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  2. Swine influenza - Wikipedia

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    People with regular exposure to pigs are at increased risk of swine flu infections. Around the mid-20th century, the identification of influenza subtypes was made possible, allowing accurate diagnosis of transmission to humans. Since then, only 50 such transmissions have been confirmed. These strains of swine flu rarely pass from human to human.

  3. H5N1 vaccine - Wikipedia

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    A vaccine that contains the A/Vietnam/1194/2004 (H5N1) flu strain. [28] Pumarix: A vaccine approved for medical use in the European Union in March 2011. [29] Seqirus/Audenz: A vaccine for adults that contains a killed flu strain called A/Astrakhan/3212/2020 (H5N8)-like strain. [30] Some older H5N1 vaccines for humans that have been licensed are:

  4. 2009 swine flu pandemic in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) identified the first two A/09(H1N1) swine flu cases in California on April 17, 2009, via the Border Infectious Disease Program, [135] for a San Diego County child, and a naval research facility studying a special diagnostic test, where influenza sample from the child from Imperial County was tested. [136]

  5. Oregon state and federal officials confirmed Wednesday that H5N1 bird flu was found in a pig living in Crook County — the first such swine infection reported in the current outbreak.

  6. Hy-Vee Pharmacy locations offering flu shots with no ... - AOL

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    Sep. 13—As the fall season approaches, the flu vaccine is now available at Hy-Vee's more than 275 Hy-Vee Pharmacy locations, with no appointment or prescription necessary. The Centers for ...

  7. Hy-Vee Pharmacy locations now offering flu shots with no ...

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    Aug. 30—Hy-Vee, Inc. announces today that the flu vaccine is now available inside its more than 275 Hy-Vee Pharmacy locations, with no appointment or prescription necessary throughout the ...

  8. 2009 swine flu pandemic actions concerning pigs - Wikipedia

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    According to researchers cited by The New York Times, "based on its genetic structure, the new virus is without question a type of swine influenza, derived originally from a strain that lived in pigs". [4] This origin gave rise to the nomenclature "swine flu", largely used by mass media in the first days of the epidemic.

  9. Pandemic H1N1/09 virus - Wikipedia

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    The pandemic H1N1/09 virus is a swine origin influenza A virus subtype H1N1 strain that was responsible for the 2009 swine flu pandemic. This strain is often called swine flu by the public media due to the prevailing belief that it originated in pigs. The virus is believed to have originated around September 2008 in central Mexico.