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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>Federal judge sues impeachment panel over use of immunized testimony</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 19:23:02 +0000</pubDate>
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Federal judge sues impeachment panel
WASHINGTON — A Louisiana federal judge sued a House impeachment task force Friday, contending the panel is making the case for his ouster by using testimony he gave under a promise of immunity.

U.S. District Judge G. Thomas Porteous Jr. is under investigation for alleged misconduct, including an allegation that he accepted [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fear of swine flu causes surge of garlic sales in public markets of Serbia</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:43:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dusan Stojanovic</dc:creator>
		
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Swine flu causes surge of garlic sales in Serbia

BELGRADE, Serbia — Belgrade&#8217;s open-air markets were a welter of busy customers on Friday, pushing and shoving to buy one item — garlic.
In Serbia, garlic has long been regarded as a good luck charm and a guard against many ailments. As far as the public is concerned, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CDC estimates swine flu toll at 22 million sickened, nearly 4,000 killed since April</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 09:07:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lauran Neergaard</dc:creator>
		
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CDC&#8217;s swine flu toll: 4,000 dead, 22 million ill

WASHINGTON — Estimates of deaths caused by the swine flu have grown to nearly 4,000 since April, roughly quadrupling previous estimates. But that doesn&#8217;t mean swine flu suddenly has worsened.
Instead, the federal numbers made public Thursday reflect a long-awaited better attempt to quantify the new flu&#8217;s true [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gov&#8217;t now estimates swine flu has sickened 22 million in US since April, killed nearly 4,000</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 21:14:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lauran Neergaard</dc:creator>
		
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CDC: Swine flu has sickened 22 million in 6 months

WASHINGTON — Swine flu has sickened about 22 million Americans since April and killed nearly 4,000, including 540 children, according to startling federal estimates released Thursday.
The figures — roughly a quadrupling of previous death estimates — don&#8217;t mean swine flu suddenly has worsened, and most cases [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Canadian Health minister outraged over plan to give swine flu vaccine to Afghan detainees</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 05:12:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Gillies</dc:creator>
		
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Outrage over swine flu vaccine for Afghan detainees

TORONTO — Canadian military officials in Afghanistan said detainees are being offered swine flu vaccinations — a decision the federal health minister on Tuesday denounced as &#8220;outrageous&#8221; at a time there is a shortage of the vaccine in Canada.
The Defense Department later said there is no plan to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Despite shortages in Canada, Afghan detainees to get swine flu vaccine</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/despite-shortages-in-canada-afghan-detainees-to-get-swine-flu-vaccine-225151/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 23:38:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Gillies</dc:creator>
		
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Taliban detainees to get swine flu vaccine

TORONTO — Taliban detainees in Canadian custody in Afghanistan will receive swine flu vaccinations ahead of the majority of Canadians in Canada, where there is a shortage of the vaccine — a move Canada&#8217;s health minister called outrageous.
Task Force Surgeon Cmdr. Rob Briggs said Tuesday detainees being held at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>WHO: Glaxo donation of 50M swine flu vaccines to poor countries likely shipping thru May</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:26:03 +0000</pubDate>
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WHO: Glaxo vaccine donation shipping thru May

GENEVA — The World Health Organization says it expects GlaxoSmithKline to complete shipping donations of swine flu vaccine to poor countries by May 2010.
WHO spokesman Gregory Hartl said Tuesday the global body hopes countries will start receiving the first of 50 million doses from Glaxo in late November or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>No long lines, no cries of injustice; Europe has more orderly approach to swine flu shots</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:33:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maria Cheng</dc:creator>
		
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In Europe, most swine flu shots by invitation only

LONDON — In Britain, there are no long lines of people seeking swine flu vaccine. Doctor&#8217;s offices aren&#8217;t swamped with desperate calls. And there are no cries of injustice that the vaccine is going to wealthy corporations or healthy people who don&#8217;t really need it.
Here, and across [...]]]></description>
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		<title>WHO flu chief: Swine flu virus now the predominant flu strain worldwide; vaccine &#8216;highly safe&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:39:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maria Cheng</dc:creator>
		
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WHO: Swine flu virus is top strain worldwide

LONDON — The World Health Organization&#8217;s flu chief said the swine flu virus has now become the predominant flu strain worldwide.
In some countries, swine flu accounts for up to 70 percent of the flu viruses being sampled, said Dr. Keiji Fukuda, WHO&#8217;s top flu official.
While most people recover [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UN says it needs $39 billion to fight the leading killer of children: Pneumonia</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:04:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maria Cheng</dc:creator>
		
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UN: $39 billion needed for pneumonia
LONDON — To fight pneumonia, the world&#8217;s top killer of children, United Nations officials say they need $39 billion (€26.35 billion) over the next six years.

