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Impacting AIDS this World AIDS Day

Josh Ruxin | Posted 11.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Rwanda, Anti-Retroviral, Usaid, Global Health, International Development, Pandemic, Unaids, Obama, HIV/AIDS, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, World Health Organization, Africa, Abstinence Education, HIV/AIDS Africa, Condoms, World AIDS Day, Gates Foundation, Politics News
Josh Ruxin

World AIDS Day has become a time to reflect on the daunting challenges we face in the battle against this tenacious killer. Although huge strides hav...

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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

Read More: Qanta-Ahmed, Islam, Mecca, Olympics, Swine Flu Pandemic, Jeddah-Saudi Arabia, King Abdullah, Robert Bianchi, Riz Khan, Satan, Aljazeera English, Indonesia, Saudi Arabia, Hajj, Quran, Muslims, Koran, Manhattan, Ka'ba, Saudi King Abdullah, Hajj Pilgrimage, H1N1 Influenza, Pandemic, Malaysia, Zakat, Cnn, Prophet Mohammed, U2, Muslim, Wolf Blitzer, Makkah, Majma, World News
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 Vaccine Delivery Falls Short; Less Than Half Of Expected Doses Have Been Delivered

Wall Street Journal | BETSY MCKAY and JENNIFER CORBETT DOOREN | Posted 10.25.2009 | Living

Read More: Delivery, Swine Flu, Doses, H1n1, Pandemic, Cdc, Astrazeneca, Shot, Shots, Fda, Swine Flu Vaccine, Sanofi-Aventis, Vaccine, Thimerosal, Novartis, Glaxo, Medimmune, Glaxcosmithkline, Living News

Less than half of the swine-flu vaccine expected to be shipped to doctors, hospitals and clinics in the U.S. this month has been shipped so far. The d...

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Flu Season Shows the Need for Workplace Flexibility

David Gray | Posted 10.12.2009 | Living

Read More: Congress, Department of Health and Human Services, Work, Health, Economy, Swine Flu Pandemic, Pandemic, Work-Life Balance, Health Care, Telecommuting, Living News
David Gray

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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Officials Develop Plan For Distributing Scarce Ventilators During A Severe Pandemic

Posted 11.23.2009 | Home

Read More: Pandemic, Ventilators, Propublica, Home News

By Sheri Fink, ProPublica This story was produced by ProPublica under a Creative Commons license. With scant public input, state and federal offici...

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12 Ways The World Could Be Destroyed

James Altucher | Posted 11.23.2009 | Business

Read More: Cnbc, Hurricane, Buffett, Apocalypse, Stocks, Nanotechnology, Terrorism, Swine Flu Pandemic, Pandemic, Clean Water, Warren Buffett, Nuclear Terrorism, Wall Street, Global Warming, Volcano, Business News
James Altucher

We live in a world of nightmares. But understanding these worries -- the myriad ways the world could end -- and hedging against them is the way to turn the fear into greed, the nightmare into a dream.

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

Larry Brilliant, M.D. | Posted 11.22.2009 | Living

Read More: Swine Flu Outbreak, H1N1 Virus, Swine Flu Pandemic, Swine Flu, Pandemic, H1N1 Influenza, H1n1 Flu, H1n1, Vaccines, Living News
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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The Hysteria Factor: Obama and the Swine Flu

Mike Papantonio | Posted 11.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Vaccine, Air America, Pap Attack, Swine Flu, Civil Liberties, Mike Papantonio, Fear, Kathleen Sebelius, GoLeft.Tv, Golefttv, Pandemic, Panic, Ring of Fire, Politics News
Mike Papantonio

Napolitano can't afford to understate the seriousness of the swine flu, even though America has been abused by politically motivated scare tactics for eight years.

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About Things Swinish

Pinaki Bhattacharya | Posted 09.17.2009 | World

Read More: Bureaucracy, Pandemic, India, Globalisation, Swine Flu, World News
Pinaki Bhattacharya

The mass paranoia the news television channels were able to create in urban India was symptomatic of the modern wired 21st century age.

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How Should We Think About A Pandemic?

Richard P. Wenzel | Posted 07.17.2009 | Living

Read More: Pandemic, H1N1 Influenza, Flu Pandemic, World Health Organization, H1n1, Swine Flu Pandemic, Swine Flu, Living News
Richard P. Wenzel

A new Pandemic Threat Scale will require unprecedented international cooperation that does not exist today. But surely it is needed, and H1N1 has shown our lack of clarity in 2009.

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The Meaning of Swine Flu, the Universe, and Everything

RJ Eskow | Posted 06.20.2009 | World

Read More: Cdc, World Health Organization, H1n1, Swine Flu, Ban Ki Moon, Swine Flu Pandemic, Pandemic, Epidemic, World News
RJ Eskow

We went from apocalypse to afterthought in about two weeks, and now we're swinging back. Here's a way to reconcile some of the different and seemingly contradictory perspectives we've been hearing.

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WHO Take Note: Acute Pandemic Fears Should Not Overshadow Broader Concerns

World Vision | Posted 06.19.2009 | World

Read More: Pandemic, Swine Flu, Preparedness, Health, Swine Flu Pandemic, Foreign Affairs, H1N1 Influenza, Flu, Swine Flu Mexico, World Health Assembly, World Health Organization, Flu Pandemic, H1n1, Advocacy, World News
World Vision

WHO decision-makers would do well to balance the H1N1 pandemic with their broader responsibility to set the right agenda for establishing better health care systems in developing countries.

