Swine Flu Pandemic

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Flu Season Shows the Need for Workplace Flexibility

David Gray | Posted 10.12.2009 | Living

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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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Swine Flu: Albany Spends $19,000 On Anti-Swine Flu Hand Sanitizer

New York Politics News, Reaction, and Analysis | Jimmy Vielkind | Posted 10.11.2009 | New York

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Swine flu is upon us. And New York has responded, in part, by spending over $19,000 on 546 hand sanitizer dispensers that are now dotting the walls of...

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Are We Ready for a Flu Pandemic?

Rep. Edolphus Towns | Posted 10.06.2009 | Living

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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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Swine Flu: Mass Wine Nixed At Brooklyn And Queens Churches

nydailynews.com | By Stephanie Gaskell | Posted 10.06.2009 | New York

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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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Swine Flu: 10 Best Gadgets To Protect Yourself From H1N1

businessinsider.com | Posted 11.26.2009 | 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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Swine Flu: What To Do?

Dr. Frank Lipman | Posted 11.25.2009 | Living

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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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12 Ways The World Could Be Destroyed

James Altucher | Posted 11.23.2009 | Business

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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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Sleep: Lack Of Rest Raises Infection Risk

nytimes.com | Anahad O'Connor | Posted 11.23.2009 | Living

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As cold season approaches, many Americans stock up on their vitamin C and echinacea. But heeding the age-old advice about catching up on sleep might b...

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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

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"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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Swine Flu Vaccine Faces Skepticism

latimes.com | Melissa Healy | Posted 11.16.2009 | Living

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Vaccine refusers have long decried vaccine mandates and campaigns as an unwarranted intrusion of parents' and local school boards' rights. And against...

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China To Approve Single-Dose Swine Flu Vaccine

AP | GILLIAN WONG and RANDOLPH E. SCHMID | Posted 10.18.2009 | World

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BEIJING — The answer may be near to a crucial question about vaccine for the advancing swine flu – one shot or two? Chinese officials say...

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What South Africa's Water Trial Can Teach Us About Health Care For All

Emma Ruby-Sachs | Posted 10.18.2009 | Politics

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Let's hope that the Constitutional Court and the U.S. court of public opinion come to the right conclusion and accept responsibility for essential services.

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Swine Flu Hits Children, Minorities Hardest: Report

Chicago Sun-Times | Monifa Thomas | Posted 09.28.2009 | Chicago

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Minorities in Chicago were at least four times more likely to be hospitalized for swine flu infections than whites, according to a report released Thu...

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Swine Flu May Infect Half The U.S. Population This Year, Cause 90,000 Deaths, Report Says

bloomberg.com | Posted 09.24.2009 | Home

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Swine flu may infect half the U.S. population this year, hospitalize 1.8 million patients and lead to as many as 90,000 deaths, more than twice the nu...

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Swine Flu: New York City Schools Prepare For 2nd Outbreak Of H1N1 Virus

AP | SAMANTHA GROSS | Posted 09.16.2009 | New York

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NEW YORK — At St. Francis Preparatory School this fall, the auditorium will double as a sick room. New York City might make students wash their ...

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India: Swine Flu Panic Spreads Faster Than Actual Virus

AP | RAVI NESSMAN | Posted 09.14.2009 | World

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NEW DELHI, India — The streets of the western city of Pune were half-empty, schools in Mumbai were ordered closed, and people suffering aches fl...

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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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Masturbation and Gay Sex Cause Swine Flu, Apparently

Disgrasian | Posted 09.11.2009 | World

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"Normal sexual union," though, is perfectly safe! Hurrah! Score another one for heteros!

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US Prepares For Second Wave Of Swine Flu Virus

Washington Post | Rob Stein | Posted 09.10.2009 | Home

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As the first influenza pandemic in 41 years has spread during the Southern Hemisphere's winter over the past few months, the United States and other n...

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Swine Flu Survival Kits: Consumer Reports Guidelines

news.prnewswire.com | Posted 09.06.2009 | Living

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As the U.S. prepares for a possible second wave of H1N1 or swine flu, as well as for the annual scourge of seasonal flu and colds, a new report from C...

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Swine Flu: One Woman's Experience

Barbara Dehn | Posted 09.04.2009 | Living

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There's a pregnant woman in a local hospital right now on a ventilator, because her case of H1N1 was much more severe and she's fighting for her life.

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Swine Flu...Sound Familiar?

Anthony Anderson | Posted 08.28.2009 | Living

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I've heard that a flu scare is coming this fall again, and vaccinations are going to be pushed upon as many people as possible. Best be prepared.

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Swine flu could hit up to 40 percent in US

AP | MIKE STOBBE | Posted 08.24.2009 | Home

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ATLANTA — In a disturbing new projection, health officials say up to 40 percent of Americans could get swine flu this year and next and several ...

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Illinois Swine Flu Cases Swell To Over 3,300, 15 Deaths

AP | Posted 08.17.2009 | Chicago

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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) -- Health officials say the number of swine flu cases in Illinois has increased to more than 3,300. There have been 15 deaths i...

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