On the first World Pneumonia Day on Monday, the World Health Organization and UNICEF are releasing a global plan aiming to save more than 5 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>WHO experts say single dose of swine flu vaccine enough in adults, older children</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 11:42:17 +0000</pubDate>
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WHO experts: Single dose swine flu vaccine enough

GENEVA — A single dose of swine flu vaccine is enough to immunize adults and children over 10 against the pandemic strain, the World Health Organization said Friday.
The global body&#8217;s expert group — known as SAGE — said that while more data on children between 6 months and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Swine flu vaccine seekers on their honor; few vaccine police weed out non-priority citizens</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/swine-flu-vaccine-seekers-on-their-honor-few-vaccine-police-weed-out-non-priority-citizens-212267/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 09:59:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shaya Tayefe Mohajer</dc:creator>
		
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Some who get vaccine not in high-risk groups

LOS ANGELES — It was bound to happen: Some people who aren&#8217;t at high risk for swine flu complications got the much-in-demand vaccine.
Sometimes they were healthy adults or senior citizens instead of kids, pregnant women and people with health problems.
Before Los Angeles County health officials stepped up screening [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Controversy over flu vaccine as Dutch scientists say kids should skip it, but others disagree</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:05:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maria Cheng</dc:creator>
		
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Dutch scientists: Kids should skip flu vaccine

LONDON — Dutch scientists ignited a controversy Friday by suggesting that children would be better off skipping the seasonal flu vaccine this year — a proposal flatly rejected by other health experts.
Their commentary, based largely on animal studies, was published online Friday in the British medical journal Lancet Infectious [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Health experts reject Dutch scientists&#8217; suggestion that kids should skip seasonal flu shot</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:05:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maria Cheng</dc:creator>
		
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Health experts: Kids should get seasonal flu shot

LONDON — Dutch scientists made a controversial suggestion Friday that children might be better off skipping the seasonal flu vaccine this year — a proposal flatly rejected by other health experts.
Their commentary, based largely on animal studies, was published online Friday in the British medical journal Lancet Infectious [...]]]></description>
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		<title>World Health Org. plans 200 million doses of swine flu vaccine for 100 developing nations</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 19:45:38 +0000</pubDate>
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WHO to send 200M swine flu vaccines to 100 nations

HAVANA — The World Health Organization plans to distribute 200 million doses of swine flu vaccine to 100 developing countries.
WHO secretary-general Margaret Chan says shipments could begin next month.
Cuba is on the list of recipients. State media reports that Cuba will accept vaccines, putting aside previous [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Debate over different swine flu vaccines in Germany overshadows start of mass vaccinations</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 18:21:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kirsten Grieshaber</dc:creator>
		
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Debate over swine flu shots in Germany
BERLIN — A debate over two different swine flu vaccines overshadowed Germany&#8217;s launch of a public inoculation program against the pandemic on Monday.

Critics warned the vaccinations campaign could be a &#8220;million-euro flop&#8221; as many people might refuse to participate after learning they would receive a different shot than one [...]]]></description>
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		<title>WHO says swine flu deaths rise to nearly 5,000 worldwide</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 12:56:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[GENEVA — Nearly 5,000 people have reportedly died from swine flu since it emerged this year and developed into a global epidemic, the World Health Organization said Friday.

Since most countries have stopped counting individual swine flu cases, the figure is considered an underestimate.
WHO said there were 4,999 total deaths through Oct. 18, most of them [...]]]></description>
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		<title>As Mexico secures this season&#8217;s swine flu shots, scientists search for a homegrown vaccine</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/as-mexico-secures-this-seasons-swine-flu-shots-scientists-search-for-a-homegrown-vaccine-204302/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 01:31:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martha Mendoza</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[MEXICO CITY — Grappling with low supplies of swine flu vaccines, President Felipe Calderon persuaded drug makers this week to sell him 30 million doses, while 1,000 Mexicans lined up for an experimental vaccine they hope can speed up supplies.

