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Hong Kong: CHP investigates influenza A outbreak in elderly home
Friday, 03 September 2010
The Centre for Health Protection (CHP) of the Department of Health today (September 2) urged people and management of institutions to take preventive measures against influenza by strictly observing environmental and personal hygiene.
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Taiwan offers H5N1 vaccine to public
Thursday, 02 September 2010
The Taiwan Centers for Disease Control is offering H5N1 avian influenza vaccine to the public this month, using 190,000 doses that are due to expire in November, according to Taiwan's Central News Agency (CNA). Chou Jih-Haw, the agency's deputy director,
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Eight die of food poisoning in Indonesia
Wednesday, 01 September 2010
JAKARTA -- Eight people died with several others hospitalized after eating food allegedly contaminated with poisonous substances in Barru regency of South Sulawesi province, police said on Wednesday.
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Philippine dengue cases may rise to 80,000 by end of this year
Tuesday, 31 August 2010
MANILA - The Philippine health department warned that local dengue cases may rise to 80,000 by the end of 2010 as the number of patients continues to increase.
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Indonesia struggling to deter children from smoking
Monday, 30 August 2010
JAKARTA - Indonesia is now struggling to make its young generation avert smoking habit as smoking age is getting younger from year to year.
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CDC's new seasonal flu death estimates reflect disease variability
Friday, 27 August 2010
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released new death estimates for seasonal flu today that are designed to move away from a single number and instead take into account the disease's unpredictability and the extra toll inflicted when
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Hand, foot and mouth disease still at epidemic level in Singapore
Thursday, 26 August 2010
SINGAPORE -- Hand, foot and mouth disease ( HFMD) continued to spread in Singapore, with the number crossing the 1,000 mark last week for the first time this year, local daily The Straits Times reported Thursday.
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Vaccine Seen to Work on Hepatitis
Wednesday, 25 August 2010
BEIJING -- An experimental vaccine appears to be safe and effective in protecting people against hepatitis E infection, a trial in China has found.
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Study Finds H5N1 Can Linger on Loose Feathers
Tuesday, 24 August 2010
Japanese researchers investigating the persistence of H5N1 avian influenza virus in contaminated tissues from infected birds found that the virus persisted longest in feathers, as long as 160 days at 4°C (39°F) and 15 days at 20°C (68°).
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Supplier in egg recall has long history of violations
Monday, 23 August 2010
BEIJING -- Two Iowa farms that together recalled more than half-billion potentially salmonella-tainted eggs this month share a supplier who has a long record of violations, U.S. media reported Monday.
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