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		<title>Experts: Radical swine flu measures in China, elsewhere, won&#8217;t stop outbreaks</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:26:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maria Cheng</dc:creator>
		
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Experts say radical measures won&#8217;t stop swine flu
LONDON — Health experts say extraordinary measures against swine flu — most notably quarantines imposed by China, where entire planeloads of passengers were isolated if one traveler had symptoms — have failed to contain the disease.
Despite initially declaring success, Beijing now acknowledges its swine flu outbreak is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lawmaker asks GAO to investigate school lunch safeguards against deadly E. coli</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 05:05:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Libby Quaid</dc:creator>
		
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Lawmaker wants probe of E. coli and school lunches

WASHINGTON — The chairman of the House Education and Labor Committee wants an investigation into the risk of deadly E. coli getting into school lunches.
Rep. George Miller, D-Calif., is worried about a recent outbreak that killed at least two people and sickened about two dozen others in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Russia, Slovakia tighten borders with Ukraine as WHO investigates swine flu outbreak</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:50:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Simon Shuster</dc:creator>
		
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Swine flu scare tightens borders around Ukraine

LVIV, Ukraine — Russia and Slovakia tightened their borders with Ukraine on Tuesday as the World Health Organization began investigating a suspected swine flu outbreak.
The death toll from flu has climbed to 71 since the outbreak struck last week in the western city of Ternopil, Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ukraine closes all schools to fight swine flu; Some observers see political overtones</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:42:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Yana Sedova</dc:creator>
		
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Ukraine closes all schools to fight swine flu

KIEV, Ukraine — Urging its citizens not to panic, Ukraine on Monday closed the nation&#8217;s schools for a week to avoid the spread of swine flu and suggested that nightclubs, cinemas and food markets in the west also shut down.
The World Health Organization said Monday there was no [...]]]></description>
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		<title>WHO experts visit Ukraine as country erupts in swine flu panic; Some see political overtones</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:10:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Yana Sedova</dc:creator>
		
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Ukraine in panic over swine flu; WHO team visits

KIEV, Ukraine — Ukraine is in a panic about swine flu, with officials closing schools, imposing travel restrictions and limiting public gatherings. Yet many suspect that politics, not health issues, are behind the uproar.
The World Health Organization said Monday there is no evidence that Ukraine&#8217;s outbreak is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Senate Republican leader pledges more swine flu help from Congress if administration needs it</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2009 13:24:16 +0000</pubDate>
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Senate GOP leader: More swine flu help if asked
WASHINGTON — The Senate&#8217;s Republican leader is pledging to give the Obama administration any more help it may need to fight the swine flu outbreak.
Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky says the administration has told Congress that lawmakers have provided all the support and money needed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama declares national emergency for swine flu; goal is to remove red tape, speed treatment</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2009 16:15:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Elliott</dc:creator>
		
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Obama declares swine flu a national emergency
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama declared the swine flu outbreak a national emergency, giving his health chief the power to let hospitals move emergency rooms offsite to speed treatment and protect noninfected patients.
The declaration, signed Friday night and announced Saturday, comes with the disease more prevalent than [...]]]></description>
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		<title>WHO to help Philippines fight deadly outbreak that has killed 148 in flood-hit Manila</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 12:58:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Gomez</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[MANILA, Philippines — The World Health Organization will send an emergency team to help the Philippines fight a bacterial disease outbreak that has killed at least 148 people and sickened nearly 2,000 in and around the flood-hit capital, officials said Thursday.

Outbreaks of leptospirosis, spread by water contaminated with the urine of rats, dogs and other [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Report: If third of population catches swine flu, hospitals in 15 states could run out of room</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 14:34:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — If a third of people wind up catching swine flu, 15 states could run out of hospital beds around the time the outbreak peaks, a new report warns Thursday.

The nonprofit Trust for America&#8217;s Health estimates the number of people hospitalized could range from a high of 168,000 in California to just under 2,500 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Army gives recruits olive-drab hand sanitizer bottles and coughing orders to fight flu threat</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2009 15:24:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susanne M. Schafer</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[FORT JACKSON, S.C. — Soldiers in boot camp are getting something new this year besides rigorous basic training — Army-green bottles of hand sanitizer gel, part of a stepped-up effort by the military to ward off swine and seasonal flu.

