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Flu shots start early this year
South Florida doctors and pharmacies have started giving flu shots, weeks earlier than usual in advance of the first season after the swine-flu epidemic. Florida officials may need the extra time to promote the idea. The state ranked at the bottom...Tags: Swine Flu, Health and Medical Professionals, Vaccines, Nose, Epidemics and Plagues
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Obama To Address Bioterrorism Concerns, U.S. Unpreparedness Claims
Staff reporterPresident Barack Obama will use his State of the Union address to unveil a new plan for a better and quicker response to bioterrorism threats and attacks, the White House said Tuesday. The announcement came just hours after the release of a report...Tags: Heads of State, Vaccines, Guerrilla Activity, U.S. Postal Service, Defense Equipment
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CDC director named: N.Y. commissioner
The Swampby Mark Silva President Barack Obama today named Dr. Thomas Frieden, currently commissioner of the New York City Health Department, to serve as director of the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Dr. Rich Besser, who has served as......Tags: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Yale University, Kathleen Sebelius, Government, Emergency Incidents
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White House: Sanitized press room
The Swampby Mark Silva The White House press secretary already has given the White House press corps an "A" for its performance. (Though that isn't the sort of approval the press seeks.) But is the Obama White House trying to wash......Tags: White House, Barack Obama, Diseases and Illnesses
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Panel: US Not Ready For Bioterrorist Attack
The Associated PressThe United States isn't prepared for a biological terrorist attack, a congressionally mandated panel said in a report released Tuesday. The Commission on the Prevention of Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferation gave the Obama administration a...Tags: Vaccines, Bob Graham, Guerrilla Activity, Defense Equipment, Al-Qaeda
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Swine Flu Fears Infect Mets
Are the Mets on the verge of being swept up in the swine flu epidemic? That was the concern Tuesday when the players were briefed about possible exposure to the disease now that a member of the team's traveling party - an SNY producer - has been diagnosed...Tags: Swine Flu, Hospitals and Clinics, Carlos Beltran, Jerry Manuel, Brian Schneider
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Assistant Principal's Death In Queens Is First NYC Swine Flu-Related Death
A school assistant principal became the city's first death linked to swine flu, and the number of cases in Japan surged to more than 120 on a wave of new confirmations, prompting government-ordered school closures and cancellations of public events....Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Vaccines, Viral Diseases and Infections, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Dominican Republic
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Obama Urges Americans to get Swine Flu Vaccine
Staff WriterWASHINGTON (AP) -- With a potentially deadly swine flu outbreak looming, President Barack Obama is urging Americans to take steps to prevent infection. Obama was briefed Tuesday on the nation's preparedness for swine flu by senior officials, including...Tags: Swine Flu, Heads of State, White House, Vaccines, Epidemics and Plagues
Aug 24, 2010
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Jan 26, 2010
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May 15, 2009
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May 8, 2009
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Jan 26, 2010
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Jun 3, 2009
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May 18, 2009
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Sep 1, 2009
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