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      <title><![CDATA[Diabetics And Other High-Risk Groups Should Get Their Flu Shots]]></title>
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      <source>AHN</source>
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      <pubDate>2006-08-07 11:14:21</pubDate>
      	<description><![CDATA[According to an article in the medical journal,  Diabetes  Care, Dr. Ingrid Looijmans-Van den Akker and colleagues, adult diabetics who receive the flu shot "remains low." Diabetics, as well as other high-risk groups, would greatly benefit from receiving the  influenza  vaccination....]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[FDA Approves Seasonal Flu Vaccines]]></title>
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      <pubDate>2006-08-02 18:07:14</pubDate>
      	<description><![CDATA[The Food and Drug Administration announces it has approved seasonal  influenza  vaccines for this year. They include new strains of virus deemed most likely to cause flu in the Northern Hemisphere in 2006-2007.
                    
                
                
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      <title><![CDATA[FDA clears seasonal flu vaccine 
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      <pubDate>2006-08-02 17:52:12</pubDate>
      	<description><![CDATA[AP - Vaccines that protect against three strains of seasonal  influenza  considered most likely to strike the northern hemisphere this winter have received federal approval.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Vaccine guidelines growing more complex 
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      <pubDate>2006-07-30 12:33:56</pubDate>
      	<description><![CDATA[AP - The growing list of childhood vaccinations reads like an alphabet soup: Hib, HepA, HepB, IPV, PCV, MCV4, DTaP, Tdap, varicella and  influenza .]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Rapid flu test curbs diagnostic testing in the ER 
    (Reuters)
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      <pubDate>2006-07-20 12:42:53</pubDate>
      	<description><![CDATA[Reuters - A point-of-care rapid  influenza  
test used during the flu season in the pediatric emergency 
department of a children's hospital was sensitive and specific 
for  influenza  infection, and led to less diagnostic testing, a 
Tennessee-based team of doctors found.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[EFSA Warns Of Spread Of Bird Flu In Bangladesh]]></title>
      <link>http://livepress.com/go/?112442</link>
      <source>AHN</source>
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      <pubDate>2006-06-25 08:42:35</pubDate>
      	<description><![CDATA[The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has warned that migratory birds might epidemically spread Avian  Influenza , better known as  bird flu , in the coming winter in the Asian lineage that includes Bangladesh.
                    
                
                
