Swine Flu Pandemic

Flu Pandemics May Be Linked To Weather Patterns, Researchers Say

HuffingtonPost.com | Lynne Peeples | Posted 01.17.2012

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A shifting global climate pattern could portend a flu pandemic, and possibly an opportunity to stop the virus early, a study suggests. The link, a...

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Contagion Grips 'Flublogia'

Peter Christian Hall | Posted 12.06.2011

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What, I've been wondering, do the real flu bloggers -- who don't even accept advertising on their sites, lest an ad for Tamiflu sap pop up next to a story on antivirals -- think of Contagion's greedy Alan Krumwiede?

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A Hidden Epidemic

Ray Suarez | Posted 05.25.2011

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Like any society on earth, the United States has to decide how to spend public money. Simple as that: economy, from a Greek word meaning household man...

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'Tis the Season to Fight Flu Fatigue

Jeffrey Levi | Posted 05.25.2011

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In the midst of flu season, we, at the Trust for America's Health, want to remind everyone that a flu shot is good for you and those around you...your...

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Swine Flu: What To Do?

Dr. Frank Lipman | Posted 11.17.2011

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From what you may have read, you might think that the swine flu vaccine is the answer to swine flu. Unfortunately this is not true and until we know that the vaccine is safe, I cannot in good conscience recommend it to most of my patients.

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The Tamiflu in the Closet

Marcia DeSanctis | Posted 05.25.2011

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The topic of swine flu is getting nudged from the front page by stories that are actually and quantifiably big. For the moment, the networks are shedd...

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CDC: E.Coli Food Poisoning Down Last Year

AP | MIKE STOBBE | Posted 11.17.2011

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ATLANTA — Americans suffered a bit less food poisoning last year. There were significant drops in illnesses from shigella and the most dangerou...

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WHO: Pharma Interests Didn't Influence Flu Verdict

AP | ELIANE ENGELER | Posted 11.17.2011

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GENEVA — The head of the World Health Organization said Tuesday that her decisions about swine flu were not influenced by advisers' links to pha...

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WHO Chief Says Swine Flu Is Still A Pandemic

AP | Posted 11.17.2011

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GENEVA — The head of the World Health Organization says swine flu is still a pandemic even though the period of most intense activity appears to...

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Is Our Health Care System a Homeland Security Liability?

Peter Katona | Posted 05.25.2011

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As the earthquake in Haiti reminds us, large-scale disasters often occur without warning and, can tax global medical resources and logistics capabilities to the brink.

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Global Health Diplomacy and the Muslim World: How Haiti Will Heal Us

Qanta Ahmed, MD | Posted 05.25.2011

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Collaborative work is emblematic of the increasingly important field of global health diplomacy and the Muslim world has an enormous role to play in this new conversation.

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Mutation Found In Swine Flu Strain In Europe; Drug Resistant and Harsher Symptoms

bloomberg.com | Michelle Fay Cortez & Marianne Stigset | Posted 05.25.2011

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European public health officials are investigating a handful of swine flu infections in Norway and Wales in which the virus mutated to a form that's m...

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Afghanistan's Only Pig Placed In Swine Flu Quarantine

globalpost.com | Posted 05.25.2011

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KABUL, Afghanistan -- By Afghan standards, it's a panic of apocalyptic proportions: A state of emergency has been declared; parents are scaring their ...

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Worst-Case Swine Flu Outbreak Could Overwhelm Local Hospitals

Chicago Tribune | William Mullen | Posted 05.25.2011

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For a mere peek into the potential difficulties of managing a worst-case outbreak of swine flu, one need only look back at a few weeks in May at Child...

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St. Athanasius Closed: Evanston Elementary School Shut Down After Swine Flu Scare

CBS2 | Posted 05.25.2011

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A rash of students out sick with flulike symptoms has shut down a Roman Catholic elementary school in Evanston....

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Will We Suffer Two Flu Seasons This Year?

Peter Christian Hall | Posted 05.25.2011

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In this season of swine flu discontent, the annual shot aimed at quelling "normal" flu may have a bad year.

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Latest Swine Flu Victim? Wine At Mass

nydailynews.com | By Stephanie Gaskell | Posted 05.25.2011

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Catholic priests in Brooklyn and Queens have been told to stop offering wine at Mass to prevent the spread of infection - especially the dreaded swine...

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Swome FCorporate Employers Got Scarce Flu Vaccine

usatoday.com | Posted 05.25.2011

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When the swine flu vaccine was most scarce, health officials gave thousands of doses to corporate clinics at Walt Disney World, Toyota, defense contra...

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Does The Flu Vaccine Matter?

The Atlantic | Clayton M. Christensen and Jason Hwang | Posted 11.17.2011

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Vaccination is central to the government's plan for preventing deaths from swine flu. But what if everything we think we know about fighting influenza...

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Health Experts Fear That Lack Of Sick Leave Helps Spread Swine Flu

nytimes.com | STEVEN GREENHOUSE | Posted 05.25.2011

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Public health experts worried about the spread of the H1N1 flu are raising concerns that workers who deal with the public, like waiters and child care...

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Palatine Only Suburb To Get Swine Flu Vaccine

Daily Herald | Robert McCoppin | Posted 05.25.2011

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Palatine grade school students and faculty soon will be the only members of the general public in suburban Cook County who can get the vaccine against...

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Swine Flu: Mandatory H1N1 Flu Shot Order Rescinded By New York Officials

AP | VALERIE BAUMAN | Posted 05.25.2011

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ALBANY, N.Y. — New York state health officials have suspended a ruling that would have forced health care workers across the state to get vaccin...

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Flu Season Shows the Need for Workplace Flexibility

David Gray | Posted 11.17.2011

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There are many people who are used to going to work when they are a bit under the weather. However, swine flu is changing that equation.

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Guests of God: 2.5 Million Muslims Worship in Makkah, Saudi Arabia in This Year's Hajj

Qanta Ahmed, MD | Posted 05.25.2011

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Never has there been a more important time for Muslims to engage in greater introspection, self-evaluation. We face a Muslim world rife with conflicts, sectarian hatred, misogyny and injustice.

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The Swine Flu Vaccine Screw-Up: Optimism as a Public Health Problem

Barbara Ehrenreich | Posted 05.25.2011

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According to academic "positive psychologists," and legions of unlicensed life coaches, optimism wards off common illnesses and extends longevity. It turns out to be less than salubrious when it comes to public health.

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