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"It was a huge thing," Woodway resident and former nurse Jane Hall said of the effort to inoculate local residents against swine flu. "When we gave shots at the convention center; we had huge lines formed." Full Story
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Texas: Swine flu impact
Texans can check Web site for swine flu vaccine
AUSTIN, Texas The Texas health department is making a flu vaccine locator available on its Web site TexasFlu.org to help people find the vaccines for both seasonal flu and swine flu.
The locator was posted Thursday. Texas Department of State Health Services spokeswoman Carrie Williams says that they waited to post a locator on the Web site until the swine flu supply increased from the initial low levels.
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In Mexico
Venezuela: swine flu contained among Indians
CARACAS, Venezuela Venezuela's health minister says an outbreak of swine flu among isolated Amazon Indians has been contained.
The appearance of swine flu among the Yanomami Indians has been seen as a major health threat because diseases introduced by gold miners and other outsiders in the past have ravaged the group and led to many deaths.
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Around the nation
Tamiflu-resistant swine flu cluster reported in NC
ATLANTA Four North Carolina patients at a single hospital tested positive for a type of swine flu that is resistant to Tamiflu, health officials said Friday. The cases reported at Duke University Medical Center over six weeks make up the biggest cluster seen so far in the U.S.
Tamiflu-resistant swine flu cluster reported in NC
ATLANTA Four North Carolina patients at a single hospital tested positive for a type of swine flu that is resistant to Tamiflu, health officials said Friday. The cases reported at Duke University Medical Center over six weeks make up the biggest cluster seen so far in the U.S.
Tamiflu-resistant swine flu cluster reported in NC
ATLANTA Health officials say four people in North Carolina have tested positive for a type of swine flu that's resistant to the drug Tamiflu.
AP IMPACT: Gripes about swine flu vaccine abound
ATLANTA When the nation's swine flu vaccination program began in early October, health officials predicted it was going to be "messy." They were right.
China to punish those concealing swine flu info
BEIJING China's health ministry said it will punish officials who underreport cases of swine flu after a doctor famous for exposing the extent of the 2003 SARS epidemic said he believes the true number of swine flu deaths is being covered up.
Experts say radical measures won't stop swine flu
LONDON Health experts say extraordinary measures against swine flu most notably quarantines imposed by China, where entire planeloads of passengers were isolated if one traveler had symptoms have failed to contain the disease.
1.5M per day getting swine flu vaccine in China
HAVANA China's health minister said Wednesday his country is vaccinating 1.5 million people a day against swine flu, part of a mammoth effort to reach nearly 7 percent of inhabitants of the world's most populous country by year's end.
1.5M per day getting swine flu vaccine in China
HAVANA China's health minister said Wednesday his country is vaccinating 1.5 million people a day against swine flu, part of a mammoth effort to reach nearly 7 percent of inhabitants of the world's most populous country by year's end.
Better not cough: Santas lobby for swine flu shots
CONCORD, N.H. Forget cookies and milk. Santa wants the swine flu vaccine.
Better not cough: Santas lobby for swine flu shots
CONCORD, N.H. Forget cookies and milk. Santa wants the swine flu vaccine.
Schumer: Feds to crack down on phony flu products
ALBANY, N.Y. Sen. Charles Schumer says the federal government is notifying 10 companies in a crackdown on phony remedies to the swine flu now on the market.
Disney World takes steps to fight swine flu
ORLANDO, Fla. How about some hand sanitizer before greeting Mickey Mouse?
China investigates 2 deaths after flu vaccinations
BEIJING Two people in China who received swine flu vaccinations died in the past week but at least one death appears unrelated to the vaccine and the other was being investigated.
WHO: Keep flu in mind when holding mass gatherings
GENEVA Organizers of big sporting and cultural events should take steps to prevent the spread of swine flu, especially if local health systems aren't prepared to handle mass gatherings, the World Health Organization said Friday.
Swine flu causes surge of garlic sales in Serbia
BELGRADE, Serbia Belgrade's open-air markets were a welter of busy customers on Friday, pushing and shoving to buy one item garlic.
Serbia buys 3 million Swiss swine flu vaccines
BELGRADE, Serbia Serbia's health authorities have ordered three million swine flu vaccines from Swiss pharmaceutical company Novartis AG worth an estimated euro24 million ($36 million).
WHO: Give at-risk groups anti-flu drugs early
GENEVA Doctors should give anti-viral drugs to pregnant women, young children and other at-risk groups as soon as they show clinical symptoms of swine flu to prevent them developing serious complications, the World Health Organization said Thursday.
WHO: Give at-risk groups anti-flu drugs early
GENEVA Doctors should give anti-viral drugs to pregnant women and other at-risk groups as soon as they show clinical symptoms of swine flu to prevent them developing serious complications, the World Health Organization said Thursday.
Alaska island village hit by suspected swine flu
ANCHORAGE, Alaska Suspected swine flu is sweeping a traditional Eskimo whaling village on a remote Alaska island prompting an urgent medical mission to deliver help.
In Europe, most swine flu shots by invitation only
LONDON In Britain, there are no long lines of people seeking swine flu vaccine. Doctor's offices aren't swamped with desperate calls. And there are no cries of injustice that the vaccine is going to wealthy corporations or healthy people who don't really need it.
Suspect arrested in Milwaukee theft of flu vaccine
MILWAUKEE Milwaukee police have arrested a man accused of stealing a truck carrying 900 doses of swine flu vaccine.
Suspect arrested in Milwaukee theft of flu vaccine
MILWAUKEE Milwaukee police have arrested a man accused of stealing a truck carrying 900 doses of swine flu vaccine.
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