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One of the first symptoms that have been identified with the 2009 H1N1 Flu is the onset of a fever. A fever is referred to as pyrexia by medical professionals. The average individual has a temperature of approximately 98.6F. While anything over this number may indicate the presence of a fever, most doctors agree that those over the 100.4F range have a fever that requires assistance. There are many symptoms associated with the onset of a fever considering the fact that it is regulated by a part of the brain referred to as the hypothalamus. This may include stiffness in the muscles of the body, feeling the sense of being cold, and even a heart rate that is increased as a result of constriction in the blood vessels.

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The next symptoms associated with the Swine H1N1 Flu are a sore throat that may or may not be accompanied by a mild to severe cough. Individuals who contract an infection such as the Swine Flu that is viral in nature commonly experience these two symptoms. The Swine Flu is known to result in respiratory complications. If you notice either the onset of a cough or the development of tenderness in the throat, it is important to consider seeking medical testing.

Step Three:

If you happen to contract the Swine Flu, or the 2009 H1N1 as it is now being referred, you may suffer from gastrointestinal complications such as vomiting, bloating, and diarrhea. Many individuals who have been diagnosed have had these symptoms during the course of their condition, but then there are others that have not experienced these issues.

Step Four:

Aches throughout the body are a common symptom associated with this condition. You may feel aches throughout the muscles of the body as a result of fever, or you may experience a headache. Often, this soreness is a direct result of the constriction of muscles and blood vessels due to fever, but it may also be a result of the body fighting off the infection.

Step Five:

Many who suffer from the virus may discover that they feel extreme levels of fatigue. The body is hard at work in trying to overcome the challenges that the Swine Flu is causing it, so as a result one may feel exhausted.

Step Six:

Dizziness is another symptom that many who have been diagnosed with the 2009 H1N1 Virus are experiencing. This is typically indicated by a sensation that ones surroundings are spinning (vertigo) or moving. While this is also a symptom of conditions such as inner ear complications, blood pressure issues, and restrictions in the natural flow of blood through the body, it has been identified as a possible symptom of concern during the current situation involving the Swine Flu. Be certain to learn how to identify the symptoms of Swine Flu H1N1 so that you may properly protect yourself and others.



By: Jennifer Kirkman

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www.shcri.com — During April to May, it was reported in successive on Chinese media that the price of the pork was equal to the price of the cabbage in Beijing and the price and sales volumes of the pork were all cut down in Shanghai. Although the swine influenza had been renamed to the influenza H1N1 type A in the end of April and the related departments, such as Ministry of Health of PRC, ensured again and again that it is safe to eat pork, the price of the pork was dropping in Chinese market. Recently, all the reports On Chinese media seem to indicate that the chief cause that led to the reduction in the price of the pork was the influenza H1N1 type A.

 

As a matter of fact, the decline of the pork price started from the latter half of 2008, which failed to change during the holiday consumption, such as spring festival. In the last third of March 2009 and before the outbreak of influenza H1N1 type A, the retail price of the pork in Shanghai had reached the largest reduction rate in the single day in Chinese market. The price of the streaky pork was decreased by 6.3% on 25th March. From April to March 2009, the prices of the pork continued to dropping in the medium and large cities in China.

 

In accordance with the pig industry trends from 2008 in China, even though there was no influence from the influenza H1N1 type A, the price of the pork would continue to fall till the end of the second quarter of 2009. In the second quarter of 2009, the volumes of the slaughter pigs in China showed the increasing tendency. The supplies of the slaughter pigs still exceeded the demands in the third quarter of 2009 in China.

 

The influenza H1N1 type A speeded up the cyclical process of the pig industry in China slightly. Generally speaking, each cycle of the pig industry was three year, the price showing the increases in 18 months and the declines in 18 months. The pig industry was depressed in 2005 and 2006. From 2007 to April 2008, the price of the pork was increased sharply. In 2008, the overall slaughter pigs in China were half compared with 2007, which were one time in 2009.

 

As the weather becomes hotter and hotter, the slack consumption season of the pork is coming and there is still decline space for the pork price within short time.

