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Swine Flu Pandemic

Why You Should Get The Flu Shot, From Dr. Nancy Snyderman (WATCH)

Posted 02.04.2013 | MarloThomas
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Chief Medical Editor for NBC News Dr. Nancy Snyderman thinks you should get the flu shot. When she joined me on Mondays With Marlo, Dr. Snyderman expl...

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How Many People Actually Got Swine Flu During The 2009 Pandemic?

Reuters | Posted 03.27.2013 | Healthy Living
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By Kate Kelland LONDON, Jan 25 (Reuters) - At least one in five people worldwide were infected with swine flu during the first year of...

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Lynne Peeples

Flu Pandemics May Be Linked To Weather Patterns, Researchers Say

HuffingtonPost.com | Lynne Peeples | Posted 01.17.2012 | Green
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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 | New York
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Peter Christian Hall

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 | Home
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Ray Suarez

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 | Home
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Jeffrey Levi

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 | Healthy Living
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Dr. Frank Lipman

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 | World
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Marcia DeSanctis

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 | Healthy Living
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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 | Healthy Living
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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 | Healthy Living
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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 | Politics
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Peter Katona

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 | Politics
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Qanta Ahmed, MD

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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Does The Flu Vaccine Matter?

The Atlantic | Clayton M. Christensen and Jason Hwang | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
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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 | Business
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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 | Chicago
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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 | New York
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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 | Healthy Living
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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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Guests of God: 2.5 Million Muslims Worship in Makkah, Saudi Arabia in This Year's Hajj

Qanta Ahmed, MD | Posted 05.25.2011 | 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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The Swine Flu Vaccine Screw-Up: Optimism as a Public Health Problem

Barbara Ehrenreich | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
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Barbara Ehrenreich

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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Why Weren't H1N1 Vacccines Available for Our Children Before School Started?

Sen. Bob Graham | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
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Sen. Bob Graham

Whether the threat is from naturally occurring disease or bioterrorism, the United States needs to be able to produce vaccines and other medicines faster and less expensively.

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Obama Declares Swine Flu A National Emergency

AP | PHILIP ELLIOTT | Posted 05.25.2011 | 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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Mandatory Flu Vaccines For Health Care Workers Halted

nytimes.com | Sewell Chan and Anemona Hartocollis | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York
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A judge on Friday halted enforcement of a New York State directive requiring that all health care workers be vaccinated for swine flu. ...

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Record Swine Flu Cases In CA, Just In Time For Free Vaccinations To End

Posted 05.25.2011 | Los Angeles
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Some contradictory news on the swine flu front today. ABC 7 reports that LA County is ending its free vaccination program early next week. With ...

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

Danielle Wood | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy 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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