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How to get reliable swine flu information online

With blogs, Facebook, Twitter and lots of other sources, information about swine flu is traveling at light speed.

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15 is median age of US swine flu hospital cases

(AP) -- People hospitalized in the United States for swine flu are turning out to be younger than is typical for regular flu.

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CDC: Now fewer US swine flu cases linked to Mexico

(AP) -- A U.S. health official says now only about 10 percent of the Americans who got swine flu had traveled to Mexico and likely picked up the infection there. Most got the bug at home.

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Harvard survey: Swine flu in, affection out

(AP) -- Thanks to swine flu, there's a little less hugging and kissing in the United States.

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Japan, Australia confirm first cases of swine flu

(AP) -- Japanese authorities scrambled Saturday to track travelers who arrived on the same flight as three people diagnosed with the country's first confirmed cases of swine flu. Australia also joined...

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US, Costa Rica swine flu deaths reported

(AP) -- A Washington state man with underlying heart conditions became the third person infected with swine flu to die in the U.S., health officials said Saturday, while Costa Rica reported the first...

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In swine flu, key moments and decisions lie ahead

(AP) -- The most pivotal moments in the swine flu saga are yet to come. Will it sweep through impoverished Southern Hemisphere countries in the next few months? Will it roar back in the rest of the...

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Recalling the fear, heavy toll of the 1918 flu outbreak

Given his age, H. Byran Poff figures he has seen just about everything that can happen to mankind.

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As swine flu spreads, who should get Tamiflu?

(AP) -- The swine flu epidemic may seem mild now, with relatively few deaths even as the virus infects thousands in at least 33 countries. But experts worry it could mutate into something more...

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WHO meets on production of swine flu vaccine

(AP) -- As swine flu cases hit 6,500 worldwide, World Health Organization officials were meeting with vaccine manufacturers and other experts in Geneva on Thursday to discuss making a vaccine to fight...

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Report: Obama selects Frieden as CDC director

(AP) -- President Barack Obama on Friday will name Dr. Thomas Frieden as director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, administration officials told The New York Times.

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GlaxoSmithKline taking pandemic vaccine orders

(AP) -- Pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline said Friday it has received orders from several countries to stockpile pandemic vaccine as soon as it gets the vaccine's key ingredient from the World...

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Crusading NY health chief picked to head CDC

(AP) -- For seven years, Dr. Thomas Frieden has been the nagging conscience of the nation's biggest city, the man who made sure New Yorkers couldn't smoke in bars or eat french fries cooked in...

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Swine flu closes more NYC schools, spreads in Asia

(AP) -- The swine flu virus continues spreading among children in the city, closing more schools, and the disease reached further into Asia among travelers returning from the United States.

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Utah and Arizona report swine flu-related deaths

(AP) -- Utah officials reported the state's first death associated with swine flu and Arizona recorded that state's third victim, pushing the national death toll to 10 people.

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Tests show more swine flu immunity in older folks

(AP) -- New test results show what scientists have suspected - people in their 60's and older have greater immunity to the new swine flu virus.

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South Korea says American has swine flu

(AP) -- Authorities in South Korea say tests have confirmed that an American citizen in the country has swine flu.

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Chicago reports nation's 12th death from swine flu

(AP) -- Illinois health officials say a person in the Chicago area has died of swine flu. It's the nation's 12th confirmed death from the illness.

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Mexico, US, Canada announce swine flu deaths

(AP) -- Authorities in Mexico announced three more swine flu deaths and the United States and Canada one more death each as the world's largest vaccine maker signed a deal with the United States to...

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US cancer death rate drops again in 2006

(AP) -- The U.S. cancer death rate fell again in 2006, a new analysis shows, continuing a slow downward trend that experts attribute to declines in smoking, earlier detection and better treatment.

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