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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>
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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>Judge in SD smoking ban case says issue is legally eligible to be referred to voters</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 21:30:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chet Brokaw</dc:creator>
		
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Judge: SD smoking ban can be referred to voters

PIERRE, S.D. — The smoking ban passed by the South Dakota Legislature is eligible to be referred to voters, so the court system must determine whether opponents collected enough valid signatures to put it on next year&#8217;s ballot, a judge ruled Thursday.
Circuit Judge Kathleen Trandahl of Winner [...]]]></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>US adult smoking rate rises for the first time in 15 years, nearly 21 pct, CDC says</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 17:05:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Stobbe</dc:creator>
		
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US adult smoking rate rises slightly
ATLANTA — Cigarette smoking rose slightly for the first time in almost 15 years, dashing health officials&#8217; hopes that the U.S. smoking rate had moved permanently below 20 percent.

A little under 21 percent of U.S. adults said they smoked, according to a 2008 national survey by the U.S. Centers for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>WHO urges doctors to give antivirals early to at-risk groups with suspected swine flu</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 13:16:24 +0000</pubDate>
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WHO: Give at-risk groups anti-flu drugs early

GENEVA — Doctors should give anti-viral drugs to pregnant women, young children and other at-risk groups as soon as they show clinical symptoms of swine flu to prevent them developing serious complications, the World Health Organization said Thursday.
The global body is concerned that some doctors are waiting for lab [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CDC says US swine flu deaths likely 4,000; larger estimate includes flu complications</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 22:54:56 +0000</pubDate>
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CDC now says 4,000 swine flu deaths in US
ATLANTA — Federal health officials now say that 4,000 or more Americans likely have died from swine flu — about four times the estimate they&#8217;ve been using.

The new, higher figure was first reported by The New York Times. It includes deaths caused by complications related to swine [...]]]></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>
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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>EPA finds fish in about half of nation&#8217;s lakes and reservoirs harbor hazardous chemicals</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 23:12:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dina Cappiello</dc:creator>
		
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EPA: Toxic chemicals in freshwater fish widespread

WASHINGTON — Nearly half of lakes and reservoirs nationwide contain fish with potentially harmful levels of the toxic metal mercury, according to a federal study released Tuesday.
The Environmental Protection Agency found mercury — a pollutant primarily released from coal-fired power plants — and polychlorinated biphenyls in all fish samples [...]]]></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>Reynolds American in talks to buy Swedish maker of cigarette replacements</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 23:57:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Felberbaum</dc:creator>
		
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Reynolds eyes co that helps smokers stop
RICHMOND, Va. — Reynolds American Inc., maker of Camel cigarettes and Grizzly smokeless tobacco, is in talks to buy a Swedish company that helps people stop smoking, a tobacco expert who said he was briefed by people close to the talks told The Associated Press Monday.

The second-largest U.S. tobacco [...]]]></description>
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		<title>University of Montana proposes campus ban on smoking and chewing tobacco</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:59:38 +0000</pubDate>
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University of Montana proposes campus tobacco ban

MISSOULA, Mont. — The University of Montana is proposing a campus-wide ban on all forms of tobacco, though students and staff would have nearly two years to quit before it&#8217;s enforced.
The Associated Students of the University of Montana Senate endorsed the ban and President George Dennison recently sent an [...]]]></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>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>Missouri county voters OK smoking ban in most public places; measure also affects St. Louis</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:14:38 +0000</pubDate>
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Mo. county OKs smoking ban in most public places

ST. LOUIS — St. Louis County voters have overwhelmingly approved a measure banning smoking in most public places.
Proposition N passed with about two-thirds of the vote in light turnout on Tuesday, and the measure has broader implications: The ban also applies to the city of St. Louis [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Judge refuses secondhand smoke testimony in South Dakota smoking ban lawsuit</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 22:31:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chet Brokaw</dc:creator>
		
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SD judge refuses secondhand smoke testimony

PIERRE, S.D. — The American Cancer Society cannot present witnesses to testify on the dangers of secondhand smoke in a trial that will determine whether South Dakota&#8217;s smoking ban will be referred to a statewide vote, a circuit judge has ruled.
The group argues that the new law, which would ban [...]]]></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>
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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>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>What&#8217;s all the fuss? Gov&#8217; insurance option seen as signing up just 2 percent of those under 65</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 05:36:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ricardo Alonso-zaldivar</dc:creator>
		
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After all the fuss, public health plan covers few

WASHINGTON — What&#8217;s all the fuss about? After all the noise over Democrats&#8217; push for a government insurance plan to compete with private carriers, coverage numbers are finally in: Two percent.
That&#8217;s the estimated share of Americans younger than 65 who&#8217;d sign up for the public option plan [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What&#8217;s all the fuss? Govt insurance option seen as signing up just 2 percent of those under 65</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 15:45:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ricardo Alonso-zaldivar</dc:creator>
		
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After all the fuss, public health plan covers few

WASHINGTON — What&#8217;s all the fuss about? After all the noise over Democrats&#8217; push for a government insurance plan to compete with private carriers, coverage numbers are finally in: Two percent.
That&#8217;s the estimated share of Americans younger than 65 who&#8217;d sign up for the public option plan [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CDC reports largest one-week increase in swine flu deaths of children; now at 114</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:42:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Stobbe</dc:creator>
		
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CDC: Swine flu kids&#8217; deaths jump to 114
ATLANTA — Swine flu has caused at least 19 more children&#8217;s deaths — the largest one-week increase since the pandemic started in April, health officials said Friday.

