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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 11.19.2009 | World

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Qanta Ahmed, MD

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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Swine Flu Hitting 25-49-Year-Olds Hardest

Chicago Public Radio | Posted 11.16.2009 | Chicago

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Illinois residents between the ages of 25 and 49 are being hit especially hard by the H1N1 virus....

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Talking to Kids About Swine Flu...Without Scaring Them Silly

Danielle Wood | Posted 11.13.2009 | Living

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Danielle Wood

It's up to parents to give kids the information they need to stay calm, and hopefully healthy, in the face of the swine flu pandemic. To start, here are five swine flu myths to address.

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H1N1 Found in First US Commercial Swine Herd - Keep Your Eye on Factory Farms, China, and the Birds

David Kirby | Posted 11.05.2009 | Living

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David Kirby

Though it would appear that people can infect pigs with H1N1, it is not clear whether live pigs can infect people. For now, officials are far more worried about the former than the latter.

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First Ever World Pneumonia Day. Nov. 2

Dr. Pat Hibberd | Posted 10.30.2009 | Living

Read More: Health Wellness, H1N1 Virus, Pneumonia, Personal Health, Swine Flu, H1N1 Influenza, Flu, Health Care, H1n1, Flu Season, Living News
Dr. Pat Hibberd

Pneumonia is the number one killer of children under age five around the world. It is so prevalent that the first World Pneumonia Day will establish a global call for action to tackle childhood pneumonia head on.

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H1N1 Vaccine Delays Remind Us Why We Need a Sound Public Option

Kathleen Reardon | Posted 10.29.2009 | Living

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Kathleen Reardon

As a professor of both business and preventive medicine for years, I'm appalled at how long it is taking for the H1N1 vaccine to reach at least those at high risk.

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H1N1 Vaccine Dangers: Swine Flu Fact And Fiction (VIDEO)

Posted 11.05.2009 | Living

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There's been plenty of speculation about whether or not the H1N1 vaccine could pose health threats or other side effects. Rumors have been rampant ...

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Are We in a National Emergency Hoax?

Kathleen Reardon | Posted 10.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: H1N1 Influenza, White House, Afghanistan, Cdc, Vaccine, National Emergency, Hurrican Katrina, Troops Increase, Politics News
Kathleen Reardon

If H1N1 is a national emergency and an informed hospital health care worker I overhead talking today is right, that most of the flu we're now seeing is H1N1, then what is going on?

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Obama: Swine Flu A National Emergency

AP | PHILIP ELLIOTT | Posted 10.28.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON � President Barack Obama declared the swine flu outbreak a national emergency, giving his health chief the power to let hospitals move em...

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Swine Flu Robot: Japan's Human-Like Robot Sweats, Cries, Convulses (VIDEO)

Posted 10.22.2009 | Technology

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See video below Japan famous for robots that do everything from sing karaoke to care for grandparents, has got itself a swine flu simulator. The huma...

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What Might Health Care Reform Have to Do With H1N1?

Terry Leach | Posted 10.19.2009 | Politics

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Terry Leach

Policies skewed toward the maximization of profits for health insurance and, quite possibly, pharmaceutical companies, may not be good for American families.

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Melissa Bean Cancels Swine Flu Speech After Daughter Gets Flu

Chicago Sun-Times | Abdon M. Pallasch | Posted 10.19.2009 | Chicago

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U.S. Rep. Melissa Bean was supposed to make an appearance in Hoffman Estates this morning to help spread the word about preventing H1N1 swine flu -- b...

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How To Create Your Own Pandemic: Infectious Creativity Used By Big Pharma

Dana Ullman | Posted 10.08.2009 | Living

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Dana Ullman

Big Pharma is wonderfully creative in marketing this pandemic. But fret not, with a little instruction, you too can learn to create your own pandemic...

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The Questionable Efficacy Of Flu Vaccines... And The Pandemic That Wasn't

Dana Ullman | Posted 10.07.2009 | Living

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Dana Ullman

There is little evidence that flu vaccines are effective in preventing the flu, says one of the world's leading expert on influenza vaccines.

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Are We Ready for a Flu Pandemic?

Rep. Edolphus Towns | Posted 10.06.2009 | Living

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Rep. Edolphus Towns

With the height of the flu season quickly approaching and our children heading back into the classroom, I recently led a full Committee hearing to examine the Obama Administration's Flu Vaccine program.

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Death Toll Increases to Over 5,000 and Counting

Mary Ann West | Posted 10.02.2009 | World

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Mary Ann West

The deaths of unauthorized migrants have been a predictable and inhumane outcome of border security policies on the U.S.-Mexico border over the last fifteen years.

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Is that Cough Swine Flu? Don't Ask the CDC

Peter Christian Hall | Posted 09.30.2009 | Living

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Peter Christian Hall

Reading about the microbial adventures of Sanjay Gupta and Anderson Cooper in Afghanistan has made me wonder if much of what we've been told about swine flu is reliable.

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Swine Flu: 10 Best Gadgets To Protect Yourself From H1N1

businessinsider.com | Posted 09.26.2009 | Technology

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Some good news about the Swine Flu: * Swine flu isn't nearly as deadly as anybody originally thought. * But it's still nasty! So we've com...

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Anderson Cooper Swine Flu: Dr. Sanjay Gupta Tentatively Diagnoses CNN Anchor With H1N1 (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Posted 09.24.2009 | Media

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On Anderson Cooper 360 Thursday night, CNN chief medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta tentatively diagnosed Cooper with swine flu. Gupta recently c...

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Dr. Sanjay Gupta Had H1N1: "The Sickest I Have Ever Been"

CNN | Posted 09.23.2009 | Media

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It is worth pointing out the irony of a medical reporter getting influenza type A, which was then ultimately confirmed as H1N1. (The term swine flu is...

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Love in the Time of Swine Flu: A Story in Three Acts

Larry Brilliant, M.D. | Posted 09.22.2009 | Living

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Larry Brilliant, M.D.

"Epidemiologist gets swine flu" is not as catchy a news headline as "man bites dog" but it is cut from the same ironic cloth. My swine flu was not a lovable affair, it was not a joke, and it was not "mild."

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H1N1 Quiz: Test Your Swine Flu Savvy

TIME | Amanda Ripley | Posted 11.17.2009 | Living

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If, after watching months of hysterical TV coverage of H1N1, or swine flu, you think you already know everything you need to know, you are probably wr...

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Napolitano: Expect A "Big Influx" Of Swine Flu Cases

AP | Posted 10.18.2009 | Home

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WASHINGTON — Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said Wednesday that people should expect "a big influx" of swine flu cases this fall a...

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Bloomberg Plan Calls For Free Swine Flu Vaccinations For NYC Kids

AP | SARA KUGLER | Posted 10.17.2009 | New York

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NEW YORK — The nation's largest school district said Tuesday it will offer free swine flu vaccinations to its 1 million-plus schoolchildren as N...

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India Swine Flu Death Toll Reaches 17

The Times of India | TIMESOFINDIA.COM 12 August 2009, 05:11pm IST | Posted 09.12.2009 | World

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PUNE: A 48-year-old driver died of swine flu Wednesday afternoon, as the Sassoon Hospital here registered the fifth death of the day from the H1N1 Swi...

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