Soldiers at the Army&#8217;s largest training installation and at other boot camps are also getting orders [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Canadian Aboriginals get body bags after asking government for swine flu help</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 19:40:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WINNIPEG, Manitoba — Health officials ordered an investigation Thursday into why the Canadian government sent body bags to an Aboriginal reserve in Manitoba after community leaders requested assistance to deal with an expected outbreak of swine flu.

The body bags were sent this week to a remote northern reserve that was hard hit by swine flu [...]]]></description>
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		<title>G-7 and Mexico agree health workers, high-risk groups should get first swine flu vaccines</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2009 14:10:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Constant Brand</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BRUSSELS — Pregnant women, health workers and people with risky health conditions will be the first to receive swine flu vaccinations, according to an agreement reached Friday by the world&#8217;s seven largest economies and Mexico.

The Group of Seven countries will offer the first vaccine doses to the identified &#8220;risk groups, and then if we have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>China set to approve single-dose swine flu vaccines, experts say could be good news</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2009 17:05:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gillian Wong</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BEIJING — The answer may be near to a crucial question about vaccine for the advancing swine flu — one shot or two?

Chinese officials say they are about to approve vaccines that prevent the new flu in a single dose.
If they&#8217;re right, it would be good news. Many health researchers fear it will take two [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Federal ruling favors Bausch &amp; Lomb in lens-cleaner lawsuits over non-fungal infections</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 02:45:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Dobbin</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Bausch &#038; Lomb Inc., rocked by the worldwide recall of its flagship contact lens solution in 2006, has beaten back scientific claims blaming ReNu with MoistureLoc cleaner for a flurry of non-fungal eye infections.

The optical products maker has already paid out more than $250 million to settle roughly 600 lawsuits linking MoistureLoc [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chile confirms swine flu in turkeys, alerts WHO to possibly dangerous development</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2009 00:23:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Federico Quilodran</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SANTIAGO, Chile — Chile said Friday that tests show swine flu has jumped to birds, opening a new chapter in the global epidemic.

Top flu and animal-health experts with the United Nations in Rome and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta were monitoring the situation, but said the infected turkeys have suffered [...]]]></description>
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		<title>WHO says anti-flu drug gets an extra 2 years of storage time</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2009 01:23:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[GENEVA — Health officials have told governments they can keep Tamiflu for longer to help fight the swine flu pandemic.

It means stockpiles of the drug that governments started to build up five years ago in response to the outbreak of bird flu will not need to be thrown away before winter in the Northern Hemisphere, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Swine flu inspires video game designed by Dutch researchers; aim is to control pandemic</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2009 19:24:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maria Cheng</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LONDON — Since swine flu first emerged in April, it has sparked panic, vaccine production and now, a video game.

In an effort to raise awareness, Dutch researchers have created a game that challenges players to control a new pandemic.
&#8220;It is actually what is happening now, what is happening in the real world,&#8221; said Albert Osterhaus, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nigeria&#8217;s polio outbreak proves viruses in the vaccine can mutate into a more dangerous form</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2009 21:07:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maria Cheng</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LONDON — Polio, the dreaded paralyzing disease stamped out in the industrialized world, is spreading in Nigeria. And health officials say in some cases, it&#8217;s caused by the vaccine used to fight it.

In July, the World Health Organization issued a warning that this vaccine-spread virus might extend beyond Africa. So far, 124 Nigerian children have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>In India swine flu panic is more infectious than virus itself; schools close, streets deserted</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2009 18:55:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ravi Nessman</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW DELHI, India — The streets of the western city of Pune were half-empty, schools in Mumbai were ordered closed, and people suffering aches flooded hospitals across the country as India confronted dueling outbreaks of swine flu and swine flu panic.

Twenty one people have died from the flu here, the government said Friday, and 1,390 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>HEALTHBEAT: Planning hot lines to help avert flu-swamped ERs, by urging low-risk to stay home</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2009 03:55:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lauran Neergaard</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON —Sit for hours amid the sneezing in an emergency room this fall, and if you didn&#8217;t arrive with swine flu you just might leave with it.

Fearing swamped ERs, the government is working with worried doctors to develop hot lines or interactive Web sites to help the flu-riddled decide when they really need a hospital [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Senior Revolutionary Guard commander calls for arrest and trial of opposition leader</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Aug 2009 19:32:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[TEHRAN, Iran —A senior commander of Iran&#8217;s powerful Revolutionary Guard is calling for the arrest and trial of opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi and former President Mohammad Khatami over the postelection unrest.