At least 114 children have died from swine flu complications since the spring, up from 95 reported a week earlier, according to [...]]]></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>
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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>Health officials, advocates to seek smoking ban in bars and restaurants in Oklahoma</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 18:09:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Talley</dc:creator>
		
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Health officials to seek smoking ban in Oklahoma

OKLAHOMA CITY — Anti-smoking advocates called on lawmakers Thursday to make bars and restaurants in Oklahoma smoke-free by closing loopholes in the state law restricting smoking in public places.
Officials from the American Heart Association and the state Department of Health said they will support legislation next year to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CDC: Nearly 6 million Americans may have had swine flu in pandemic&#8217;s first few months</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 17:12:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Stobbe</dc:creator>
		
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CDC: Up to 6 million swine flu cases in few months

ATLANTA — As many as 5.7 million Americans were infected with swine flu during the first few months of the pandemic, according to estimates from federal health officials.
Scientists at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimate that between 1.8 million and 5.7 million Americans [...]]]></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>
		<dc:creator>AP</dc:creator>
		
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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>Health experts say Russia&#8217;s abstinence approach no match for fast-growing AIDS epidemic</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 16:50:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Douglas Birch</dc:creator>
		
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AIDS experts say Russia needs new HIV strategy

MOSCOW — AIDS experts urged Russian officials on Wednesday to scrap their abstinence-based strategy for curbing the spread of HIV, saying the country&#8217;s fast-growing epidemic could be entering a dangerous new phase.
AIDS specialists meeting here urged Russia to adopt successful strategies like needle-exchange programs and heroin substitutes such [...]]]></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>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>
		<dc:creator>AP</dc:creator>
		
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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>Democratic leaders scratching for rank-and-file backing for public health insurance plan</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 18:03:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erica Werner</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Democratic leaders in Congress scrambled Friday to round up votes for allowing the government to sell health insurance in competition with private industry as they struggled to finalize a health care bill that meets President Barack Obama&#8217;s goals.

In a change in the Senate, long seen as hostile to the so-called public option, senior [...]]]></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>AP sources: Public health insurance option on the table in Senate health care talks</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 22:10:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Espo</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — White House officials and senior Senate Democrats at work on health care legislation are strongly considering a requirement for the federal government to sell insurance in direct competition with private industry, officials said Thursday, with individual states permitted to drop out of the system.

Liberals in Congress long have viewed such an approach, called [...]]]></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>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>
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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>Report finds workplace, restaurant smoking bans reduce nonsmokers&#8217; risk of heart attacks</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 15:02:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lauran Neergaard</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — A major report confirms what health officials long have believed: Bans on smoking in restaurants, bars and other gathering spots reduce the risk of heart attacks among nonsmokers.

&#8220;If you have heart disease, you really need to stay away from secondhand smoke. It&#8217;s an immediate threat to your life,&#8221; declared Dr. Neal Benowitz of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Recession forces more people to rely on community clinics; centers have key role in reform</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/recession-forces-more-people-to-rely-on-community-clinics-centers-have-key-role-in-reform-196178/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 19:16:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Juliana Barbassa</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SAN JOAQUIN, Calif. — Francisco Lupercio has insurance for his house, his truck and the store he runs with his wife. But he can&#8217;t afford health insurance, so he joined dozens of other people lining up for exams at a community clinic.

As the recession grinds on, more and more people are relying on taxpayer-supported health [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nearly 1,000 children in central China test positive for lead poisoning</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/nearly-1000-children-in-central-china-test-positive-for-lead-poisoning-194616/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/nearly-1000-children-in-central-china-test-positive-for-lead-poisoning-194616/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 11:46:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AP</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BEIJING — Nearly 1,000 children in a central Chinese province have tested positive for excessive lead in their blood, state media reported Tuesday, the latest of several lead poisoning cases involving thousands of children across the country.

After reports of large-scale lead poisoning in neighboring Shaanxi province, the health bureau in Jiyuan City, Henan province, conducted [...]]]></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>Nations no longer counting pandemic flu cases; last US estimate in July, stuck at 1 million</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/nations-no-longer-counting-pandemic-flu-cases-last-us-estimate-in-july-stuck-at-1-million-191412/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 08:06:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Stobbe</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ATLANTA — U.S. health officials have lost track of how many illnesses and deaths have been caused by the first global flu epidemic in 40 years.

And they did it on purpose.
Government doctors stopped counting swine flu cases in July, when they estimated more than 1 million were infected in this country. The number of deaths [...]]]></description>
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