Authorities acting to prevent epidemics
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A series of measures are being taken to prevent animal epidemics since a bird flu outbreak in the country in the spring. Local governments have reinforced the monitoring of bird flu.
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With increasing signs that bird flu is becoming established in Asia and a shortage of flu vaccine in America, health officials from several nations and more than a dozen
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Tens of thousands of survivors are at risk from diseases spread by dirty water, mosquitoes and crowding.
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Health ministers and experts from across Europe are meeting in Lithuania to discuss efforts to prevent an epidemic of HIV/Aids. They will debate an EU report which says rates of new infections in Russia and ...
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To prevent child trafficking, officials and schoolteachers are taking actions to stop smugglers from taking advantage of chaos.
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Â· Government failed to follow up patients at riskÂ· Danger of wider infection a 'serious problem'
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A spate of recent deaths has stirred fears of a broader outbreak among people and raised the possibility of a human pandemic.
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By JUDY O'ROURKE  SANTA CLARITA -- City officials on Tuesday said they will continue working with the health department, law enforcement and firefighters to reduce risks to the community posed by overcrowding in residential neighborhoods.
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Hospital visitors are being urged to improve their hygiene in an effort to crack down on infections.
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China has issued emergency instructions to hospitals nationwide to isolate patients suffering from severe respiratory diseases to prevent a winter recurrence of SARS, a newspaper said on Wednesday.
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By Roland Lim, Channel NewsAsia&#39;s Hong Kong correspondent. HONG KONG: Hong Kong&#39;s Centre for Health Protection has conducted its first ever drill on how to deal with a contagious disease outbreak.
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The Department of Health is setting up a surveillance system against bird flu to aid health workers to manage possible cases of the disease among humans, it was learned Saturday.
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Approximately 10,000 cases of whooping cough, or pertussis, were reported to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in 2003.
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The threat of animal diseases  spreading to humans is increasing and governments must improve  coordination to prevent them from becoming pandemic, world  health officials and vets said on Thursday.
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While IT administrators might be inclined to look at preparing for a pandemic much as they would for any other disaster, pandemics are different in several ways.
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Some Indianapolis area firefighters have something new to worry about beyond battling flames: the flu. Firefighters are one of a number of groups that don&#39;t quite fit the federal government&#39;s
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The government called an emergency meeting of health officials to try to control an outbreak that has left 14 dead.