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1WHO set to declare first flu pandemic 1 Citation The World Health Organization is set to declare H1N1 virus as the first influenza pandemic in more than 40 years, triggering heightened health measures in the WHO?s 193 countries. Flu experts were expected to recommend moving to the top phase 6 on the organization?s six-point scale. That would reflect the fact that the disease, also known as swine flu, was spreading geographically. Britain?s Health Protection Agency chairman, David Heymann, said that the virus was tried to contain by countr, technorati.com
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WHO ?declares swine flu pandemic? 1 Citation The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared a global flu pandemic after holding an emergency meeting, according to reports. It means the swine flu virus is spreading in at least two regions of the world with rising cases being seen in the UK, Australia, Japan and Chile.The move does not necessarily mean the virus is causing more severe illness or more deaths.The swine flu (H1N1) virus first emerged in Mexico in April.It has since spread to 74 countries. Official reports say there have been, technorati.com
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Swine Flu UPDATE:WHO Meets To Decide If H1N1 Will Become Pandemic 1 Citation Swine Flu UPDATE:WHO Meets To Decide If H1N1 Will Become Pandemic in an emergency meeting for Thursday, June 11th, 2009. The World Health Organization scheduled an emergency meeting today to decide whether to declare a global swine flu pandemic as confirmed cases of H1N1 virus continue to soar worldwide. (pic)Hong Kong kindergarten students, some wearing masks, at school in a residential estate. Aren?t they cute? By early Thursday morning,June 11th, 2009, the U.N. health agency, WHO, The, technorati.com
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Pandemic! Swine Flu or Novel H1N1 Official Pandemic as of 6 pm GMT 1 Citation The WHO is set to announce officially that novel H1N1 or swine flu has reached official pandemic status. That is a phase six. This is the first influenza pandemic since the Hong Kong flu of 1968. ], technorati.com
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Swine Flu Update: WHO May Elevate to Level 6 Pandemic for H1N1 1 Citation The latest Swine Flu update suggests that WHO may elevate the global pandemic alert for H1N1 from level 5 to level 6 in the next few days. The H1N1 virus continues to spread rapidly and is now found in 64 nations world wide. While H1N1 Swine Flu first surfaced in... read more, technorati.com
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1 Citation Original Author: desmoinesdem I'm grateful that the Iowa Independent bloggers listen to our local Rush Limbaugh clones so I don't have to. If anything newsworthy comes out of some right-wing radio show, I can read about it online. I learned recently that no matter how crazy Congressman Steve King seems, there are some conservatives who think he should be further outside the mainstream. After the jump I have a few thoughts on the spat between King, technorati.com
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RiME: NHS Services Inquiry, Confusion re. Deadlines 27 May 2009 1 Citation Ed: Note that a website for the APPG on ME (which includes pages for the APPG on ME inquiry into NHS service provision for people with ME) has now been launched. Action for M.E. and the ME Association, who perform the role of secretariat to the APPG on ME, have yet to issue a notice alerting the ME community to the website. The website can be found here: http://www.appgme.org.uk/ The inquiry page here: http://www.appgme.org.uk/inquiry/inquiry.html The APPG on ME has yet to publ, technorati.com
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1 Citation Want to quit smoking? Just focus on some nasty "effects of smoking" pictures, says the World Health Organization (WHO). According to Douglas Bettcher, head of the organization's Tobacco Free Initiative, placing pictures of black lungs, bleeding brains and yellow teeth are enough to prevent some people from picking up the habit, and motivate others to quit."Although some people question the need for such pictures, the evidence is absolutely clear that they convince people to quit,"says Bettcher, technorati.com
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US Cancer Care: Treatment Choices Are All About You 1 Citation US cancer experts are preparing to focus on new developments in making treatment ever more personalized, right down to the molecular level, at their main annual gathering this weekend. ?We have a theme at the meeting this year: personalizing cancer care, ranging from using molecular analysis to select the most appropriate treatment for patients through developing personalized survivalship care plans for cancer survivors,? said Richard Schilsky, president of the American Society of Clinical Onc, technorati.com
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WHO: Swine flu pandemic has begun, 1st in 41 years 1 Citation at AP ? 20 mins ago GENEVA ? The World Health Organization told its member nations it was declaring a swine flu pandemic Thursday ? the first global flu epidemic in 41 years ? as infections climbed in the United States, Europe, Australia, South America and elsewhere. Full Story », technorati.com
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