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Record number of flu deaths in county
San Diego :: CA :: USA | 1 month ago
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An all-time high of 60 people have died of the flu in the San Diego area during the latest "flu season," the county Health and Human Services Agency announced Wednesday. The total tops the previous record of 58 during the H1N1 pandemic three years
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Bird flu patients remain in critical condition
Nanjing :: China | 1 month ago
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Hospital sources in East China's Jiangsu province said Wednesday that the five patients who have been diagnosed with the lesser-known H7N9 bird flu remain in critical condition...Another patient is from neighboring Anhui province, who was transferred
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Govt figures out swine flu toll, finally
Mumbai :: India | 1 month ago
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The state government statement said three more H1N1 deaths were recorded on March 31, but did not specify the total number of infections so far. It, however, mentioned that on the same day, 70 among 78 swine flu patients across the state were stable
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No sign of human transmission in new bird flu appearance - WHO
Beijing :: China | 1 month ago
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The World Health Organization says no evidence has emerged to show that a type of bird flu which has killed two Chinese men can be transmitted between people. Two men in Shanghai, aged 87 and 27, fell sick in late February. A woman in Anhui province
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Stand against HIV, Sanatanis urged
Suva :: Fiji Islands | 1 month ago
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The former president of the Shree Sanatan Dharm Pratinidhi Sabha Fiji, Dewan Maharaj, said this at their 54th annual convention in Wainibokasi yesterday. He told followers that this was the time to empower and educate the children of the deadly virus.
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Boost for healthcare in DRC
Nairobi :: Kenya | 1 month ago
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The British government has announced a major new programme aimed at providing essential healthcare to six million people in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The five-year, US$270.7 million project will focus on rebuilding health facilities,
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Govt seals lips as swine flu toll zooms
New Delhi :: India | 1 month ago
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The high death toll, the Gujarat High Court's recent reprimand and increasing pressure from opposition parties in the state Assembly appears to explain why the state health department has refused to divulge statistics about the flu for 11 consecutive
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HIV shock for child
Auckland :: New Zealand | 1 month ago
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Identity of infected 10-year-old and mother kept under wraps after diagnosis A New Zealand child born with HIV in 2002 was only diagnosed with the disease last year...The child's mother was subsequently tested for HIV and was also found to have the
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Modi won against H1N1 but Gujarat lost
Ahmedabad :: India | 1 month ago
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Around 4.30pm on October 30, 2009, a press conference was being addressed by top industrialists and bureaucrats who had returned with chief minister Narendra Modi from Russia. The press conference had just ended when this journalist got an SMS
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105 US Kids Died of Flu This Season
Flu season is ending, and that 105 children killed so far - on the average figure. The season began a month earlier than usual, sparking fears that it could become the worst in a decade. It ended up being very hard on the
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