High Mortality of H5N1

Was going over the reports from PROMED and WHO when a statistic caught my eye.

The average global mortality rate of H5N1 is 59 % while in Indonesia, the rate is 83%.

The WHO has a regular status report about H5N1 and H1N1. You can access the H5N1 page here

Site Reorganization

Just to let my blog readers know that I have reorganized the site and transferred the H1N1 links to the section after the posts.

Nothing has been taken out, I just thought that General Medical News should be the focus for now. This is preparation for a better version of my blog which will rotate the news among different specialties.

Thanks for visiting!

IMPORTANT: Massive Recall of Slim Fast Products

If you take any of the Slim Fast diet shakes and drinks, please stop and read this article.

On December 4, 2009, millions of Slim Fast products were recalled by the mother company Unilever. This is due to the presence of a bacteria that can cause moderate food poisoning

For more details, please click here for the article on Food Fit

Click here for the article on ABC News

CDC Confirms That You Can Get Swine Flu Twice

The Charleston Daily Mail had reported that a Pediatrician stated that she contracted swine flu twice. Once in August and again in October. While the allegation was met with skepticism by the medical community, no less than the Center For Disease Control has confirmed her claims

You can read about the account here:

Swine Flu originated from Asia and not Mexico?

A New York Times article reports that a new theory suggests that H1N1 flu originated from Asia and not Mexico.

Read about it here

TAMIFLU RESISTANT H1N1 strain seen

ABS CBN News reports that a strain of H1N1 has developed a resistance to TAMIFLU which is the drug of choice in treating the virus.

Click here to read more about it on ABS CBN

Here a Virologist writes about it in more detail

And here is Reuters report about the findings of Roche on Tamiflu resistance