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CDC gives priority to certain groups for swine flu vaccine


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Published July 29, 2009 at 6:26 p.m.
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Pregnant women, children and healthcare workers are among those recommended for inoculation, an advisory committee says. The vaccine is expected to be available by the end of October ... Pregnant women, parents and caretakers of young children, all healthcare workers, people between the ages of 6 months and 24 years, and non-elderly adults with underlying medical conditions should be first in line to get the pandemic H1N1 influenza vaccine when it becomes available, an advisory committee for the

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Pregnant Women First to Get Swine Flu Vaccine


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Published July 29, 2009 at 5:58 p.m.

Pregnant women and people living with infants would be the first Americans to get the swine flu vaccine. Next would come 6-month-olds to 4-year-olds, first responders, and high-risk kids ...

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Pregnancy Raises Swine Flu Death Risk


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Published July 29, 2009 at 4:05 a.m.

CDC: Healthy pregnant women are at high risk of hospitalization and death from H1N1 swine flu. Tamiflu or Relenza is recommended for pregnant women with flu symptoms ...

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Pregnant Women Especially Vulnerable to Swine Flu


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Published July 28, 2009 at 6:01 p.m.
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Health officials to prioritize who gets first dibs on fall vaccine ...

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Public Help Sought on Swine Flu Vaccine Decision


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Published July 28, 2009 at 11:58 a.m.

This August, at 10 sites across the nation, the CDC will hold day-long meetings with a cross section of the public to see what people think about H1N1 swine flu vaccination ...

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Flu shot isn't for H1N1


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Published July 25, 2009 at 2:00 a.m.
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The approved seasonal vaccine doesn't protect against swine flu. But you should get it anyway ... With the so-called swine flu continuing to spread across the United States and the world, the Food and Drug Administration announced recently that it has given the go-ahead for the final preparation and distribution of a vaccine for the coming flu season ...

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New Estimate on Swine Flu in U.S.


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Published July 24, 2009 at 5:21 p.m.

A CDC flu expert estimates that without a flu vaccine, current trends suggest 12% to 24% of Americans might get swine flu this fall and winter ...

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Swine flu could kill hundreds of thousands in U.S. if vaccine fails, CDC says


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Published July 24, 2009 at 4:25 p.m.
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As much as 40% of the workforce could be affected during the peak of a pandemic, health officials say, noting low resistance to the H1N1 virus and its persistence through the summer months ... Hundreds of thousands of Americans could die over the next two years if the vaccine for the new H1N1 influenza is not effective and, at the pandemic's peak, as much as 40% of the workforce could be affected, according to new estimates from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...

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Swine Flu Vaccine by October, Say Makers


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Published July 23, 2009 at 6:51 p.m.

Vaccine makers told an FDA panel of experts that they're moving ahead with rushed plans to produce a swine flu vaccine and could have doses ready to distribute to the public by mid-October ...

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Tamiflu approved for Canadian babies


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Published July 23, 2009 at 3:01 p.m.

Canadian infants under one year old who are sick with the flu may receive the antiviral drug Tamiflu, Health Minister Leona Aglukkaq announced Thursday under new swine flu pandemic guidelines ... The Pu ...

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   According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), in humans the symptoms of H1N1 swine flu are similar to those of influenza and of influenza-like illness in general. Symptoms include fever, cough, sore throat, body aches, headache, chills and fatigue. The 2009 outbreak has shown an increased percentage of patients reporting diarrhea and vomiting.

   Recommendations to prevent the spread of the virus among humans include using standard infection control against influenza. This includes frequent washing of hands with soap and water or with alcohol-based hand sanitizers, especially after being out in public.