The official IRNA news agency quotes Yadollah Javani as saying that the two reformist figures have led what he called a &#8220;velvet coup&#8221; aimed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Government seeks calmer response to swine flu in schools this fall</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2009 21:58:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Libby Quaid</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — The government said Friday that schools should only close this fall if large numbers of students have swine flu, and could allow their sick kids to return 24 hours after a fever is gone.

The decision on closing rests with local school officials, but they have been looking to the federal government for advice [...]]]></description>
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		<title>China locks down northwestern town after 3rd pneumonic plague death</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 09:23:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gillian Wong</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BEIJING — An outbreak of pneumonic plague in a remote farming town in northwestern China has killed a third person, the official Xinhua News Agency said Tuesday, as authorities locked down the town and moved to disinfect the region.

Police set up checkpoints around Ziketan in Qinghai province after the outbreak was first detected last Thursday. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>House defeats bill establishing greater food safety oversight</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2009 05:11:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary Clare Jalonick</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — The House defeated a far-reaching food safety bill Wednesday after farm-state lawmakers complained it would be too invasive and others said it was pushed to the floor too quickly.

The legislation, which would require more government inspections and oversight of food manufacturers in the wake of a massive salmonella outbreak in peanuts, was considered [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Global health officials debate how to slow spread of swine flu until vaccine becomes available</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 05:30:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Frank Jordans</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[GENEVA — Some Muslim countries are advising pregnant women not to attend the hajj pilgrimage. China is quarantining any visitor suspected of having a fever, while priests in New Zealand have been banned from placing Communion wafers on worshippers&#8217; tongues.

It&#8217;s all part of a global effort to slow the spread of swine flu until a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t travel, go to crowded places or get pregnant: Critics question British swine flu advice</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/dont-travel-go-to-crowded-places-or-get-pregnant-critics-question-british-swine-flu-advice-114865/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 21:31:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maria Cheng</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LONDON — Health officials in Britain have issued a torrent of conflicting advice on swine flu, telling people to avoid travel, stay away from crowds and even advising women to delay getting pregnant until the virus subsides.

Other health experts said Monday the advice risked scaring and confusing the public and was a complete overreaction to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Swine flu shots at schools: Obama urges states to gird now for fall outbreaks, vaccinations</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 04:36:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lauran Neergaard</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — U.S. swine flu vaccinations could begin in October with children among the first in line — at their local schools — the Obama administration said Thursday as the president and his Cabinet urged states to figure out now how they&#8217;ll tackle the virus&#8217; all-but-certain resurgence.

&#8220;We may end up averting a crisis. That&#8217;s our [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Swine flu in the fall: Obama, top advisers urge states to gird now for vaccinations, outbreaks</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 02:40:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lauran Neergaard</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — U.S. swine flu vaccinations could begin in October with children at schools among the first in line, the Obama administration said Thursday as the president and his Cabinet urged states to figure out now how they&#8217;ll tackle the virus&#8217; all-but-certain resurgence.

&#8220;We may end up averting a crisis. That&#8217;s our hope,&#8221; said President Barack [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama officials bring states to swine flu summit to gauge readiness for fall outbreak</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 15:42:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lauran Neergaard</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — The Obama administration put the states on notice Thursday: Swine flu vaccinations are likely to be ready this fall with the looming threat of the disease&#8217;s resurgence, so figure out now how to deliver them.

&#8220;We want to make sure we are not promoting panic but we are promoting vigilance and preparation,&#8221; President Barack [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New food safety standards for eggs, meat, vegetables being adopted by Obama administration</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 18:27:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary Clare Jalonick</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — The White House is trying to make Americans&#8217; food safer after recent recalls of popular products like peanut butter and cookie dough.

A food safety working group established by President Barack Obama said Tuesday that the government will try and boost the safety of some of the nation&#8217;s most popular foods, announcing stricter rules [...]]]></description>
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		<title>World health officials tackle swine flu pandemic, spreading in Southern Hemisphere, Europe</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 01:51:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Olga R. Rodriguez</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[CANCUN, Mexico — Swine flu is running wild in the Southern Hemisphere and is spreading rapidly through Europe, with Britain projected to reach 100,000 daily cases by the end of August. The virus is even showing signs of rebounding in Mexico.

