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3 hrs ago | USA Today

Poll: Drugmakers most at fault for swine flu vaccine shortage

Americans who are frustrated with shortages of swine flu vaccine place slightly more blame on drug companies than the federal government, a USA TODAY/Gallup Poll showed Monday.

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Related Topix: H1N1 Influenza / Swine Flu, Health, Medicine

7 hrs ago | WFMY 2 Greensboro

NC Health Officials: Two Pregnant Women Die Of H1N1

Health officials in North Carolina say two pregnant women were among five people who died of pandemic H1N1 flu or similar symptoms in one week.

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Related Topix: H1N1 Influenza / Swine Flu, Health, Epidemic, Natural Disasters, Medicine

Mon Nov 09, 2009

WKBW

Senator Schumer Calls for Federal Action on H1N1 Scams

Today, U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer requested that the Federal Trade Commission act swiftly and aggressively to stop companies behind the wave of phony products claiming to cure and inoculate consumers against H1N1 being sold online.

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Related Topix: H1N1 Influenza / Swine Flu, Health, Silver Spring, MD, Medicine

WOIO

Ohio Department of Health Orders More H1N1 Vaccines

The Ohio Department of Health submitted an order for 434,800 doses of H1N1 flu vaccine to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Friday afternoon.

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Related Topix: H1N1 Influenza / Swine Flu, Health, Medicine, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Coast Reporter

Experience from previous pandemics suggest H1N1 may not have peaked: experts

As delivery of H1N1 vaccine to the provinces ramps up this week after an unfortunate slowdown, some public health officials are warning that Canadians shouldn't decide they can do without vaccine just because they've made it this far without a shot.

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Related Topix: H1N1 Influenza / Swine Flu, Health, North America, Canada, World News, Medicine, George Washington University, Epidemic, Natural Disasters,

ClipSyndicate

Parents Worry As H1N1 Spreads

State health officials say Maine is facing two big problems when it comes to the h1n1 flu virus: it is widespread and there isn't enough vaccine yet.

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MediLexicon

White House Urged To Modify 2009 H1N1 Guidance For Healthcare Workers And Issue Moratorium On OSHA Enforcement

Three leading scientific organizations specializing in infectious diseases prevention issued a letter to President Obama expressing their significant concern with current federal guidance concerning the use of personal protective equipment by healthcare workers in treating suspected or confirmed cases of 2009 H1N1 influenza.

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Related Topix: OSHA, H1N1 Influenza / Swine Flu, Health, Medicine, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Sun Nov 08, 2009

Calgary Herald

H1N1 death toll grows, as problems, scandals plague vaccination efforts

Health officials in Newfoundland and Labrador have confirmed the province's third death linked to the H1N1 virus.

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Ottawa Citizen

Canada should have abandoned flu shot to focus on H1N1 vaccine: critics

OTTAWA a ' With H1N1 now accounting for virtually all the flu being diagnosed in Canada, critics say Canada was wrong not to have halted production of the regular seasonal flu shots and switched production to H1N1 vaccine sooner.

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WSAV

Ga. Effort Helps Track Flu

Officials at Medical College of Georgia Hospital and Clinics will soon use computers in a national effort to more closely track the flu pandemic.

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CapeCodOnline.com

Q&A: Tips for traveling safely during flu season

Last spring thousands of travelers canceled trips to Mexico after a swine flu outbreak there emptied beaches and resorts.

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Related Topix: H1N1 Influenza / Swine Flu, Health, Medicine, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

cbs4denver.com

El Paso County Gets First H1N1 Vaccine

El Paso County health officials say the swine flu vaccine is now available and thousands are expected to get immunized next week.

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Related Topix: H1N1 Influenza / Swine Flu, Health, El Paso County, CO, Medicine

cbs2chicago.com

12-Year-Old 5th Probable H1N1 Death In Lake County

Influenza will be listed as a complicating factor in the death Thursday of a Buffalo Grove boy who had what Lake County Coroner Dr.

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Related Topix: H1N1 Influenza / Swine Flu, Lake County, IL, Health, Medicine, Buffalo Grove, IL, Barrington, IL

Sat Nov 07, 2009

Edmonton Sun

Daily H1N1 Q&A

Today's Question: "Is it safe to buy products over the Internet that could prevent or combat H1N1?" "There are only three products authorized by Health Canada that should be used against the H1N1 flu virus: the H1N1 vaccine Arepanrix, and the antiviral drugs Tamiflu and Relenza .

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Related Topix: H1N1 Influenza / Swine Flu, Health, Medicine, Tamiflu, Oseltamivir (generic), Medication, Relenza, Zanamivir (generic)

Today's TMJ4

Doyle Unlikely To Get Swine Flu Vaccine

Gov. Jim Doyle says he has not gotten vaccinated for swine flu and probably won't. Doyle said he hasn't gotten it because he's not in the target group of high-risk people health officials are urging to be vaccinated.

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Related Topix: H1N1 Influenza / Swine Flu, Health, Wisconsin, Wisconsin Government, Medicine

The Bennington Banner

Several reject vaccine despite shot shortage

Several people walked away from an H1N1 flu clinic in Manchester Thursday because they didn't want toreceivethe swine flu vaccine via nasal spray, stateHealth CommissionerDr.

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WICS

Associated Press Writer

Suspected swine flu is sweeping a traditional Eskimo whaling village on a remote Alaska island -- prompting an urgent medical mission to deliver help.

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RedOrbit

H1N1 Deaths Exceed 6,000 - Animals Affected As Well

More than 199 countries and overseas territories have reported lab-confirmed cases of A influenza as of November 1, resulting in more than 6000 deaths, according to figures released Friday by the World Health Organization .

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Related Topix: H1N1 Influenza / Swine Flu, Health, Medicine, Epidemic, Natural Disasters, Bird Flu

Fri Nov 06, 2009

KCRG

Public Health: Three More H1N1 Deaths in Iowa

The Iowa Department of Public Health Friday reported three additional H1N1-related deaths in Iowa.

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Related Topix: H1N1 Influenza / Swine Flu, Iowa, Health, Woodbury County, IA, Medicine

Sofia News Agency

WHO Recommends: Watch Closely Animals for Flu

The U.S. Department of Agriculture said Wednesday that pigs in a commercial herd in Indiana have tested positive for swine flu, making it the first time the virus has been found in such hogs.Photo by EPA/BGNES Household pets have become infected with the H1N1 flu, but the pandemic virus does not yet spread quickly among animals, the World Health ...

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Related Topix: Agriculture, H1N1 Influenza / Swine Flu, Health, Epidemic, Natural Disasters, Medicine

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