U.S. Issues Guidelines in Case of Flu Pandemic
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Health officials said the measures would hugely disrupt public life, but they argued that they would be necessary.
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PORTLAND, Maine - A federal plan to steer shipments of influenza shots to high-need patients could ease MaineÂ´s critical shortage, but the stateÂ´s top public health official worries that it may not be enough.
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Pregnant women, babies and toddlers would join doctors, emergency workers and soldiers at the head of the line for scarce vaccine if a super-strain of flu triggers the next pandemic, says a draft government plan to be released Tuesday.
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NEW YORK  - A new advisory by the American   Heart Association and the American College of Cardiology is   recommending that patients with cardiovascular disease get an   annual vaccination against influenza.
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TORONTO (CP) - The World Health Organization, key countries and major flu vaccine makers agreed Friday there is an urgent need to push forward with production and licensing of trial batches of pandemic influenza vaccine.
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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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Schools could be ordered to close to try to curb an "inevitable" killer flu pandemic in England.
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Governments around the world need to do more to prepare for the dramatic economic impact of the next flu pandemic, the United Nations influenza coordinator said on Thursday.
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Pointing to last year's early and unusually harsh influenza season, U.S. health officials urged Americans on Thursday to get their flu shots.
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Scientists believe they have found some of the steps needed for bird flu to turn into a pandemic strain.
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PROVIDENCE, RI -- There should be enough of the scarce flu vaccine for anyone in a high-risk group eventually, according to officials from the US Department of Health and Human Services.
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Government guidelines are expected next week to help better organize flu-vaccination clinics and avoid misery, chaos and even death as people have waited hours to get a shot.
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A top World Health Organization official warned Saturday of a likely global pandemic of avian flu unless tougher efforts are made to combat the virus&#39;s spread and improve sanitation in the poultry industry.
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The world is teetering on the verge of a massive influenza outbreak, and even wealthy nations such as the United States are unprepared for the next pandemic, according to a report released Tuesday.
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New rules to help the United Nations contain public health emergencies took effect on Friday, requiring countries to disclose potential threats from disease, chemical agents, radioactive materials and contaminated food.
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Doctors have expressed concerns about the government's plans for a flu pandemic.
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With worries growing about a possible flu pandemic, the World Health Organisation has called an unprecedented summit meeting for Nov. 11 in Geneva, Switzerland, to draft response plans in the event of a global