Meanwhile, French drug maker Sanofi-Aventis announced plans to open a manufacturing plant in Mexico that will [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Production of swine flu vaccine is way behind schedule; 50-year-old technology is blamed</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/production-of-swine-flu-vaccine-is-way-behind-schedule-50-year-old-technology-is-blamed-202650/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 21:28:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Rubinkam</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SWIFTWATER, Pa. — The federal government originally promised 120 million doses of swine flu vaccine by now. Only 13 million have come through.

As nervous Americans clamor for the vaccine, production is running several weeks behind schedule, and health officials blame the pressure on pharmaceutical companies to crank it out along with the ordinary flu vaccine, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>WHO: Childhood vaccinations reach record high but nearly 1 in 5 not fully protected</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/who-childhood-vaccinations-reach-record-high-but-nearly-1-in-5-not-fully-protected-202088/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 13:07:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — A record 106 million infants were vaccinated last year against life-threatening diseases, but nearly 1 in 5 babies still aren&#8217;t fully protected, global health authorities reported Wednesday.

To get the full round of first-year vaccinations to children in the poorest countries will take another $1 billion a year, says the report from the World [...]]]></description>
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		<title>6 months after swine flu virus identified: No doomsday, but this story isn&#8217;t over yet</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/6-months-after-swine-flu-virus-identified-no-doomsday-but-this-story-isnt-over-yet-197333/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 19:52:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Stobbe</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ATLANTA — It was six months ago that scientists discovered an ominous new flu virus, touching off fears of a catastrophic global outbreak that could cause people to drop dead in the streets. Doomsday, of course, never came to pass.

Now that the initial scare over the swine flu has subsided, health officials warn we are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>WHO aims to start shipping swine flu vaccines to poor countries in November</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/who-aims-to-start-shipping-swine-flu-vaccines-to-poor-countries-in-november-193915/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 16:13:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Frank Jordans</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[GENEVA — The World Health Organization hopes to begin shipping 60 million doses of swine flu vaccine to poor countries in November as part of an effort to protect their fragile health systems from the pandemic, it said Monday.

WHO wants to provide doctors and nurses in about 100 countries with vaccines over the coming four [...]]]></description>
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		<title>WHO says vaccine is best tool against swine flu even if it has a few minor side effects</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/who-says-vaccine-is-best-tool-against-swine-flu-even-if-it-has-a-few-minor-side-effects-188143/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 11:21:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AP</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[GENEVA — Vaccine is the best tool against swine flu despite reports of a few minor side effects from the initial campaign in China, the World Health Organization said Monday.

Four out of 39,000 people vaccinated against H1N1 in China have had side effects such as muscle cramps and headache, WHO spokesman Gregory Hartl said.
&#8220;Adverse events [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fighting cocaine addiction with vaccine-like shots shows promise in government-funded research</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 20:04:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lindsey Tanner</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[CHICAGO — Vaccine-like shots to keep cocaine abusers from getting high also helped them fight their addiction in the first successful rigorous study of this approach to treating illicit drug use.

The shots didn&#8217;t work perfectly, but the researchers say their limited success is promising enough to suggest the intriguing vaccine approach could be widely used [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cuba says civil defense system, free health care _ not vaccine _ keys to containing swine flu</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2009 15:36:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Anderson</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[HAVANA — Cuba is ready to use just about everything at its disposal, from its well-oiled civil defense system to the soldiers of a totalitarian government, to keep swine flu cases to a minimum.

Everything but a vaccine.
As the U.S. prepares an extensive health survey for side affects from its massive inoculation plans, Cuba&#8217;s No. 2 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UK health official says cervical cancer vaccine very unlikely to have caused girl&#8217;s death</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 13:13:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Raphael G. Satter</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LONDON — A British health official said Tuesday that the sudden death of 14-year-old girl was very unlikely to have been caused by the vaccine she was given hours before she died.

Natalie Morton, who died in a hospital Monday only hours after being the given the Cervarix vaccine, which protects against the virus that causes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AP Interview: US troops to get mandatory swine flu shots soon; Deploying forces get priority</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 12:26:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lolita C. Baldor</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — U.S. military troops will begin getting required swine flu shots in the next week to 10 days, with active duty forces deploying to war zones and other critical areas going to the front of the vaccine line, a top military commander said Tuesday.

Air Force Gen. Gene Renuart also told The Associated Press that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>British health authorities investigate as girl dies after receiving cervical cancer vaccine</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 10:55:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Meera Selva</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LONDON — British health officials temporarily suspended a vaccination program in an English city Tuesday after a 14-year-old girl died a few hours after being vaccinated against the virus that causes cervical cancer.

