HHS Calls For Plan To Counter Threat of Flu
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The stockpiling of antiviral drugs, making more flu vaccine and better surveillance for new flu strains were among the suggestions mentioned in a long-awaited draft document, released yesterday
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Nearly 3.2 million influenza vaccine doses were shipped this week to health providers serving high priority groups as part of the plan announced on October 12 by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Aventis Pasteur.
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The federal government's voluminous plans for dealing with pandemic flu do not adequately account for the overwhelming strain an outbreak would place on hospitals and public health systems trying to cope with millions of seriously ill Americans, some public health experts and local health officials...
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The UK is drawing up plans to deal with a possible outbreak of bird flu, amid warnings that it poses a significant threat.
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Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) officials said yesterday, Dec. 21, that they will support the recommended expansion of flu shot priority target groups announced on Friday by the national Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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WASHINGTON Aug. 25, 2004 - The United States may have to close schools, restrict travel and ration scarce medications if a powerful new flu strain spurs a worldwide outbreak, according to federal plans for
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Officials from Virginia and the District said yesterday they need better cooperation from federal agencies to ensure that medicine is rushed to key government employees during a pandemic flu outbreak.
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WASHINGTON Aug. 25, 2004 - Closing schools, restricting travel and rationing scarce medications may be the nation&#39;s first protections if a powerful new flu strain spurs a worldwide outbreak because it will
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A Martin County health official says common-sense tactics can help ward off the virus. By Valerie Nienberg. This flu season, an ounce of prevention is worth its weight in vaccine, a Martin County health official said Wednesday.
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The World Health Organization (WHO)  Friday called for measures to prevent a flu pandemic in humans  after China said a deadly strain of bird flu was found in pigs,  adding to signs that an outbreak among people was likely.
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Every country in the world must come up urgently with a plan to deal with an inevitable influenza pandemic likely to be triggered by the bird flu virus that hit Asia this year, a top global health expert said on Friday.
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WASHINGTON - A top federal health official, lamenting "a very fragile vaccine production system," urged healthy people Wednesday to defer getting their influenza shots so medication will be available for those most at risk.   "We really need a long-term solution so we don't end up in this year-to-year situation where we don't have a reliable supply," Dr...
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US Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson said Monday that enough flu vaccine will be available for most people who need it and told seniors to stop standing in long lines to get a shot.
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Warnings of a possible worldwide flu outbreak have local health officials spreading the word: Get in early for a vaccination. County health officials say preparation is essential since the Centers
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Health News, Every country in the world must come up urgently with a plan to deal with an inevitable influenza pandemic likely to be triggered by the bird flu virus that hit Asia this year, a top global health expert said on Friday.
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Experts urged governments on Thursday to do more to prepare for a possible influenza pandemic and beef up surveillance on the spread of bird flu in all animals and humans.
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The global spread of the influenza virus will threaten the health of nearly everyone on Earth, but very little is being done to prevent its potential devastation, according to World Health Organization experts.