Protests will delay treatment for 16000 Irish Independent By Eilish O'Regan Health Correspondent MORE than 16000 patients, many due operations or diagnostic tests, will have their hospital care cancelled on Tuesday as most health workers take to the picket line. The HSE said emergency cover would be provided ... Over 16000 patients face delay over strike Strike prompts hospitals warning HSE confirms contingency plans for strike |
guardian.co.uk | Seasonal Flu Vaccine May Cut Swine Flu Risk WebMD By Daniel J. denoon Nov. 20, 2009 - People who got last year's seasonal flu vaccine are at lower risk of H1N1 swine flu illness -- particularly severe disease, a study of US military personnel shows. Overall, getting a seasonal flu shot or sniff cut ... Ontario unveils new ventilators for swine flu fight WHO: H1N1 May Be Peaking in N. Hemisphere, But Outbreak Not Over H1N1 intensifying in Canada but subsiding elsewhere: WHO |
The IMO presents four-point plan to reduce drug costs Irish Medical Times The IMO has presented Health Minister Mary Harney with a four-point plan it said would reduce the State's annual medicines bill by €300 million. It said the savings would far exceed the €30 million identified in the McCarthy report and the €65 million ... It is Time to Take on the Big Boys The cost of prescriptions |
![]() Telegraph.co.uk | Swine flu pandemic has peaked, says HSE Irish Times RATES OF swine flu infection in the population have continued to decline over the past week and the current wave of the pandemic in the Republic has probably peaked, health officials confirmed yesterday. The Department of Health's chief medical officer ... Schoolkids to get swine flu jab UPDATE 1-Doctors say most Britons reject swine flu vaccine Swine flu vaccine uptake |
![]() Javno.hr | UPDATE 1-EU body backs single dose for 2 H1N1 flu vaccines Reuters LONDON, Nov 20 (Reuters) - In a change of tack, Europe's drugs watchdog said on Friday that giving a single dose of GlaxoSmithKline's (GSK.L) Pandemrix or Novartis's (NOVN.VX) Focetria swine flu vaccines would suffice for most people. ... Five million given swine flu jab in EU European Medicines Agency Reaffirms Efficacy, Safety of H1N1 Vaccines European Medicines Evaluation Agency (emea) - EMEA press release - Meeting ... |
Parents 'should vaccinate children against swine flu' School Days The Royal College of Physicians of Ireland (RCPI) is urging parents to follow government advice and have their children vaccinated against swine flu, it has been reported. Irishhealth.com noted that around 382 children in Ireland have been hospitalised ... Vaccinating children strongly advised |
Daily Mail | Procter & Gamble recalls 120000 Vicks nasal sprays BBC News Procter & Gamble has announced it is recalling 120000 bottles of Vicks Sinex nasal spray after small traces of bacteria were found in the product. Bottles shipped to the US, the UK and Germany are being recalled after traces of the B. cepacia bacteria ... Vicks Nasal Spray Recalled P&G recalls some Vicks spray after bacteria found P&G recalls Vicks nasal spray |
![]() Reuters | Many LA-area hospitals see flu cases leveling off Los Angeles Times Hospital officials report that the numbers of patients with H1N1 flu appear to be leveling off at many Los Angeles area hospitals, easing wait times at crowded emergency rooms less than a week before Thanksgiving. ... Mass. adult and a child under age 4 die of swine flu Signs That Swine Flu Has Peaked US sees fall in swine flu rate |
![]() China Daily | Toddlers suffer most from secondhand smoke Irish Health Toddlers and obese children suffer more than other younger people when exposed to secondhand smoke, a new study has found. In the study, researchers from Ohio State University in the US found a link between secondhand smoke exposure and blood vessel ... Second hand smoke worse for toddlers, fat kids Secondhand smoke worst for toddlers, obese kids Toddlers, Obese Kids Suffer Most From Smoke |