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Experts Advise WHO On Pandemic Vaccine (H1N1) Policies And Strategies

The Strategic Advisory Group of Experts (SAGE) on Immunization, which advises WHO (World Health Organization) on policies and strategies for vaccines and immunization, devoted a session of its 27-29 October meeting to pandemic influenza vaccines. The experts reviewed the current epidemiological situation of the pandemic worldwide and considered issues and options from a public health perspective. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
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California Nurses Plan to Strike; Hospital Association Asks Them Not To

Oct. 30, 2009 - As many as 16,000 registered nurses from three large Catholic hospital chains in California and Nevada plan to join a one-day strike and picket October 30, as RNs step up the protest over poor readiness by many hospitals to confront the H1N1 swine flu pandemic, the California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee (CNA/NNOC) announced. (Source: NurseZone.com Nursing News)
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Avoiding Panic In Pandemic Flu Vaccine Campaigns

The effectiveness of pandemic flu vaccination campaigns like that now underway for H1N1 could be undermined by the public incorrectly associating coincidental and unrelated health events with the vaccines. This is the conclusion of a paper published online Oct. 31 by The Lancet and authored by an international team of investigators led by Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
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CDC reports 19 children died of swine flu last week

That brings the total to 114 children deaths since the pandemic's start, compared with 40 to 50 in a normal flu season. On H1N1 vaccines, 'the gap between supply and demand is closing.' Nineteen more U.S. children died from pandemic H1N1 influenza in the week ending Oct. 24, bringing the total to 65 since Aug. 30 and to 114 since the beginning of the pandemic in April, according to the newest data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention . (Source: Los Angeles Times - Science)
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World Health Organization says a single dose of H1N1 vaccine may be sufficient, even for children

One dose of vaccine might be enough to protect both adults and children older than six months against the swine flu pandemic, an international panel of experts has concluded. (Source: Wash Post Health)

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CDC: 19 H1N1 Child Deaths In A Week, 114 Total

Health officials say swine flu has caused at least 19 more children deaths -- the largest one-week increase since the pandemic started in April. At least 114 children have died from swine flu complications since the spring. That's up from 95 reported a week ago. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released the statistics on Friday. (Source: WBZ-TV - Breaking News, Weather and Sports for Boston, Worcester and New Hampshire)
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CDC: Kids’ H1N1 flu deaths jump to 114

Heath officials say swine flu has caused at least 19 more children's deaths the largest one-week increase since the pandemic ... (Source: USATODAY.com Health)
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[Report] The Transmissibility and Control of Pandemic Influenza A (H1N1) Virus

A detailed picture of the pandemic potential of swine-origin influenza offers guidance for effective mitigation strategies.Authors: Yang Yang, Jonathan D. Sugimoto, M. Elizabeth Halloran, Nicole E. Basta, Dennis L. Chao, Laura Matrajt, Gail Potter, Eben Kenah, Ira M. Longini Jr. (Source: Science: Current Issue)

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Churches considered as swine flu shelters

Concerns surface over refuge for the homeless as second wave of the pandemic approaches (Source: BMA daily feed)
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WHO experts: Single dose of swine flu vaccine may be enough

One dose of vaccine might be enough to protect both adults and children older than 6 months against the swine flu pandemic, an international expert panel has concluded. (Source: Wash Post Health)
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