head of the World Health Organization said Tuesday. The worst of the swine flu outbreak is over in the United States, Canada, Britain and some other countries in the northern hemisphere, said Dr. Margaret Chan. But there is still intensive flu activity in Egypt, India and elsewhere, she said. “It is [...]

. . . By Josh Goldstein Philly.com Karen Williams had tried to get her twins, Liam and Declan, immunized against the swine flu virus as soon as they were old enough, but a Burlington County clinic in November was postponed for lack of the vaccine. So yesterday, Williams arrived with her 8-month-old boys an hour before the clinic opened at the Burlington Center Mall. They were numbers 47 and 48 in line, and they got the vaccine after less than an hour’s wait. That was [...]

. . . By Rainer Buergin Bloomberg Dec. 30 (Bloomberg) — Germany aims to accept only half the Pandemrix swine flu vaccine doses it ordered from GlaxoSmithKline Plc because the disease has proven less severe than expected, the Health Ministry in the state of Thuringia said today. The order of 50 million doses was based on the expectation that two shots per person would be required, which proved excessive given the progression of the disease, Deputy Health Minister Hartmut Schubert said today in comments confirmed [...]

. . . Christina England American Chronicle December 30th, 2009 Christmas time is a time for families and a time for children but sadly many families this year faced a Christmas without their children because child protection agencies and paediatricians misdiagnosed very real conditions, opting instead to accuse parents of shaking their babies. As a result many families could not join in the seasons festivities with the children they love, they could not buy them presents or prepare their Christmas stockings and some were left [...]

. . . Written by Roman Bystrianyk Health Sentinel Wednesday, 30 December 2009 02:28 April, 1948 an article is published in the journal Pediatrics: “Inspection of the records of the Children’s Hospital for the past ten years has disclosed 15 instances in which children developed acute cerebral symptoms within a period of hours after the administration of pertussis vaccine. The children varied between 5 and 18 months in age and, in so far as it is possible to judge children of this age range, were [...]