Members of the U.S. Congress - particularly those representing states along the border with Mexico and Canada - are calling on the Obama administration to do more to prevent travelers infected with swine flu from entering the United States. They mad

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New Zealand has confirmed three people have tested positive for swine flu - the first in the Asia-Pacific region. Eight more patients are awaiting test results and officials expect they too have contracted the virus, which is thought to have killed

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DAVID GREENE, HOST: The flu can be especially dangerous for women who are pregnant. NPR's Rebecca Hersher reports that researchers have been studying the flu vaccine in pregnant women and recently they published some unexpected findings. REBECCA HERS

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Study Says Pregnant Women Should Get Flu Shot During the 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic, pregnant women faced a greater risk of life-threatening complications and many were hospitalized. Dr. Michael Katz from the March of Dimes says influenza is a seri

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The World Health Organization declared swine flu as the first international pandemic of the century on Thursday and urged nations to step up the fight against the virus. WHO Director-General Margaret Chan speaks during a press conference at WHO head

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Indonesia reported its first two confirmed cases of the H1N1 swine flu virus. One of the cases is an Australian tourist, who was visiting the island of Bali. Indonesia's Minister of Health says more must be done at Bali's international airport to pr

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The World Health Organization says there is some concern the swine flu A-H1N1 virus may start moving from the Northern Hemisphere to the Southern Hemisphere, where the regular winter flu season is approaching. People, wearing face masks as a precaut

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From antiviral drugs to face masks, Asia's biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies are helping the global response to H1N1 flu. A CDC Image of H1N1 influenza virus Hong Kong company Filligent's product seems to come at the right time. After six y

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Mom's Flu Vaccination Boosts Baby Birth Weight Pregnant women who get vaccinated against influenza are less likely to have low birth weight babies, according to a study conducted in Bangladesh. In this study, 340 pregnant women were randomly assigned

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Saudi authorities say victim was not vaccinated against infection Chinedu Offor | Washington DC 23 November 2009 Its all talk about it but in terms of seeing what is on the ground, I have not seen much A Nigerian pilgrim has died of swine flu in Sau

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A European medical society has expressed alarm at the widespread opposition in Europe against the swine flu vaccine. Meanwhile, experts say the number of deaths in Europe from the H1N1 virus are doubling every two weeks. Lisa Bryant | Paris 25 Novem

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Thailand plans to call for stepped up cooperation from regional governments to contain the spread of the H1N1 flu. The Thai government will present the issue at an annual gathering of foreign ministers from Southeast Asia and the region's main partn

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By Paige Kollock Washington, D.C. 12 January 2006 watch Bird Flu report In the last week, at least 12 people in Turkey have been infected with bird flu. While UN officials fear the virus may spread fr

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By Lisa Schlein Geneva 07 May 2008 About 150 experts from governments, the World Health Organization, and other organizations are meeting to work on new guidelines to help nations confront and combat a potential influenza pandemic. The World Health O

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By Jessica Berman Washington 11 May 2006 French researchers at the Sanofi Pasteur Institute say they have developed a bird flu vaccine that, so far, appears to be safe and effective in humans. But obs

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By Chad Bouchard Jakarta 12 September 2007 A group of international health experts has drafted a three-year program for Indonesia aimed at containing the spread of bird flu. The disease is now endemic among poultry there, and chickens are a common ba

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By Suzy Tekunan and Ahadian Utama Washington, DC 05 April 2006 watch Indonesia Bird Flu report Indonesian vendor prepares chickens for sale at small market in central Jakarta Bird flu has killed more

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By Chad Bouchard Jakarta 11 September 2007 International health officials want to know what Indonesia is doing to stop the spread of avian influenza, which has claimed 85 human lives there and shows little sign of slowing. As Chad Bouchard reports fo

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By Phuong Tran Dakar 18 August 2007 The West African country of Togo recently announced more bird flu infections outside its capital, making it the seventh West African country to report finding the deadly H5N1 virus in its poultry. Bird flu experts

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Containing the H1N1 virus in Britain is no longer an option and the country is moving to a new treatment phase. Health Secretary Andy Burnham outlined the new approach, effective immediately, which includes doctors diagnosing and prescribing medicat

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