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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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 Avoid Planes, Trains, 
 Closed Spaces: Biden 

It's too late to close Mexico border, he says

Apr 30, 09 8:26 AM CDT
(Newser) - Joe Biden is advising his family to avoid confined places where swine flu could spread easily, including airplanes, subways, classrooms, and malls, the VP told the Today Show today. A single sneeze "goes all the way through the aircraft," he noted. Biden also said it's too late to... More »

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Joe Biden • public health • public transportation • virus • President Obama • swine flu

 Mexico Shuts Down 
 to Stem Outbreak 

Calderón orders citizens to stay home for 5 days

Apr 30, 09 6:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Mexican president told citizens to stay home tomorrow through May 5 for a five-day partial shutdown of the country's economy to reduce the risk of spreading swine flu, Reuters reports. In his first televised address since the outbreak, Felipe Calderón said that "there is no safer place... More »

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Mexico • public health • outbreak • influenza • Felipe Calderón • swine flu • Mexican peso

(Newser) - The World Health Organization today raised the pandemic alert level for swine flu to its second-highest level and asked all nations to ramp up emergency measures, MSNBC reports. The agency says human-to-human transmission of the disease is spreading and believes the world could be on the brink of a global... More »

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public health • pandemic • swine flu • WHO

Texas Schools Cancel
Sports as Flu Spreads

Some schools shut entirely

Apr 29, 09 2:21 PM CDT
(Newser) - All Texas high schools are canceling sports and academic competitions until May 11 to prevent swine flu from spreading, and five school districts have canceled classes altogether, the Houston Chronicle reports. "Altering the schedule of our events is a way to keep our participants safe," said a state... More »

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high school • Texas • public health • high school sports • swine flu

 Child in Texas Is 
 1st US Swine Flu Death 

Fatality is first outside Mexico since outbreak began

Apr 29, 09 5:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - A 23-month-old child in Texas has become the first person in the US to die of swine flu, a government official said today. The death of the boy, who traveled from Mexico to seek medical treatment, is the first to take place outside Mexico, where the outbreak began, Reuters reports.... More »

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Texas • public health • outbreak • influenza • child • swine flu

(Newser) - Swine flu continued its steady spread across the world, with federal officials warning to expect deaths in the US, the New York Times reports. The disease has been confirmed in seven countries and in five US states, but the only deaths—more than 150 so far—remain in Mexico. Five... More »

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Mexico • public health • outbreak • pandemic • swine flu

(AP) - Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius won Senate confirmation today to serve as the nation's health and human services secretary. She already has a public health emergency on her hands with the swine flu sickening dozens of Americans. The 65-31 vote came after Democrats urged quick action so Sebelius could get to... More »

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public health • Department of Health • Kathleen Sebelius • President Obama • Obama Cabinet

(Newser) - Countries are tightening borders and stepping up containment methods as the swine flu body count continues to rise, the New York Times reports. The disease is suspected in 152 deaths, all in Mexico; 50 US cases are now confirmed from California to New York City. Health officials in Japan and... More »

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China • Russia • Indonesia • Japan • Mexico • France • Taiwan • Hong Kong • United States • public health • Britain • borders • pork • pandemic • swine flu

Officials Fear Flu Drug Resistance

Misuse of antivirals
by panicked public could breed stronger strains of disease

Apr 28, 09 6:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - Pharmacies are stocking up on Tamiflu and other anti-influenza drugs as fears grow of a swine flu outbreak, but health officials warn that the antivirals could do more harm than good if administered incorrectly. Taking the drugs in the wrong dose or for too short a time can lead to... More »

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public health • Department of Homeland Security • outbreak • influenza • Tamiflu • Relenza • Janet Napolitano • pharmacy • antiviral drugs • swine flu

 Too Late to Contain Flu: WHO 


Apr 28, 09 4:44 AM CDT
(Newser) - Officials from the World Health Organization warn it’s too late to contain the swine flu and say governments should instead now focus on protecting their populations as best as possible, the BBC reports. The WHO bumped up its alert level from three to four—two levels shy of global... More »

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public health • quarantine • World Health Organization • contagious • pandemic • swine flu • WHO

OPINION

 Twitter Amplifies 
 Swine Flu Fear 


Apr 27, 09 2:55 PM CDT
(Newser) - Twitter and other social networks are creating a swine-flu panic out of a molehill with their instantaneous updates, Robert X. Cringely writes for InfoWorld. The quick flow of less-than-dependable information means “people with head colds decide they're really dying from a porcine-borne bug and flood emergency rooms.” And... More »