The National Health Service in Coventry said it paused the program for two days to give staff administering the vaccine training in how [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Appeals court rules against military service members who sued over anthrax vaccine requirement</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 10:46:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nedra Pickler</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — A federal appeals court has ruled that members of the military can be required to be vaccinated against anthrax.

The U.S. Court of Appeals on Tuesday upheld a lower court&#8217;s decision dismissing a case brought by eight service members who challenged the Food and Drug Administration&#8217;s determination that the vaccine was effective.
The plaintiffs also [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Johnson &amp; Johnson takes 18 pct stake in Crucell, boosting vaccine, infectious disease position</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 10:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Linda A. Johnson</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[TRENTON, N.J. — Health care giant Johnson &#038; Johnson is jumping into the increasingly hot vaccine business by taking an 18 percent stake in Dutch biotechnology company Crucell NV and focusing more on preventive medicine.

Under the deal the companies announced Monday, Johnson &#038; Johnson is spending $440 million (301.8 million euros) for new shares of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>European Medicines Agency recommends 2 swine flu vaccines be licensed</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 10:41:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maria Cheng</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LONDON — The European Union&#8217;s drug regulator recommended Friday that two swine flu vaccines be licensed in the 27-nation bloc to ensure their availability before the start of the normal flu season.

The European Medicines Agency called for the vaccines made by Novartis AG and GlaxoSmithKline PLC to be granted a marketing authorization. The agency issues [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Scientists working on how to improve AIDS vaccine that showed some success in huge trial</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 22:49:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marilynn Marchione</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Scientists and government leaders have already started mapping out how to try to improve the world&#8217;s first successful AIDS vaccine, which protected one in three people from getting HIV in a large study in Thailand.

That&#8217;s not good enough for immediate use, researchers say. Yet it is a watershed event in the 26 years since the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Army&#8217;s AIDS vaccine work only 1 example of broad military medical research program</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 22:14:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pauline Jelinek</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — The Pentagon runs a massive medical research program, studying a broad range of problems from cancer to malaria to sleep disorders.

The work is done at home and abroad. For instance, The Defense Department partners on AIDS prevention with African forces, and the Army worked on an experimental AIDs vaccine tested in Thailand, announcing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Army&#8217;s AIDS vaccine work only one example of broad military medical research program</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/armys-aids-vaccine-work-only-one-example-of-broad-military-medical-research-program-178158/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 22:00:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pauline Jelinek</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — The Pentagon runs a massive medical research program, studying a broad range of problems from cancer to malaria to sleep disorders.

The work is done at home and abroad. For instance, The Defense Department partners on AIDS prevention with African forces, and the Army worked on an experimental AIDs vaccine tested in Thailand, announcing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Notable dates in the AIDS epidemic</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 18:45:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Key dates in the AIDS epidemic:
—June 5, 1981: The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports five gay men in Los Angeles are suffering from a rare pneumonia found in patients with failing immune systems.

—May 1983: The virus that causes AIDS is identified.
—May 26, 1988: The U.S. government mails &#8220;Understanding AIDS,&#8221; an educational pamphlet [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UN asks for $1.5 billion to fight swine flu, but experts wonder whether it&#8217;s worth it</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 15:02:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maria Cheng</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LONDON — United Nations health officials claim in a new report they need nearly $1.5 billion to prevent the swine flu epidemic from spiraling into a global catastrophe.

But for a virus from which most people recover without ever being treated, not all experts are convinced swine flu merits such attention — and some critics even [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A world first: AIDS vaccine cuts the risk of HIV infection by 31 percent in large Thai study</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 14:40:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Casey</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BANGKOK — For the first time, an experimental vaccine has prevented infection with the AIDS virus, a watershed event in the deadly epidemic and a surprising result. Recent failures led many scientists to think such a vaccine might never be possible.

The World Health Organization and the U.N. agency UNAIDS said the results &#8220;instilled new hope&#8221; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Study: Heart patients who get the flu are more likely to have a heart attack</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/study-heart-patients-who-get-the-flu-are-more-likely-to-have-a-heart-attack-174726/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 23:04:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maria Cheng</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LONDON — Heart patients who catch the flu may have more to worry about than just a fever or the sniffles: the virus could also spark a heart attack, new research shows.