 

The major reason for the reduction in the price of the pork from the latter half of 2008 was that Chinese government had issued a series of policies to support the pig industry from 2007. The most well-known policy was that each sow could receive 100Yuan supplements. Meanwhile, the government made protection price for the pigs, namely, the price of the pork per kilogram was no less than the price of six kilograms corns, and the series policies making the pig raisers increase enthusiasm in the pig industry and stabilize the increases of the pork price. Besides, various capitals had involved in the pig industry in China, including Goldman Sachs, Deutsche Bank and China National Cereals, Oils and Foodstuffs Corp, quickly the pork supplies surplus in Chinese market.

 

As a whole, the price of the pork showed the cyclical fluctuation from the latter half of 2008 in China, which was amplified. It is inevitable to fluctuate cyclically and this round of fluctuation was amplified, which mainly attributed to both supplies and demands. For the supplies, the investments are increased as well as the pig quantities. For the demands, with the influences of international financial crisis, the expected incomes are poor; the upgrade of the food consumption structures stagnates, resulting in the reduction in the consumption volumes of the pork. The sharp rising supplies but dropping demands will lead to reduction in the price inevitably.

 

The root cause for the violent fluctuation of the pork price in China lies in that Chinese breeding industry is short of market adjustment mechanism. Due to the low concentration of Chinese breeding industry and the passive position of Chinese pig raisers, the price of the pork in Chinese market largely depend on the government intervention. The related departments of Chinese government are mature in choosing and applying the production increase measures (taking the measure of supplements), but unable to stabilize the yields and propel the balances between the supplies and demands. The government only can restrain the increasing price through certain measures, but can not do anything towards the too low price.

 

Source: China Research and Intelligence

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By: Alice Chen

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So, have we seen thw worst? has the press once again HYPED a story for their benefit (selling advertising and what newspapers are still viable)? Of will this strain go dormant for a few months and come back stronger than ever next winter which was the case in 1916? 

Mexico’s health secretary said the swine flu epidemic in his country “is now in its declining phase,” even as the U.S. and five other countries in Europe and Latin America reported new cases Sunday.

Is the “shelf life” of this story over now?

China quarantined more than 70 Mexican travelers and Hong Kong isolated 350 people in a hotel as a precaution even though no new swine flu infections appeared in Asia. In Egypt, authorities’ attempt to kill all pigs as a precaution against the disease prompted pig owners to clash with police who were helping to seize their animals for slaughter.

Now we’re killing PIGS! 

Field investigators at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Friday it appears the new H1N1 virus outbreak may be more widespread and milder in Mexico than it first appeared.

So far the swine flu virus has behaved like seasonal flu as it has spread to 14 countries, carried mostly by travelers from Mexico.

The World Health Organization says it cannot be stopped, but has no immediate plans to declare a pandemic — a global outbreak of a new and serious disease.

Field investigators at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Friday it appears the new H1N1 virus outbreak may be more widespread and milder in Mexico than it first appeared.

So far the swine flu virus has behaved like seasonal flu as it has spread to 14 countries, carried mostly by travelers from Mexico. The World Health Organization says it cannot be stopped, but has no immediate plans to declare a pandemic — a global outbreak of a new and serious disease.

Everyone is hoping this flu strain will just fizzle out. Influenza is a promiscuous virus, readily swapping genes with other flu viruses in a person’s or animal’s body. It also mutates constantly. These factors mean it can quickly grow worse or become milder. It could at any time lose its ability to transmit easily from one person to another and join the mix of regular seasonal flu strains.

Soon we will know- the short term answer, until next winter. 

 

 

 



By: Ernie Fitzpatrick

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On May 11th,China has confirmed the first H1N1 case. Compared with Hong Kong, the government of China took the rapid measure to prevent from the spread of virus.

It is reported that the patient of first case is an overseas student, who is studying in US. On May 7th,the patient took the flight from St.Louis to Tokyo, via St,Paul. On May 8th, he took the flight NWO29 and arrived in Beijing on May 9th.When he went through the custom, lower he did not have the symptom such as fever, headache and malaise. And his temperature is apparently lower than 37degree centigrade. In the same day, he flied to Chengdu. In Chengdu, he is diagnosed as the first N1H1 case in China. The local government received the message and took the emergency measures. The first case is separated and is monitored by the doctor via the electronic equipment.Within several hours, Li KeQiang, the leader of China, came to visit the patient. Meanwhile, the leader Hu made a series of arrangement to the first case. Fortunately, according to the report on May 12th, the first case’s temperature is normal.