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Planning for Nuclear Terrorism as Well as the Flu

Arnold Bogis | Posted 06.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Natural Disasters, Dirty Bomb, Disaster Relief, Swine Flu Outbreak, Nuclear Disaster, Nuclear Weapons, Swine Flu Pandemic, Swine Flu, Disaster Preparedness, Pandemic, Nuclear, Outbreak, Nuclear Bomb, Politics News
Arnold Bogis

Local officials should not delude themselves into thinking that existing plans for responding to dirty bombs can be simply expanded to deal with nuclear terrorism.

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H1N1 "Swine" Flu: A Global Wake-Up Call

Susan Blumenthal, M.D. | Posted 05.12.2009 | Living

Read More: Disease, Swine Flu Pandemic, Swine Flu, H1N1 Influenza, Pandemic, Influenza Virus, Flu, H1n1, Influenza, Living News
Susan Blumenthal, M.D.

Historically, disease outbreaks affect many sectors of society; in the case of the H1N1 flu, world leaders fear that a pandemic could derail global economic recovery.

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Of Pandemics and a Global Pledge to Moms and Newborns

Theresa Shaver | Posted 06.10.2009 | Living

Read More: Mothers Day Every Day, Care, Pandemic, Mothers Day Every Day Campaign, Countdown-to-Mothers-Day, White-Ribbon-Alliance, Maternal Health, Maternal Mortality, Childbirth, Living News
Theresa Shaver

Yeruknesh, Chidimma and Siti died for lack of basic health care taken for granted by all but the world's poorest and most vulnerable people.

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If Swine Flu Makes Us Use Masks, Why Can't AIDS Make Us Use Condoms?

Casey Gane-McCalla | Posted 06.08.2009 | Living

Read More: Pandemic, Virus, Hiv, Swine Flu, Masks, Threat, Disease, Scare WHO, Aids, Condomds, Living News
Casey Gane-McCalla

Swine flu may get worse, or it may go away. But AIDS is as virulent as ever, and we must make sure it kills as few people as possible.

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The Return of Swine Flu -- A Death in the U.S. and Uncertainty

Richard P. Wenzel | Posted 06.04.2009 | Living

Read More: Swine Flu Pandemic, Swine Flu, Pandemic, Swine Flu Mexico, Flu, Avain Flu, Epidemic, Living News
Richard P. Wenzel

We react to each influenza that visits itself upon the citizens of the world as though we have discovered something new. The only really new things are our surprise and consistent inability to recall all of the lessons from prior visitations.

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Swine Flu: Who Benefits? And Why?

Patrick Sauer | Posted 06.01.2009 | Comedy

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Patrick Sauer

This conspiracy is bigger than all of us.

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Swine Flu Crib Sheet: The Five Things You Need to Know

Ben Sherwood | Posted 05.30.2009 | World

Read More: Spanish Flu Pandemic of 1918, President Obama, Case Fatality Rate, Swine Flu, Swine Flu Crib Sheet, Pandemic, Who, Cdc, Mortality Rate, Hand-Washing, Survivors Club, Virulence, Swine Flu 1918, Spanish Flu 1918, Cdc Swine Flu, Cfr, H1N1 Influenza, H1N1 Influenza, World News
Ben Sherwood

In the weeks ahead, there will be plenty of hysteria (and misinformation) about the swine flu. If you can, try to focus on what you can control: Your hygiene, your contact with others, and your health.

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Swine Flu's Next Stop: The Pantheon of Stillborn Pandemics

Dan Pashman | Posted 05.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Pandemic, Sars, Epidemic, Pandemics, Swine Flu Pandemic, Politics News
Dan Pashman

Even if swine flu eventually kills hundreds of Americans, it still won't be nearly as lethal as the regular flu, which has killed thousands of Americans already this year, just like it does every year.

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A Mom in Mexico Asks, "When Is It Overreacting?"

Jeannie Ralston | Posted 05.30.2009 | World

Read More: Pandemic, Media Hype, Alarm, Risk, Mexico, Swine Flu, World News
Jeannie Ralston

We're living in limbo--should we stay or should we go? As more people don surgical masks in our town, as the WHO raises the pandemic threat level, I'm trying to keep my wits about me.

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The Swine Flu Response

Jeffrey Levi | Posted 05.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Public Health, Pandemic, Antiviral, Vaccine, Swine Flu, Healthcare Swine Flu, Universal Health Care, Health Care, Healthcare, Politics News
Jeffrey Levi

Our public health system has been under-funded for decades and there are many existing gaps that leave us vulnerable, particularly if the swine flu becomes more severe and lethal.

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When a Superbug Strikes Close to Home, How Can You Deal With it?

Matthew Stein | Posted 05.29.2009 | Living

Read More: Pandemic, Avian Flu, Antibiotic-Resistance, Herbal Remedies, Alternative Medicine, Mrsa, Mexico City-Mexico, Mexico, Living News
Matthew Stein

Imagine a Hurricane Katrina-sized catastrophe occurring in 50 major U.S. cities at the same time, and you have some idea of the worst-case scenario for a crippling global pandemic.

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Understanding the Threat of a Flu Pandemic

Jeff Schweitzer | Posted 05.29.2009 | Living

Read More: Pandemic, Epidemic, Flu, Swine Flu Pandemic, Swine Flu, H1n1, Mexico, Living News
Jeff Schweitzer

Unlike its cousin H5N1, the new virus indeed passes quickly and efficiently between people, even those never exposed to pigs or birds.

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Swine Flu? Try a Sockful of Onions

Maggie Van Ostrand | Posted 05.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: Pandemic, Swine Flu, Folk Medicine, Pigs, Swine Flu Pandemic, Politics News
Maggie Van Ostrand

Before the days of modern medicine, people relied on folk remedies. To ward off the flu, for example, you might have to wear a sock full of onions eat...

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