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Bulgaria
• Bulgaria Registers 2 More Swine Flu Fatalities (Link)
• Bulgaria Set to Call Off Swine Flu Epidemic, Second Wave Feared (Link)
Canada
• Flu vaccination campaign a 'mess' that should be discontinued: health official (Link)
China
• China's official H1N1 death count suspect: report (Link)
Egypt
• Human H5N1 case (Link)
France
• Low path bird flu outbreak (Link)
India
• 2 more deaths confirmed in Rajasthan state (Link)
Lithuania
• Lithuania records first swine flu death (Link)
Moldova
• Moldovan soldiers given onions to fight swine flu (Link)
Norway
• Pigs with H1N1 were infected by humans (Link)
Sri Lanka
• Kandy schools close from Monday (Link and link)
Switzerland
• Switzerland has confirmed its first death from swine flu (Link)
United Kingdom
• Wales confirms 7 new deaths, 21 total now (Link)
• 5 yr old London girl died of H1N1, parents told it was 'tonsilitis' (Link)
United States
• U.S. FDA: Fraudulent 2009 H1N1 Influenza Products List (Link)
• CDC: Notifiable Diseases/Deaths in Selected Cities Weekly Information (Link)
• Problems plague swine flu vaccination program (Link)
• CA: Orange County confirms one new H1N1 death(Link)
• CA: H1N1 may have caused SIDS death in San Diego infant (Link)
• FL: H1N1(Swine Flu): The Fifth Guy - An Incredibly Creative Hand Washing Campaign (Link)
• KY: northern Kentucky confirms 5th death from H1N1 (Link)
• MN: H1N1 flu shot clinics are a hit (Link)
• NJ: Swine flu kills 6 adults in state (Link)
• NV:Two More Flu Deaths Reported in Southern Nevada (Link)
• NY teen dies of complications from swine flu (Link)
• NY: Likely H1N1 Flu Cases Rising Again (Link)
• NY: 10th grader died from H1N1 in Niagara County (Link)
General
• Experts say radical measures won't stop swine flu (Link)
• Flu Shot Made From Caterpillars May Win Pivotal U.S. Backing (Link)
• Baculovirus (wikipedia) (Link)
• Cell-based vaccine production has advantages (Link)
• JAMA: Safety and Immunogenicity of a Baculovirus-Expressed Hemagglutinin Influenza Vaccine (Link)
• Military in Europe addressing swine flu (Link)
• Turkey, WHO donate vaccines to Kosovo (Link)
• Swine flu shot not causing deaths, officials say (Link)
• Online gangs cashing in on swine flu (Link)
• Better surveillance to fight zoonotic infections (Link)
• WHO- A/H1N1 infection rate in Ukraine not the highest in Europe (Link)
Research
• New research helps explain why H5N1 has not caused a pandemic (Link) -- Mutations in H5N1 Influenza Virus Hemagglutinin that Confer Binding to Human Tracheal Airway Epithelium (Link)
• Differentiation of two distinct clusters among currently circulating influenza A(H1N1)v viruses, March-September 2009 (Link)
Commentary
• Major Victory with Swine Flu Scandal (Link)
• Opinion: U.S. swine flu response dismal at best (Link)
• H (Link)
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