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social networking • Internet • public health • virus • outbreak • Twitter • swine flu

(Newser) - The US is now confirming 40 cases of swine flu, while the death toll in Mexico is thought to have risen to 149, the Wall Street Journal reports. Of more than a thousand suspected cases in Mexico, only 26 have been confirmed, along with six in Canada and one in... More »

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United Nations • Spain • Mexico • public health • global health • World Health Organization • outbreak • pandemic • swine flu

(Newser) - President Barack Obama was exposed this month in Mexico to a potential case of swine flu the day before the ailing Mexican official died, reports the Independent. Distinguished archeologist Felipe Solis, who met Obama at a state dinner, showed the president around Mexico's anthropology museum 11 days ago during Obama's... More »

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Barack Obama • health • Mexico City • Mexico • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention • public health • influenza • flu • swine flu

 With 20 Sick, US Declares 
 Swine Flu Emergency 

Napolitano stresses declaration is 'standard operating procedure'

Apr 26, 09 2:18 PM CDT
(Newser) - The White House declared today a public health emergency to fight the spread of swine flu, the New York Times reports. With 20 confirmed infections in the US, the declaration frees up money and resources for diagnosis, prevention, and antiviral medication. “We’re preparing in an environment where we... More »

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public health • infectious diseases • outbreak • Janet Napolitano • antiviral drugs • medical emergency • swine flu

OPINION

 Case on 
 Vaccines 
 Far From 
 Closed: Carrey 

Scant, biased evidence not enough to rule out dangers

Apr 22, 09 11:56 AM CDT
(Newser) - The media act as though questions about vaccines’ potential harm to children have all been answered, but that’s based on “a huge leap of logic,” Jim Carrey writes for the Huffington Post. The court convened to rule on the vaccine cases said vaccines hadn’t caused autism... More »

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drugs • autism • public health • vaccine • side effects • Jim Carrey • Campbell Brown • Jenny McCarthy

Minnesota May Have Saved Your Innards

In detecting outbreaks of tainted food, some states are far superior

Apr 20, 09 8:16 AM CDT
(Newser) - When it comes to salmonella and other food-borne illnesses, federal agencies are rightly putting money into preventing future outbreaks, but few agencies are focused on detecting them. That task falls mostly to state and local officials, which means the ability to connect several sick citizens and call it a salmonella... More »

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food poisoning • E. coli • Kentucky • public health • salmonella • Minnesota • epidemiology • outbreak

 US Food Safety 
 Not Improving: Feds 

CDC shows plateau in food sickenings over the last three years

Apr 9, 09 4:02 PM CDT
(Newser) - The safety of the US food supply from disease or contamination has not significantly improved in recent years, the New York Times reports today. A survey by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that occurrences of major illnesses from tainted food have held steady for the past 3... More »

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disease • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention • United States • public health • food safety • salmonella • food supply

 Cholesterol Drugs Cut Clot Risk 

Large study looked at other possible drug benefits

Mar 30, 09 11:47 AM CDT
(Newser) - Cholesterol-lowering drugs showed sizable effects on patients in a new study, but not only in the realm of lowering heart attack and stroke risk. The statins, which are sold under the brand name Crestor, also dramatically cut the occurrence of potentially deadly blood clots in healthy people, reports the New ... More »

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medical breakthrough • public health • blood clots • deep vein thrombosis • scientific study • pulmonary embolism • cholesterol-lowering statins

OPINION

 Eat 'Real' Rather Than Organic 

The o-word may not mean it's better for you

Mar 22, 09 1:03 PM CDT
(Newser) - It seems to be a widespread assumption, but eating organic doesn’t necessarily equal healthy eating, writes Mark Bittman in the New York Times. Organic food consumption is soaring, but the organic label is part of a “marketing program.”  To be healthy and help the planet, people... More »

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food • nutrition • health • organic food • public health

Study: Obesity as Bad as Smoking 

Being extremely overweight can trim a decade from lifespans

Mar 18, 09 2:09 AM CDT
(Newser) - Obesity can take years off a life, and in some cases is as dangerous to health as smoking, reports USA Today. Researchers analyzing studies involving almost a million people found that obese adults died an average of three years earlier than people with a healthy body-mass index. Extremely obese adults—... More »

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obesity • obesity epidemic • smoking • public health • life expectancy • overweight

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