June 23, 2009 -Swine Flu Has Already Mutated.

June 23, 2009 - New A/H1N1 Swine Flu Has Already Mutated. http://www.earthfiles.com/ "These months between now and the fall ... we need to prepare  for potential risks posed by the (new) A/H1N1 virus. We can always sort of back off, but we can't wait until October hits and say, 'Oh my heavens, what are we going to do?'" - Kathleen Sebelius, Health and Human  Services Secretary to American governors   2009 A/H1N1 swine flu virus.  Photomicrograph courtesy W.H.O. Adolfo Lutz Institute in Sao Paulo, Brazil, has identified a new swine flu strain, A/Sao Paolo/1454/H1N1, in which the hemagglutinin protein that allows the virus to infect hosts has changed. Whether the protein change will make the new Sao Paulo flu virus more virulent is not known. It is winter in the Southern Hemisphere now and Argentina health authorities have reported that three more people have died after infection by the original 2009 swine flu virus detected this spring. As of June 22, 2009, the World Health Organization reported 52,160 swine flu cases in 99 countries and 231 deaths. European drug maker, Novartis AG, says it has the first batch of 2009 A/H1N1 swine flu vaccine ready to try. The U. S. Department of Health and Human Services has placed a $289 million order for the vaccine with Novartis in anticipation of a national vaccine program for at least school children by Fall 2009, since previous pandemic flu viruses have been most lethal to the young.          SomaLife International Specializing in Health and Wealth 24 7 One SomaLife at a time! http://SomaLife.net/Roy1