Associated Press Writer= JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - When Indonesia's health minister stopped sending bird flu viruses to a research laboratory in the U.S. for fear Washington could use them to make biological weapons, Defense Secretary Robert Gates ...
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JAKARTA, Indonesia - When Indonesia's health minister stopped sending bird flu viruses to a research laboratory in the U.S. for fear Washington could use them to make biological weapons, Defense Secretary Robert Gates laughed and called it "the ...
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The Washoe District Health Department and multiple community partners are holding free flu shot clinics on Oct. 25 that will also serve as a training exercise in the event of an emergency where thousands of people in the region would need medication ...
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The 1918 flu pandemic killed more than 40 million people worldwide and affected persons of all age groups. While it is difficult to predict when the next influenza pandemic will occur or how severe it will be, researchers at the Georgia Institute of ...
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The times for the inoculations for flu and pneumonia at Evergreen Commons are different that previously announced. Nurses from Holland Hospital Home Health Services will be giving the inoculations from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 15 ...
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NHS Central Lancashire’s new chief executive will start his new job having protected himself against flu. Joe Rafferty, who takes up his new role next month, is in one of the ‘at risk’ groups of developing serious consequences from contracting ...
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CHICAGO - More children have died from flu because they also had staph infections, according to a new government report that urges parents to have their kids get flu shots. The number of deaths wasn't high - 73 during the 2006-2007 flu season - but ...
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