New evidence shows immunization against "swine flu" in 1976 might provide individuals with some protection against the 2009 pandemic H1N1 influenza virus, according to new research from St. Jude ...

Warren D. Ward, 48, was in high school when the swine flu threat of 1976 swept the U.S. The Whittier man remembers the episode vividly because a relative died in the 1918 flu pandemic, and the ...

The increased risk was approximately 1 additional case of GBS per 100,000 people who got the swine flu vaccine. The Institute of Medicine (IOM) conducted a thorough scientific review of this issue in ...

The stories, it would turn out, were false and misleading. But it was just one of many problems that plagued the “swine flu affair of 1976”, when a US president decided to rush a vaccine to ...

The Time America Tried to Inoculate Everyone Against a Swine Flu Pandemic That Never Showed Some officials feared 1976 might become a “second 1918.” It didn’t happen.

But Dr. Schaffner says the 1976 swine flu virus is genetically quite different from today's. So the 1976 vaccine is not believed to offer any protection against the current pandemic. There's one ...

Swine Flu Pandemic: Real Deal or Medical Hogwash? By MIKE STOBBE • Published April 27, 2009 • Updated on April 27, 2009 at 7:06 am ...

It was 1976. The threat was swine flu. “No one knows exactly how serious this threat could be,” President Ford said then, adding, “Nevertheless, we cannot afford to take a chance with the ...

People who got immunized against the 1976 "swine flu" epidemic that never happened may have benefited from the shots after all they may have been protected from the 2009 H1N1 swine flu strain.

Going into the 1976-77 winter season, the world waited – and prepared – for an H1N1 swine influenza pandemic that never came. But that wasn’t the end of the story. As an experienced infectious disease ...

New evidence shows immunization against "swine flu" in 1976 might provide individuals with some protection against the 2009 pandemic H1N1 influenza virus, according to new research from St. Jude ...

New evidence shows immunization against "swine flu" in 1976 might provide individuals with some protection against the 2009 pandemic H1N1 influenza virus, according to new research from St. Jude ...