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U.S. REPRESENTATIVE EDWARD WHITFIELD (R-KY) CHAIRMAN U.S. REPRESENTATIVE EDWARD WHITFIELD (R-KY) HOLDS HEARING ON 2005 - 2006 FLU SEASON READINESS
Washington Transcript Service; 5/4/2005; 22255 words
; ... OVERSIGHT AND INVESTIGATIONS HOLDS A HEARING ON 2005-2006 FLU SEASON READINESS MAY 4, 2005 SPEAKERS: U.S. REPRESENTATIVE ... hearing about the state of readiness for the 2005-2006 flu season. At this time as chairman I'll do my opening statement ... doses it had planned. Overnight, the expected supply of flu ...
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U.S. REPRESENTATIVE TOM DAVIS (R-VA) CHAIRMAN U.S. REPRESENTATIVE TOM DAVIS (R-VA) HOLDS A HEARING ON THE FLU VACCINE SUPPLY
Washington Transcript Service; 2/10/2005; 20745 words
; ... ensuring that the American people have ready access to a flu vaccine that is safe, affordable and effective. To that ... are hospitalized with complications arising from the flu. So let us never forget the importance of getting it right this time around for the upcoming flu season. Looking forward, we need ...
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Fear of FLU.(pandemic influenza outbreaks)(Abstract)
Discover; 1/1/1999; Gadsby, Patricia; 3714 words
; ... the virus skulked around for years before the Spanish flu erupted, sometimes getting into people but not yet capable ... worth thinking about. In one respect, though, the 1918 flu virus is definitely not like the Hong Kong bird flu. In the chicken viruses H5 and H7, a simple mutation ... and Taubenberger has ...
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Analysis: Flu vaccine shortage
NPR Talk of the Nation; 10/18/2004; NEAL CONAN; 6314 words
; ... something like that. Mr. LIBBY: Right. CONAN: Now the flu vaccine obviously lasts only one season. It's got to be ... that we would expect to see in this country during our flu season. CONAN: And a great deal will depend this flu season, given the shortage of the vaccine, on how bad a flu season ...
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Fowl play: the role of agribusiness in the avian flu crisis.(THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF BIRD FLU)
Multinational Monitor; 3/1/2006; Kuyek, Devlin; 3631 words
; BIRD FLU IS REALLY NOTHING NEW. It has co-existed rather ... the wave of highly pathogenic strains of bird flu that have decimated poultry and killed people ... link between highly pathogenic strains of bird flu and the rise of globalized, factory farms ...
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Flu--get the shot.(AgePage)(Disease/Disorder overview)
Pamphlet by: National Institute on Aging; 11/1/2007; 1424 words
; ... much as you can until you are well. What About the Bird Flu? Sometimes a new, different kind of flu virus appears. You may have heard about the avian or bird flu. This flu is an example of how changes in a flu virus might lead to serious illness. However, there is some good news ...
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Flu--get the shot.(AgePage)
Pamphlet by: National Institute on Aging; 9/1/2006; 1347 words
; ... much as you can until you are well. What About the Bird Flu? Sometimes a new, different kind of flu virus appears. You may have heard about the avian or bird flu. This flu is an example of how changes in a flu virus might lead to serious illness. However, there is some good news ...
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Flu: earlier-than-usual start takes toll
The Mississippi Business Journal; 1/12/2004; Gillette, Becky; 907 words
; Flu season started early this year in Mississippi, and dcases of it were widespread, throughout ... epidemiologist for the Mississippi State Department of Health (NSDH). "During the worst part of the flu season, 20% to 25% of folks coming into the emergency room had flu or flulike symptoms." MSDH has 45 ...
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Flu: earlier-than-usual start takes toll; health care providers see cases widespread across the state.
Mississippi Business Journal; 1/12/2004; Gillette, Becky; 904 words
; Flu season started early this year in Mississippi, and cases of it were widespread throughout ... epidemiologist for the Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH). During the worst part of the flu season, 20% to 25% of folks coming into the emergency room had flu or flu-like symptoms. MSDH has 45 ...
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Analysis: Flu season and flu vaccinations
Talk of the Nation (NPR); 11/19/2003; NEAL CONAN; 5880 words
; ... office at the hospital. With us now to talk about the flu season is Nancy Cox, director of the Influenza Branch ... recommending that all children, no matter what, get the flu vaccine this year? Dr. COX: Well, in cases like this ... itself, suggest it's going to be, you know, a more severe flu season for us? ...
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