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Some Who Get H1N1 Vaccine Not in High-Risk Groups

It was bound to happen: Some people who aren't at high risk for swine flu complications got the much-in-demand vaccine. (Source: FOXNews.com)
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Some Who Get Vaccine Not In High-Risk Groups

It was bound to happen: Some people who aren't at high risk for swine flu complications got the much-in-demand vaccine. (Source: WDSU.com - Health)
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Some Who Get H1N1 Vaccine Not High Risk

Some people who aren't at high risk for swine flu complications got the much-in-demand vaccine. (Source: WDSU.com - Health)
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Experts advise WHO on pandemic vaccine policies and strategies

The Strategic Advisory Group of Experts (SAGE) on Immunization, which advises WHO 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: WHO Swine Flu)
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Risk Of Serious Flu-related Sickness Far Outpaces Risk Of Injectable Vaccine In Pregnant Women

Pregnant women who catch the flu are at serious risk for flu-related complications, including death, and that risk far outweighs the risk of possible side effects from injectable vaccines containing killed virus, according to an extensive review of published research and data from previous flu seasons. The review, a collaboration among scientists from the Johns Hopkins Children's Center, Emory University and Cincinnati Children's Hospital, and published online Oct. (Source: Immune System / Vaccines News From Medical News Today)
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Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 – update 72

As of 25 October 2009, worldwide there have been more than 440,000 laboratory confirmed cases of pandemic influenza H1N1 2009 and over 5700 deaths reported to WHO. (Source: WHO Swine Flu)

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Swine flu vaccine shots eliminate wrinkles, bad breath and varicose veins, too (opinion)

(NaturalNews) The propaganda push for flu vaccines has reached a level of absurdity that's just begging to be made fun of. Today, a flu vaccine story appearing in Reuters claimed that injecting pregnant women with flu shots would increase the birth weight of their babies by half a pound. That same story claimed flu shots are so healthy for pregnant women that they also prevent premature births.It even quotes a team of experts who claim that injecting an expectant mother with a flu shot would reduce the hospitalization of her infants, explaining: "Flu vaccine given to women during pregnancy is 85 percent effective in preventing hospitalization in their infants under 6 months of age."This conclusion was derived from a study of pregnant women in Bangladesh, by the way, and it didn't even use ...
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Swine flu: One in three deaths ‘not in priority vaccination group’

A third of those who have died from swine flu would not have been vaccinated against the pandemic as part of the Government's priority groups. (Source: The Telegraph : Swine Flu A H1N1)
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WHO Reports Over 5,000 H1N1 International Deaths

Nearly 5,000 people have reportedly died from swine flu since it emerged this year and developed into a global epidemic, the World Health Organization said Friday. Since most countries have stopped counting individual swine flu cases, the figure is considered an underestimate. (Source: WBZ-TV - Breaking News, Weather and Sports for Boston, Worcester and New Hampshire)
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Questions and Answers: Prevention of Pneumococcal Infections Secondary to Seasonal and 2009 H1N1 Influenza

This update provides information about pneumococcal disease, including who is at high risk and needs to be vaccinated. (Source: CDC Swine Flu Updates)
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