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Physicians And The H1N1 Flu

Dr. Jon LaPook | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
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Dr. Jon LaPook

Many of us -- patients and physicians alike -- have been thinking about the influenza virus for about a week. Public health officials like the teams at the CDC that I visited yesterday have been thinking about it for years.

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Swine Flu: CDC 'Fully Expects We Will See Deaths'

AP | MIKE STOBBE | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
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ATLANTA — A U.S. health official said at least five people are hospitalized with swine flu in the United States and deaths are likely. "I fully...

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The Politics of a Potential Pandemic: From Sebelius to Smithfield

Josh Nelson | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
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Josh Nelson

GOP obstruction is literally interfering with the functioning of the Federal government during a time of crisis.

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SWINE FLU: CDC Begins Border Monitoring

AP | E. EDUARDO CASTILLO | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
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MEXICO CITY — The swine flu epidemic entered a dangerous new phase Monday as the death toll climbed in Mexico and the number of suspected cases ...

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Swine Flu: White House Says "It's Not A Time To Panic"

AP | LAURAN NEERGAARD | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
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WASHINGTON — The world's governments raced to avoid both a pandemic and global hysteria Sunday as more possible swine flu cases surfaced from Ca...

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Swine Flu: Science Races To Parse New Virus

Wall Street Journal | GAUTAM NAIK and BETSY MCKAY | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
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Avian flu and SARS rudely awoke the world to the possibility of a new pandemic. Could a seemingly more mundane bug now put the world to the test? The...

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Swine Flu Survival: The Science of a Single Sneeze (and Three Simple Ways to Protect Yourself)

Ben Sherwood | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
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Ben Sherwood

It may sound obvious, but hand-washing with soap and water for around 20 seconds is the single best thing you can do to prevent swine flu.

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Black AIDS Day

xxXGloria RubenXxx | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
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xxXGloria RubenXxx

We must turn a critical eye inward, and face the fact that HIV/AIDS has reached crisis levels among the Black population of the US. The statistics are startling.

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Most Obese States: The South Wins Again!

AP | MIKE STOBBE | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
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ATLANTA — The South tips the scales again as the nation's fattest region, according to a new government survey. More than 30 percent of adults ...

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Topps Meat Shuts Down After Huge Beef Recall

AP | Jeffrey Gold | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
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Topps Meat Co. on Friday said it was closing its business, six days after it was forced to issue the second-largest beef recall in U.S. history and 67...

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