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Mutated H1N1 detected in Norway

OSLO, Norway, Nov. 21 (UPI) -- The first two Norwegians to die of swine flu were carrying a mutated version of the H1N1 virus, the Norwegian Institute of Public Health said Friday. The World Health Organization in Geneva said...

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Vail Valley Voices: A way to fix health care

America's health care system will never be as great as it could be unless Congress will accept for itself what it mandates for the rest of us. The much-quoted 2000 World Health Organization statistics (the last year the agency...

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Experts deny claims that swine flu threat exaggerated as global infection rate slows down

Experts defend scientific community over claims of swine flu exaggeration Some question the level and accuracy of the swine flu threat dw-world.de | Nov 19, 2009 Health and scientific organizations deny claims that the swine...

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Vaccine to counter " Novel AHINI" 2009

The Ministry of Health Care and Nutrition has decided to immediately import an injection called “Novel A HINI 2009”,which has been approved by the World Health Organization, to treat patients. Cases of 258 patients of the new...

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Bare-foot doctors bring gift of life in China's child vaccine chain

by Xinhua writers Tian Ying and Li Jingya BEIJING, Nov. 20 (Xinhua) -- In rural China, parents have traditionally called their newborns inappropriate names, such as Doggy, Smelly or Fool, in the belief that it will confer long...

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Swine flu vaccine not causing deaths, WHO says

The World Health Organization (WHO) has ruled out swine flu vaccine as the cause of death in 41 people who had received the flu shot. WHO vaccines chief Marie-Paule Kieny said deaths investigated by health authorities so far...

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Urgent aid needed to restore Indonesia's quake-ravaged health services - UN

Hospitals, clinics and other health services for thousands of Indonesians need urgent aid after two earthquakes ravaged west Sumatra in September, with the goal of enabling them to better withstand future emergencies, the...

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CLIMATE CHANGE: Health at Risk

HAVANA, Nov 20 (IPS) - The impacts of climate change on human health will require new approaches to development, based on mitigation and adaptation programmes in line with policies that ensure equal access to health care.

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Barca's Abidal, Toure contract swine flu (Reuters)

Abidal, Toure to miss Saturday’s match at Athletic * Guardiola says Barca squad large enough to cope (Adds confirmation of Toure case, background) MADRID, Nov 20 (Reuters) - Barcelona players Eric Abidal and Yaya Toure have...

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Barnes & Noble says customers ordering Nook starting today will receive it after Christmas

Minnesota business by the numbers See Minnesota's top earning companies, CEOs and non-profits NEW YORK - Consumers who haven't yet ordered Barnes & Noble's electronic book reader, the Nook, won't see one before Christmas. The...

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