World Health Organization Director-General Dr. Margaret Chan and health ministers from around the globe huddled [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Britain revamps swine flu strategy to handle 100,000 new cases a day by end of August</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:12:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maria Cheng</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LONDON — Britain faces a projected 100,000 new swine flu cases a day by the end of August and must revamp its flu strategy to cope, the nation&#8217;s health minister said Thursday.

Britain has officially reported 7,447 swine flu cases and three deaths, but officials acknowledge the real number of cases is far higher, since many [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Britain revamps swine flu strategy to handle surge of 100,000 new cases a day by August</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 22:01:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maria Cheng</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LONDON — Britain faces a projected 100,000 new swine flu cases a day by August and must revamp its flu strategy, the nation&#8217;s health minister said Thursday.

Britain has officially reported 7,747 swine flu cases and three deaths, but officials acknowledge the real number of cases is far higher, since many with the virus have not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>WHO working on formulas to model spread of swine flu as actual cases outpace reported numbers</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/who-working-on-formulas-to-model-spread-of-swine-flu-as-actual-cases-outpace-reported-numbers-97042/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 02:52:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Frank Jordans</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[GENEVA — The World Health Organization said Wednesday it is working to mathematically model the spread of swine flu in an attempt to better understand how the outbreak developed from a handful of cases to a global epidemic in less than two months.

WHO brought together over 20 independent experts beginning Wednesday for the three-day meeting [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Maker of contact-lens solution, later recalled, failed to report infections to FDA</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2009 01:38:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matthew Perrone</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Complaints about a contact lens solution linked to a 2007 outbreak of eye infections that blinded several people went unreported by the manufacturer for more than a year, government documents show.

The documents show Advanced Medical Optics received complaints about the solution more than a year before it was recalled, and failed to promptly [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Editorial Roundup: Excerpts From Recent Editorials in Newspapers in the US and Abroad.</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 06:48:22 +0000</pubDate>
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Editorial Roundup: Excerpts From Recent Editorials
Excerpts from recent editorials in newspapers in the United States and abroad:
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Lexington (Ky.) Herald-Leader, on climate change:
It&#8217;s easy to see why people don&#8217;t want to believe that global warming is real or that we can do anything about it. &#8230;
Climate change is real, though, and judging from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Colorado River water supplies at risk if beetle-ravaged forests catch fire</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 03:54:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joan Lowy</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Water supplies for 33 million people could be endangered if millions of acres of beetle-ravaged forests in the Rocky Mountains catch fire, a U.S. Forest Service official said Tuesday.

Rick Cables, the chief forester for the Rocky Mountain region, told a House panel that the headwaters of the Colorado River, an important water source [...]]]></description>
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		<title>WHO says swine flu pandemic has begun _ first global flu epidemic in 41 years</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009 14:37:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maria Cheng</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[GENEVA — Swine flu is now formally a pandemic, a declaration by U.N. health officials that will speed vaccine production and spur government spending to combat the first global flu epidemic in 41 years.

Thursday&#8217;s announcement by the World Health Organization doesn&#8217;t mean the virus is any more lethal — only that its spread is considered [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The World Health Organization&#8217;s pandemic alert phases and what they mean</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009 01:22:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Under the World Health Organization&#8217;s alert system for epidemics, phase 6 is the highest level and means a pandemic — a global epidemic — is under way. Here&#8217;s a look at the phases.

—Phase 3: An animal or human-animal flu virus causes some infections in people, but with little or no subsequent human-to-human transmission. WHO had [...]]]></description>
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		<title>WHO tells members a global outbreak of swine flu has begun _ 1st pandemic in 41 years</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 22:12:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[GENEVA — Swine flu is now formally a pandemic, a declaration by U.N. health officials that will speed vaccine production and spur government spending to combat the first global flu epidemic in 41 years. Thursday&#8217;s announcement by the World Health Organization doesn&#8217;t mean the virus is any more lethal — only that its spread is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>WHO gets ready to declare a swine flu pandemic after quizzing countries about their outbreaks</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/who-gets-ready-to-declare-a-swine-flu-pandemic-after-quizzing-countries-about-their-outbreaks-77680/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 02:56:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maria Cheng</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[GENEVA — The World Health Organization is gearing up to declare a swine flu pandemic, a move that could trigger both the large-scale production of vaccines and questions about why the step was delayed for weeks as the virus continued to spread.

