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From: Recombinomics Commentary 16:53 March 24, 2009 Excerpt: "Reports from Taiwan also indicated that vaccines failed in 70% of the H1N1 cases and Tamiflu resistant H1N1 dominated in collections after December, 2008.Read more at Greg's BlogArticle continues: "Deb Brandt, a physician assistant at Rapid City Medical Center's Urgent Care, said that on Wednesday, the clinic checked in 106 people in 11 hours. There were cases of strep, mono and plenty of influenza. Three other Rapid City clinics report a similarly busy schedule. "Brandt said about half of her patients who tested positive for influenza had their shots, but "most of...

Friday February 3, 8:27 PM Bird flu now endemic in southern China including H.K. (Kyodo) _ Bird flu is now endemic among wild birds in the southern region in China, including Guangdong Province and Hong Kong, the territory's health chief said Friday. Health, Welfare and Food Secretary York Chow, however, said that the risk of humans contracting the H5N1 virus from infected birds is still limited. "H5N1 is already an endemic virus among the avian population in the southern Chinese region and this is the reason why we try to have a policy to ensure that the virus would not...

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Health officials are investigating another four suspected cases of SARS in China. The cases bring the total number affected to eight, with more expected. All of the cases can be traced to a laboratory at the Beijing Center for Disease Control and Prevention, China, where the coronavirus that causes SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome) was being studied. The first person to fall ill, on 25 March, was a 26-year-old female researcher who had worked in the lab.