A new iPhone application called “Outbreaks Near Me” that allows users to track and report local outbreaks of infectious disease was released Tuesday. Developed by researchers at Children’s Hospital Boston and the MIT Media Lab, the application combines the GPS system of the iPhone with outbreak tracking information from HealthMap.org, a web prowling system...
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Valerie Post’s pregnancy seemed fine one minute, and the next she was literally fighting to stay alive. The 24-year-old, who delivered a healthy baby girl via Caesarean section August 7, is in a medically induced coma after doctors confirmed she has the H1N1 virus, Tampa Bay Tribune reported. Pregnant women are especially vulnerable to...
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So far, swine flu isn’t much more threatening than regular seasonal flu. During the few months of this new flu’s existence, hospitalizations and deaths from it seem to be lower than the average seen for seasonal flu, and the virus hasn’t dramatically mutated. That’s what health officials have observed in the Southern Hemisphere where...
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BOGOTA —  President Alvaro Uribe has the swine flu and officials are contacting other South American governments whose leaders attended a summit last week with the Colombian leader, authorities said Sunday. The 57-year-old Uribe began feeling symptoms Friday, the same day as a meeting of South American presidents in Bariloche, Argentina, and he was...
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