On Wednesday, WHO chief Dr. Margaret Chan quizzed eight countries with large swine flu [...]]]></description>
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		<title>WHO says swine flu pandemic &#8216;very close,&#8217; expresses concerns about Australia and Canada</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/who-says-swine-flu-pandemic-very-close-expresses-concerns-about-australia-and-canada-76663/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2009 02:48:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Frank Jordans</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[GENEVA — The World Health Organization said Tuesday a spike in swine flu cases in Australia may push it to finally announce the first flu pandemic in 41 years. It also expressed concern about an unusual rise in severe illness from the disease in Canada.

WHO&#8217;s flu chief Keiji Fukuda said the agency wanted to avoid [...]]]></description>
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		<title>WHO concern at rise in Australia, Canada swine flu cases; says pandemic &#8220;very close&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/who-concern-at-rise-in-australia-canada-swine-flu-cases-says-pandemic-very-close-76641/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2009 02:17:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Frank Jordans</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[GENEVA — The World Health Organization said Tuesday a spike in swine flu cases in Australia may push it to finally announce the first flu pandemic in 41 years. It also expressed concern about an unusual rise in severe illness from the disease in Canada.

WHO&#8217;s flu chief Keiji Fukuda said the agency wanted to avoid [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t reach out and touch anyone: Japan to see if phones can help limit pandemics</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/dont-reach-out-and-touch-anyone-japan-to-see-if-phones-can-help-limit-pandemics-73964/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Jun 2009 00:06:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Alabaster</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[TOKYO — A few months from now, a highly contagious disease will spread through a Japanese elementary school. The epidemic will start with several unwitting children, who will infect others as they attend classes and wander the halls.

If nothing is done, it will quickly gain momentum and rip through the student body, then jump to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New CDC chief, likely to trade in sticks for carrots; will have less power than in NYC role</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2009 12:01:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Stobbe</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ATLANTA — Dr. Thomas Frieden has swung a big stick as New York City&#8217;s top health official, pushing through bans on smoking and artery-clogging trans fats.

The New York Post called him &#8220;Dr. Buttinsky.&#8221; Others attacked him as a wrong-headed crusader. But smoking plummeted and the city made admired inroads against cancer and other chronic diseases.
On [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Baffled US pork industry questions if Russia, China pork bans are to protect their own markets</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2009 15:49:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Luke Meredith</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[DES MOINES, Iowa — Continued bans on U.S. pork imports by China, Russia and more than a dozen other countries have baffled government and industry officials, leading some to speculate that the issue is more about market share than health concerns.

The bans, instituted in the wake of the swine flu outbreak, cost the U.S. hog [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AP News in Brief</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2009 06:45:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AP</dc:creator>
		
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Roadside bombs kill 8 US soldiers, October becomes deadliest month for US forces in Afghan war
KABUL (AP) — Roadside bombs — the biggest killer of U.S. soldiers — claimed eight more American lives Tuesday, driving the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>WHO says swine flu alert moving closer to global epidemic as cases hit 18,965, with 117 dead</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2009 01:47:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Frank Jordans</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[GENEVA — The World Health Organization said Tuesday it is &#8220;getting closer&#8221; to declaring a global outbreak of the swine flu virus as the infection appears to be taking hold outside of North America.

WHO flu chief Keiji Fukuda said the disease has reached 64 countries and infected 18,965 people, causing 117 deaths.
The overwhelming majority of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Humanitarian crisis grows in Zimbabwe, UN launches $718 million appeal</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2009 02:32:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Angus Shaw</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[HARARE, Zimbabwe — Zimbabwe&#8217;s humanitarian situation has deteriorated sharply since the end of last year, U.N. agencies said Monday as they called for more aid for the troubled southern African country.

In a joint statement, the agencies appealed for $718 million for 2009 to provide food, clean water, AIDS medicines and other aid — up from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2 Greek students catch swine flu in Scotland, scientists say the virus spreading widely</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2009 20:12:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maria Cheng</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LONDON — Two Greek students caught swine flu in Scotland last week, proof that the virus is circulating more widely than European authorities admit.

The two men, students in Edinburgh, were diagnosed with swine flu when they returned to Greece last week. Neither reported any known contact with a confirmed swine flu case or any history [...]]]></description>
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