The close companions of the patient were also separated in hospital. The customers, together with the first case in the same flight, are searched to reduce the infected rate. The separated room is sterilized by ultraviolet radiation.

According to W.H.O report, there are 30 countries having the H1N1 cases.In total,4694 people were confirmed that they have infected H1N1.Among them,53 people were dead. Recently there is no vaccine of H1N1.It is predicted to develop in several months. So we have no choice but to work together to fight against the disease.

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By: David William

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The current 2009 outbreak of the H1N1 virus, commonly referred to as the Swine Flu, is not the first outbreak of this virus. There were Swine Flu outbreaks in humans in 1918, 1976 and 1988. This most recent outbreak is founded on a new strain of the virus derived form other strains.

This virus is constantly changing and therefore able to re-emerge under the right conditions and cause panic when old vaccines are ineffectual towards the outbreaks.

So what are the “right conditions” for such viruses to form repeated outbreaks?

We’ve made it easy for these type biological disasters to wreak havoc on our societies. Our own human behaviors are the cause of these pandemics.

We have thrown the planet off balance. We see the evidence in the escalating frequency and intensity of natural disasters all around the globe - the tsunamis, the hurricanes, the earthquakes, etc. If you thought those were bad…Welcome to the world of Biological Disasters!

The greater our negative impact on society and our planet, the greater the chances of these deadly diseases sprouting up and spreading around the world. Look at the places these diseases sprout from - places where there are no resources to prevent or fight such ailments. These are the places from which the diseases spread and these are the places in which new diseases will continue to sprout and stay unless we help.

With a little aid we could prevent these things from happening. Would you rather pay now or pay later? We almost experienced a worldwide pandemic caused by an easily preventable disease. Mexico’s economy shut down! Shut down because of this outbreak of the H1N1 virus, which has a vaccine that many countries have in stock, in bulk even.

The people of the world need to wake up and realize it is our own behaviors that are causing these scares. We could have taken better care of our environment and maybe not have seen all the loss and destruction caused by natural disasters in the last few decades and we certainly could have prevented this Swine Flu outbreak that caused so much undue loss, fear and grief.





By: Stephanie Barker

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Sw?ne flu has spread around the world at record speed.

 

Several web pages have ded?cated t?me and resources to keep you or?ented to where the sw?ne flu has mad an outbreak. Here ?s a web page tell?ng you wh?ch countr?es have detected, conf?rmed or suspected cases of sw?ne flu.

http://openflu.dyndns.org/locations/country

In th?s web page you w?ll be able to see what countr?es have detected sw?ne flu cases and how many, on a map form.

http://openflu.dyndns.org/locations/country_map/confirmed

Th?s l?nk w?ll enable you to f?nd lots of var?ous web pages w?th ?nformat?on about sw?ne flu and ?ts spread across the world.

http://googlemapsmania.blogspot.com/2009/04/swine-flu-outbreak-on-google-maps.html

None of the maps below are likely to help overcome the Swine Flu and most of the maps are far less accurate than the map created by John Snow made back in 1854. However these maps do give us a reasonable overall impression of how the outbreak is spreading.

The World Health Organization raised its alert level to f?ve — “one step short of declaring a pandemic”, as reports of those affected or killed by the swine flu virus began to increase across the globe.

As of 4 May 2009, 20 countries have officially reported 985 cases of influenza A (H1N1) infection.

Mexico has reported 590 laboratory confirmed human cases of infection, including 25 deaths. The higher number of cases from Mexico reflects ongoing testing of previously collected specimens. The United States has reported 226 laboratory confirmed human cases, including one death.

The following countries have reported laboratory confirmed cases with no deaths - Austria (1), Canada (85), China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (1), Costa Rica (1), Colombia (1), Denmark (1), El Salvador (2), France (2), Germany (8), Ireland (1), Israel (3), Italy (1), Netherlands (1), New Zealand (4), Republic of Korea (1), Spain (40), Switzerland (1) and the United Kingdom (15).

