Over 5,500 rare diseases have been identified(1) of which less than 10% are currently being treated(2), presenting a significant unmet medical need. Despite the rarity of each condition, the number…

Allergies and asthma are a continuing health problem in most developed countries, but just how do these ailments develop over the course of a childhood? In a population-based study designed to…

There could be third wave of H1N1 infection in B.C. but the province’s chief medical health officer thinks the chances of that happening are “diminishing.”While there will be one final report next…

There is a surplus of about 5,000 doses of the swine flu vaccine in Nunavut, according to health officials.The leftover doses are in every community across Nunavut, the Health Department says.Officials…

Obama was comfortable getting the swine flu shot, and having his family vaccinated against the H1N1 flu virus, does this mean that getting the H1N1 vaccine is perfectly safe?  President Obama said…

Washington (SmartAboutHealth) – The H1N1 swine flu has dominated headlines for months now, but with the number of cases appearing to shrink, can we stop worrying about the virus?

The H1N1 swine…

PIERRE – More than 2,000 South Dakotans have had laboratory-confirmed cases of H1N1 influenza and an estimated 50 times that many have had H1N1 but not been ill enough to seek…

Dr Brian Dunn, Chairman of the BMA’s Northern Ireland General Practitioner Committee has responded “with disappointment” to yesterday’s comments about the H1N1 vaccination programme that have been made by Mr…

A new study from researchers at the UK Medical Research Council and the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) projects that the severity of the H1N1 flu during the autumn-winter…

Infection with the H1N1 virus, or swine flu, causes more life-threatening complications than seasonal flu in children with sickle cell disease, according to research from Johns Hopkins Children’s Center. The…