H1N1 vaccine study investigating hints of complications from vaccine. Federal health officials are investigating the first hints of any possible significant complications from the H1N1 vaccine, but stressed that the concerns will probably turn out to be a false alarm. [News Source]

Flu jab fears grow as toddlers hospitalised. Clinical tests were never carried out on the latest seasonal flu vaccine - a combination of seasonal flu with the feared swine flu H1N1 - that has left a baby girl fighting for her life and sparked fits, fevers and vomiting in up to 60 toddlers across the country. [News Source]

Flu vaccination ban goes national after fever, convulsions in children. WA's chief public health officer Tarun Weeramanthri has defended the response time in closing down the state's juvenile flu vaccine program amid revelations that children were presenting with convulsions more than two weeks ago. [News Source]

One year on, Mexico still recovering from swine flu. Mexico is still recovering from the impact of the A(H1N1) outbreak and experts warn that, even if the virus is not as threatening as it first appeared, the worldwide pandemic is not yet over. [News Source]

70 nations in fresh commitment on H5N1 A meeting in Vietnam has seen ministers from 70 countries reaffirm their commitment to battling H5N1 avian influenza into the future. [News Source]

Urgency needed in pandemic preparation. The task of preparing for flu pandemics remains urgent, and the world must guard against complacency in the wake of the H1N1 outbreak, which appears less deadly than a potential bird flu pandemic, a U.S. health official said. [News Source]

Portrait of a year-old pandemic. One year ago this month, the world watched with trepidation as a novel influenza A virus, to which the global population had little or no immunity, emerged in Mexico and the United States. [News Source]

DA scraps ban on German birds, poultry. The Department of Agriculture has lifted a ban on the entry of birds and poultry, including their by-products, from Germany. [News Source]

B.C. has to throw out $20 million worth of unused H1N1 flu vaccine. British Columbia could throw away almost $20 million worth of H1N1 vaccine because it went unused during swine flu season and will soon expire. [News Source]

US doctors, minorities still wary of shots. Doctors and minorities still have a dangerous mistrust of vaccines that became painfully clear during the H1N1 swine flu pandemic, U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said on Monday. [News Source]

Residents raise red flag over Aba Stream. Unwholesome practices at the Aba Stream in Abia State’s commercial hub have reached epidemic proportions; the state government has been petitioned to speedily address the problem. [News Source]

DA scraps ban on German birds, poultry The Department of Agriculture (DA) has lifted a ban on the entry of birds and poultry, including their by-products, from Germany. Agriculture Secretary Bernie Fondevilla made the move following confirmation by global animal health authorities of the eradication of the avian influenza (AI) or bird flu virus in that country. [News Source]