There is no risk of infection from this virus from consumption of well-cooked pork and pork products.

It is considered prudent for people who are ill to delay international travel and for people developing symptoms following international travel to seek medical attention, in line with guidance from national authorities. Individuals are advised to wash hands thoroughly with soap and water on a regular basis and should seek medical attention if they develop any symptoms of influenza-like illness.

WHO advises no restriction of regular travel or closure of borders.

There ?s no effective vaccine already available against the new influenza A(H1N1) virus, but work is already under way to develop such a vaccine. Influenza vaccines generally contain a dead or weakened form of a circulating virus. The vaccine prepares the body’s immune system to defend against a true infection. For the vaccine to protect as well as possible, the virus in it should match the circulating “wild-type” virus relatively closely. Since this H1N1 virus is new, there is no vaccine currently available made with this particular virus. Making a completely new influenza vaccine can take five to six months.

As soon as the first human cases of new influenza A(H1N1) infection became known to WHO, the WHO Collaborating Center in Atlanta (The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in the United States of America) took immediate action and began the work to develop candidate vaccine viruses. WHO also initiated consultations with vaccine manufacturers worldwide to facilitate the availability of all necessary material to start production of influenza A(H1N1) vaccine. In parallel, WHO is working with national regulatory authorities to ensure that the new influenza A(H1N1) vaccine will meet all safety criteria and be made available as soon as possible.



By: Stig Kristoffersen

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  With spring approaching one can only think of blooming flowers, birds chirping with the rise of the morning sun, and the dewy smell after a fresh rainfall. Yes, spring is finally here and the encapsulating sights, sounds and smell of spring give all of us that feeling that love is in the air. This is the time of year when thousands of couples will exchange vows and begin a fresh, new life together.

Nothing could ruin the most perfect day that has been months or even years in the making. Unless of course the perfect wedding destination you have planned has suddenly become less than perfect. Such is the case in one of the world’s most beautiful wedding destinations-Mexico. The H1N1 flu virus or “swine flu” if you prefer has ruined many brides perfect day. How could anyone expect family and loved ones to travel to the world’s new virus “hotspot” when the perfect day could turn into a family’s worst nightmare. 

In most cases, it would be impossible to travel to Mexico even if you wanted to. Many Cruise lines have canceled stops on the Mexican coast. Tour operators are taking tourists out of the country, and many airlines are waiving flight-change penalties. The United States and Europe issued travel warnings and 47 percent of U.S. companies have restricted trips to Mexico. Hotel occupancy rates in Mexico City are at record lows, between 5 and 7 percent, according to economic forecasters at IHS Global Insight. Tourism which represents 8% of Mexico’s gross domestic product (GDP) has been hit the hardest. In Mexico City alone, the mayor, Marcelo Ebrard, has put the figure at $88 million in losses per day.

So what is a budding bride to do on what should be the most important and special day of the year? Staying home for nuptials is not an option for many. Or is it? Mexico is not the only hotspot with beautiful beaches and adequate wedding facilities.  Recently, Pop star, Seal and his wife Heidi Klum have scrapped their wedding renewal plans in Mexico because of the swine flu pandemic. A spokesperson for Klum confirmed, “Heidi and Seal have decided to renew their vows at home in L.A. this year.”

California has always been considered one of the most beautiful destinations this time of year. The beaches are fantastic, and there are many amenities that can make your special day a winner with family and friends. Last minute weddings can be extremely stressful, which the last thing any bride or groom to be needs. California has the most wedding and event rental companies in the United States. Their expertise can definitely help in planning a last minute wedding. An excellent resource to help you in choosing which rental companies to work with is the largest rental search engine in North America- http://www.rentcharlie.com .

Searching for wedding rentals with www.rentcharlie.com can provide not only a local rental companies contact information but also a list of their rental products, prices, and pictures. This way you can make an informed decision on which rental companies you can trust with your special day. It may not be the Riviera Maya but California is a decent substitute. Local rental businesses will thank you, www.rentcharlie.com can help and you can have one of the most important elements at your wedding-peace of mind.



By: Jeff Longlad

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