H7N9 in China, 33 confirmed cases, 14 dead – almost 50% mortality rate… H7N9 infections – in birds and people – may pick up again when the weather turns cooler

The woman surnamed Jiang died Friday evening at a hospital in Shanghai, a month after her infection was confirmed, Xinhua cited the Shanghai Municipal Health and Family Planning Commission as saying. Till Saturday, Shanghai confirmed 33 H7N9 infection cases. Four of them are being treated in hospital, 15 have recovered and 14 died.

http://zeenews.india.com/news/health/health-news/bird-flu-toll-rises-to-33-in-china_21883.html

“Studies indicate that avian influenza viruses have a seasonal pattern to them, much like human seasonal influenza viruses. After [...]

New, approved flu vaccine represents landmark in flu vaccine technology

Our nation has reached a landmark in influenza vaccine history with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s approval of a new seasonal flu vaccine, called Flublok, made with novel technology.

This method uses recombinant DNA and a modified baculovirus (a virus that infects insects) to produce a safe and effective human flu vaccine.

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Flu ‘Epidemic’ Spreading Across The Country: Flu Widespread In 41 States And 2,257 People Have Been Hospitalized. Despite Shots, Over 100 Dead! Number ‘Still Accelerating’. Flu ‘Epidemic’ Declared In NYC And Boston…Threatens to ‘Slow Economy Further’…

As the flu sweeps the USA, more than 100 people, including 18 children, have died and offices and classrooms face empty chairs while hospital emergency departments struggle with overflow crowds.

By Thursday, there were 23 flu deaths in Minnesota, raising the state’s total to 27 flu-related deaths reported so far this season. Add to that 22 deaths in Pennsylvania including 18 in the week that ended Friday, 18 deaths in Massachusetts, [...]

DARPA’s Blue Angel – Pentagon Prepares Millions of Vaccines Against Future Global Flu

The Pentagon’s DARPA lab has announced a milestone, but it doesn’t involve drones or death missiles. Scientists at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency say they’ve produced 10 million doses of an influenza vaccine in only one month’s time.

In a press release out of the agency’s office this week, scientists with DARPA say they’ve reach an important step in being able to combat a flu pandemic that might [...]

FDA admits in court case that vaccines still contain mercury

Ethan A. Huff,
Natural News
April 1, 2012

It is a common myth today that the vaccines administered to children no longer contain the toxic additive thimerosal, a mercury-based preservative linked to causing permanent neurological damage. But a recent federal case involving the U.S.Food and Drug Administration(FDA) has revealed that, contrary to this widely-held belief, thimerosal is actually still present in many batch vaccines, including in the annual influenza vaccine that is now [...]