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Scientists put interactive flu tracking at public's fingertips
Nov 16, 2009 |
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New methods of studying avian influenza strains and visually mapping their movement around the world will help scientists more quickly learn the behavior of the pandemic H1N1 flu virus, Ohio State University ...
Local health investigation sheds light on gastroschisis birth defect
Nov 06, 2009 |
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Results of an investigation conducted by University of Nevada, Reno researchers, public health officials and area physicians published this week in the Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, indicate that Washoe County ...
Sugar cereals are 'Smart Choices'? FDA not so sure
Oct 21, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Ever wondered how that "Smart Choices" sticker wound up on the front of Froot Loops or Cocoa Puffs?
Hitting early, swine flu claims 11 more kids in US
Oct 17, 2009 |
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(AP) -- As the swine flu outbreak strikes the U.S. early and hard, health officials note a worrisome number of child deaths and warn that supplies of vaccine will remain scarce for at least the next couple ...
Flu surveillance boosts control, treatment options (w/ Video)
Oct 14, 2009 |
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Because pandemics unfold in unpredictable ways, surveillance of travel-related illness is among the most powerful tools health officials and doctors can use to detect and respond to new pathogens like the novel H1N1 influenza, ...
Danger of swine flu is not what it is, but what it could become
Sep 28, 2009 |
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Swine flu is not a danger for what it is, the experts say. It's a danger for what it could be. That's why officials are pushing swine flu vaccine, which should start arriving as early as Oct. 6.
No red flags yet in swine flu vaccine tests
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Aug 21, 2009 |
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(AP) -- U.S. health officials say there have been no problems so far in tests of the new swine flu vaccine.
Hepatitis C case found at 2nd Colorado hospital
Jul 25, 2009 |
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(AP) -- A patient infected with hepatitis C has been found at a second Colorado hospital that employed a surgery technician accused of swapping her dirty syringes for ones filled with painkillers meant for patients.
Denmark reports first case of resistance to swine flu treatment
Jun 29, 2009 |
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Danish health officials on Monday reported the first case of resistance to Tamiflu, considered to be the most effective treatment for swine flu by the World Health Organization.
Calif. to probe latest HIV case in porn industry
Jun 13, 2009 |
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(AP) -- State health officials are looking into the latest HIV case reported in California's multibillion-dollar porn industry, fearing that reckless practices on film sets might be raising the risk of new infections.
Google tool tracks flu in Australia, New Zealand
Jun 03, 2009 |
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Google on Wednesday expanded "Google Flu Trends," its online tool for tracking influenza outbreaks, to Australia and New Zealand.
US swine flu deaths hit double-digits
May 21, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Swine flu forced Christina Huitron to make a choice no mother should ever have to make.
WHO eyes swine flu transmision rates, new vaccine
May 17, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Health experts are looking very closely at the spread of swine flu among people in Spain, Britain and Japan, a WHO official said Sunday as Japan reported a one-day explosion of over 70 new cases, ...
Costly Superfund dredging set for Hudson River
May 09, 2009 |
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(AP) -- People look funny at David Mathis when he takes a dip off his dock in the Hudson River. Health officials have long warned people not to eat fish caught from this slow-flowing stretch south of the Adirondacks and ...
US no longer advising schools close for swine flu
May 05, 2009 |
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(AP) -- U.S. health officials are no longer recommending that schools close because of swine flu.