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      <title><![CDATA[Vaccine May Have Killed U.S. Army Soldier]]></title>
      <link>http://livepress.com/go/?111820</link>
      <source>AHN</source>
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      <pubDate>2006-06-23 19:34:33</pubDate>
      	<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Army now believes a series of vaccinations may have caused the death of a 26-year-old soldier. According to the Pentagon, the soldier, Pfc. Christopher "Justin" Abston, received smallpox and injectable  influenza  vaccines in November 2005, at Fort Bragg, N.C., 16 days before suffering...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Scientists go to Iowa for bird flu school 
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      <source>YAHOO</source>
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      <pubDate>2006-06-19 19:03:30</pubDate>
      	<description><![CDATA[    AP - Two dozen scientists from around the world gathered in high-tech classrooms and laboratories in central Iowa on Monday to learn how to diagnose avian  influenza  and control its spread.  ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Flu vaccine safe in healthy infants 
    (Reuters)
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      <source>YAHOO</source>
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      <pubDate>2006-05-29 11:25:48</pubDate>
      	<description><![CDATA[Reuters - The trivalent  influenza  vaccine 
can be safely given to healthy children 6 to 24 months of age, 
doctors report in the journal Pediatrics.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Iowa Lab Ready In Case Of Flu Outbreak]]></title>
      <link>http://livepress.com/go/?94335</link>
      <source>AHN</source>
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      <pubDate>2006-05-24 17:16:10</pubDate>
      	<description><![CDATA[ The National Veterinary Services Laboratory in Iowa is ready to step in, in case a flu outbreak strikes the U.S. In the event of any  bird flu  suspicion, it is this lab that will intervene to confirm or rule out a possible presence of avian  influenza  in...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[High-Dose Vaccine May Help Elderly Beat Seasonal Flu 
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      <pubDate>2006-05-24 09:10:31</pubDate>
      	<description><![CDATA[HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, May 24 (HealthDay News) -- High-dose  influenza  vaccines may boost immune responses to the seasonal virus in older people, reducing their death risk, researchers report.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Study backs high-dose flu vaccines for elderly 
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      <pubDate>2006-05-22 17:14:40</pubDate>
      	<description><![CDATA[Reuters - Elderly people, whose immune responses 
typically weaken with age, can be safely protected against 
common  influenza  with doses of vaccine that are up to four 
times stronger than usual, researchers said on Monday.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[5 Drug Companies Get Flu Vaccine Funding 
    (AP)
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      <source>YAHOO</source>
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      <pubDate>2006-05-04 20:45:07</pubDate>
      	<description><![CDATA[    AP - The government on Thursday awarded more than &#36;1 billion to five drug manufacturers that are developing technology for speedier mass production of vaccines in case of a pandemic.  ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Bird Flu Expert Says H5N1 Worst He's Seen 
    (AP)
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      <source>YAHOO</source>
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      <pubDate>2006-05-04 14:10:36</pubDate>
      	<description><![CDATA[    AP - A leading expert said Thursday the H5N1 virus is the worst flu virus he&#039;s ever encountered, and far too many gaps in planning and knowledge persist for the world to handle it in the event of a pandemic.  ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Cost Of Bird Flu Pandemic Estimated]]></title>
      <link>http://livepress.com/go/?81874</link>
      <source>AHN</source>
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      <pubDate>2006-05-04 11:08:42</pubDate>
      	<description><![CDATA[ As  bird flu  experts gather at a meeting in Singapore, a top health economist warns that a human  influenza  pandemic may cost billions, and perhaps trillions of dollars. Martin Meltzer, at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Flu Drug Tamiflu Fares Well in Testing 
    (AP)
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      <source>YAHOO</source>
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      <pubDate>2006-05-03 20:13:01</pubDate>
      	<description><![CDATA[    AP - The flu drug Tamiflu can prevent deaths in mammals infected with  bird flu , suggests a new study that offers clues to the ideal dosage and duration needed for people, scientists said Wednesday.  ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Flu Drug Tamiflu Fares Well in Testing 
    (AP)
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      <link>http://livepress.com/go/?81255</link>
      <source>YAHOO</source>
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      <pubDate>2006-05-03 16:40:43</pubDate>
      	<description><![CDATA[    AP - The flu drug Tamiflu can prevent deaths in mammals infected with  bird flu , suggests a new study that offers clues to the ideal dosage and duration needed for people, scientists said Wednesday.  ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Researchers Develop Vaccine Against Avian Flu Virus For Mice]]></title>
      <link>http://livepress.com/go/?80446</link>
      <source>AHN</source>
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      <pubDate>2006-05-02 16:11:45</pubDate>
      	<description><![CDATA[ A commercially developed vaccine developed with the help of a St. Jude researcher has successfully protected mice and ferrets against a highly lethal version of the avian  influenza  virus. 
 According to Richard Webby, Ph.D., assistant...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[AP: in Pandemic Draft Plan, Borders Open 
    (AP)
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      <source>YAHOO</source>
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      <pubDate>2006-05-01 18:12:26</pubDate>
      	<description><![CDATA[AP - The government is forecasting massive disruptions if  bird flu  or some other super-strain of  influenza  arises, including as much as 40 percent of the national workforce off the job, but U.S. borders probably won't be closed to fight the spread, according to a draft of the national response plan obtained Monday by The Associated Press.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Report: No Stopping Bird Flu]]></title>
      <link>http://livepress.com/go/?78183</link>
      <source>AHN</source>
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      <pubDate>2006-04-28 18:13:16</pubDate>
      	<description><![CDATA[ Joanna Wypior - AHN Staff Reporter
 Washington, D.C. (AHN) &#150; According to reports, should a pandemic  influenza  hit in the next year or so, the United States is ill-prepared in combating the virus. 
 Globeandmail.com reports a pandemic flu is likely to strike one in three people if nothing...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Report Says Not Enough Info on Flu Masks 
    (AP)
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      <link>http://livepress.com/go/?77067</link>
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      <pubDate>2006-04-27 11:09:46</pubDate>
      	<description><![CDATA[AP - If a worldwide flu epidemic strikes, face masks should be considered a defense of last resort since there's little evidence about whether the masks available to the average person or most health care workers can prevent  influenza  infection, the Institute of Medicine said Thursday.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Bird Flu Found On Chicken Farm]]></title>
      <link>http://livepress.com/go/?76782</link>
      <source>AHN</source>
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      <pubDate>2006-04-27 03:03:59</pubDate>
      	<description><![CDATA[ Chickens found dead on a farm near Dereham, Norfolk in east England were infected with  bird flu , the government has said. 
 
 The flu "is likely to be the H7 strain of avian  influenza , and not H5N1,'' the Department for Environment Food...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[U.S. Efforts Might Not Slow Pandemic Flu 
    (AP)
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      <pubDate>2006-04-26 21:30:16</pubDate>
      	<description><![CDATA[    AP - If pandemic  influenza  hits in the next year or so, the few weapons the United States has to keep it from spreading will do little, a new computer model shows.  ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[U.S. Efforts Might Not Slow Pandemic Flu 
    (AP)
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      <link>http://livepress.com/go/?76257</link>
      <source>YAHOO</source>
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      <pubDate>2006-04-26 13:11:04</pubDate>
      	<description><![CDATA[AP - If pandemic  influenza  hits in the next year or so, the few weapons the United States has to keep it from spreading will do little, a new computer model shows.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Expert Says Bird Flu No Imminent Threat 
    (AP)
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      <link>http://livepress.com/go/?67185</link>
      <source>YAHOO</source>
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      <pubDate>2006-04-12 07:45:47</pubDate>
      	<description><![CDATA[    AP - Even if  bird flu  does arrive on U.S. shores on the wings of a migratory bird, the virus is unlikely to makes the inroads in poultry &amp;#151; or in people &amp;#151; that it has in less developed countries, the nation&#039;s top avian  influenza  expert says.  ]]></description>
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