Since August 20, the government has been churning out all types of guidance – for businesses, health care facilities and now more recommendations for schools. Do you have children going to school this fall? If so, you need to be familiar with the new recommendations issued today. This guidance is just in time. Don’t be a passive parent this fall…get involved in your school and find out about their pandemic plans. Take this health threat [...]
H1N1 (Swine Flu): THE BIG EXPERIMENT – H1N1 AND ANTIVIRAL USE IN THE UK
What happens when a prosperous industrial nation decides to give out antivirals to the masses? Well, we will see! This is an experiment unfolding before our eyes. Drug Resistance is the Main Concern The UK government rejected advice from its expert advisers on influenza pandemic H1N1, who said there was no need for the widespread use of Tamiflu and suggested that the public should simply be told to take paracetamol. An independent panel set up [...]
H1N1 (Swine Flu): TALKING WITH YOUR CHILD ABOUT SWINE FLU (Novel H1N1)
Schools are getting ready to open across the Northern Hemisphere. H1N1 is spreading rapidly in the Southern Hemisphere. With news coverage about flu moving across the world and in some places people wearing masks on the streets, it is likely that children will hear something about it at school or on television. Here are some tips to help you minimize your child’s fears while providing tips that can help him or her stay healthy. Flu [...]
H1N1 (Swine Flu): WHAT CAN STOP THE SPREAD OF H1N1? TIPS FOR YOU AND YOUR FAMILY
Masks (what kind)? No Mask? Hand washing? There are lots of opinions and now more studies You watch the news or visit of website and see pictures of people in India in panic over not being able to get a mask. You then read an article or two that states that masks don’t do anything…another study says masks helps…. what are you to think? With school staring up in the Northern Hemisphere and the associated [...]
