News tagged with health emergency
Most would refuse emergency use H1N1 vaccine or additive
Sep 29, 2009 |
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A majority of Americans would not take an H1N1 flu vaccine or drug additive authorized for emergency use by the Food and Drug Administration, according to a University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health and University ...
Now more than 140 swine flu cases in US
May 01, 2009 |
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(AP) -- President Barack Obama voiced hope Friday that the swine flu virus will run its course "like ordinary flus" as the government reported more than two dozen new cases and Continental Airlines curtailed ...
First US swine flu death; school closings possible
Apr 29, 2009 |
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(AP) -- President Barack Obama said Wednesday that wider school closings in the U.S. may be necessary in an escalating global health emergency that claimed the first death in the United States and swept Germany ...
Swine flu hits Europe
Apr 27, 2009 |
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Swine flu hit Europe with the first confirmed cases in Britain and Spain on Monday as governments and travel companies urged travellers to avoid Mexico where the virus has likely killed 149 people.
40 swine flu cases in US; agents checking borders
Apr 27, 2009 |
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(AP) -- President Barack Obama declared Monday that spreading swine flu infections were a concern but "not a cause for alarm," while customs agents began checking people coming into the United States by land ...
Suspected swine flu deaths in Mexico top 100
Apr 27, 2009 |
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(AP) -- The Mexican government is trying to stem the spread of a deadly strain of swine flu as a new work week begins by urging people to stay home Monday if they have any symptoms of the virus believed to ...
Swine flu fears close schools in NY, Texas, Calif.
Apr 27, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Esti Lamonaca's illness started with a high fever, a cough and achy bones, just a couple of days after she returned from a spring break trip on the beach in Cancun with friends. By the weekend, her ...
Asia on alert after flu threat spreads
Apr 26, 2009 |
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Asian health officials went on alert Sunday as a flu strain that has killed dozens of people in Mexico appeared to have spread to New Zealand, underscoring warnings of a potential pandemic.
Google lets patients share health records
Mar 05, 2009 |
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Google is letting patients share electronic medical records with loved ones or care providers who may be needed to help in emergencies.
Research identifies risk factors that affected World Trade Center evacuation
Jan 26, 2009 |
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Researchers at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health have released findings identifying factors that affected evacuation from the World Trade Center (WTC) Towers on September 11. A research methodology known ...