Amid the global outbreak of swine flu, experts say it&#8217;s crucial that heart patients get vaccinated against both regular flu and swine flu to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>WHO: Pandemic flu vaccine output will be &#8217;substantially less&#8217; than previous maximum prediction</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/who-pandemic-flu-vaccine-output-will-be-substantially-less-than-previous-maximum-prediction-172182/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 10:36:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[GENEVA — Global production of swine flu vaccines will be &#8220;substantially less&#8221; than the previous maximum forecast of 94 million doses a week, the World Health Organization said Friday.

The number of doses produced in a year will therefore fall short of the 4.9 billion doses the global health body previously hoped could be available for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama: US will share 10 percent of swine flu vaccines with other nations</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 17:51:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama says the United States will share 10 percent of its swine flu vaccine supply with other nations to help fight the deadly virus&#8217; global spread.

The White House on Thursday announced that flu vaccines to counter the virus known among scientists as H1N1 would be available through the World Health Organization. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Expecting to get a swine flu vaccine at the office? Limits on first doses could prevent that</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 20:30:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Linda A. Johnson</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[TRENTON, N.J. — Plan on getting your swine flu shot at work? Don&#8217;t count on it.

The new vaccine will be rationed initially to groups most at risk of contracting the virus or developing complications — children and young adults, pregnant women, health care workers and the chronically ill. People caring for infants will also receive [...]]]></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>Vical says its developing swine flu vaccine prompts immune responses in mice, rabbits</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 14:37:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[SAN DIEGO — Biotechnology company Vical Inc. said Thursday its developing swine flu vaccine prompted &#8220;robust&#8221; immune responses in 100 percent of animals infected with distinct strains of the virus.

Vical is developing its vaccine under an agreement with the U.S. Navy. It is currently working the U.S. Navy to secure funding in order to advance [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Novartis becomes 3rd company to say its swine flu vaccine may work with single dose</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2009 16:11:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maria Cheng</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BARCELONA, Spain — A third company signaled Thursday that its swine flu vaccine may protect people with just one shot instead of two — another hopeful sign for flu prevention efforts.

Swiss drugmaker Novartis joins two Chinese companies that say the vaccine can be produced in one dose.
In early results from human tests on one of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Novartis says its swine flu vaccine may work with just 1 dose, potentially boosting supplies</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2009 08:51:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maria Cheng</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BARCELONA, Spain — Swiss drugmaker Novartis said Thursday one of its swine flu vaccines may work with just one dose, rather than two as previously expected, yet another finding that could potentially boost global supplies.

On Thursday, China approved a swine flu vaccine which its producer, Sinovac, says also works with just one dose.
In early results [...]]]></description>
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		<title>China approves single-dose swine flu vaccine, experts say could be good news</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2009 04:39:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Randolph E. Schmid</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BEIJING — The answer may be at hand to a crucial question about vaccination for the advancing swine flu — one shot or two? Chinese officials approved a vaccine Thursday that they say prevents the new flu in a single dose.

If they&#8217;re right, it would be good news. Many health researchers fear it will take [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Free swine flu vaccinations, posting flu data for NYC, epicenter for earlier US outbreak</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/free-swine-flu-vaccinations-posting-flu-data-for-nyc-epicenter-for-earlier-us-outbreak-156645/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 19:56:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sara Kugler</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK — The nation&#8217;s largest school district said Tuesday it will offer free swine flu vaccinations to its 1 million-plus schoolchildren as New York City takes bold steps to avoid becoming the country&#8217;s flu epicenter again in the fall.

Hundreds of school districts nationwide have agreed to allow vaccinations in school buildings, once the vaccine [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama says government preparing for swine flu outbreak, all should consider getting vaccine</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 18:19:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie Pace</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — 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&#8217;s preparedness for swine flu by senior officials, including Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and Homeland Security Janet Napolitano. Following the meeting, Obama said the government [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Free swine flu shots for NYC schoolchildren is part of city&#8217;s plan to fight virus</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/free-swine-flu-shots-for-nyc-schoolchildren-is-part-of-citys-plan-to-fight-virus-156363/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 15:03:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sara Kugler</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK — All New York City schoolchildren can get free swine flu shots under Mayor Michael Bloomberg&#8217;s plan to contain the virus this fall and winter.

Bloomberg and officials from the city&#8217;s health, schools and emergency departments are set to announce the preparedness strategy later Tuesday.
No child will be required to get the vaccine, which [...]]]></description>
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