Swine flu couple now expecting baby

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Published April 26, 2010 at 7:53 p.m.

Dawn and Iain Askham were treated in hospital after they became ill following their honeymoon in Mexico last April.The couple, who live in Polmont in Falkirk, recovered and are now expecting a baby in ...

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MMWR: Update: Novel Influenza A (H1N1) Virus Infection --- Mexico, March—May, 2009

Published June 5, 2009 at 2:39 p.m.

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) June 5, 2009 / Vol. 58 / No. 21 / p585-589 ...

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HIV/STD Risk Factors: Mexican Migrants

Published Sept. 3, 2008 at 9:00 a.m.

University of California and Mexico have collaborated on a study of HIV risk factors of migrant workers from Mexico ...

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Suzanne Somers' New Target: Chemotherapy

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Published Oct. 20, 2009 at 11:54 p.m.
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EDITOR'S NOTE: Ten years and $2.5 billion in research have found no cures from alternative medicine. Yet these mostly unproven treatments are now mainstream and used by more than a third of all Americans. This is one in an occasional series examining their use and potential risks ... ___ ... NEW YORK (AP) – Suzanne Somers is at it again ... Less than a year after the former sitcom actress frustrated mainstream doctors (and cheered some fans) by touting bioidentical hormones on "The Oprah

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U.S., Mexico face shortage of H1N1 flu vaccine

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Published Oct. 17, 2009 at 2:00 a.m.
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Production is running behind, the CDC says. In Mexico, response to the outbreak is more muted than in the spring ... As the so-called swine flu sweeps through the Northern Hemisphere once again, U.S. officials on Friday downplayed the impact of vaccine shortages, and Mexican officials stressed good hygiene and prompt medical treatment for flu-type symptoms ...

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Youths found at risk for H1N1 complications

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Published Oct. 13, 2009 at 2:42 p.m.
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An analysis of the sickest swine flu patients in Australia, Canada, Mexico, and New Zealand suggests that relatively healthy adolescents and young adults are among the most likely to get very sick after an H1N1 infection, a pattern similar to that seen in the 1918 influenza pandemic ...

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Swine Flu Fears Force France To Say 'Au Revoir' To Kissing Custom

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Published Sept. 7, 2009 at 2:04 p.m.
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PARIS — It's a ubiquitous French tradition, as familiar as a baguette or an espresso at the neighborhood cafe. Now, "la bise," the cheek-to-cheek peck that the French use to say hello or goodbye, has come under pressure from a globalized threat: swine flu ... Some French schools, companies and a Health Ministry hotline are telling students and employees to avoid the social ritual out of fear the pandemic could make it the kiss of death, or at least illness, as winter approaches ... Mainland

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Return of swine flu: What's ahead for Americans?

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Published Aug. 30, 2009 at 1:15 p.m.
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WASHINGTON — The alarm sounded with two sneezy children in California in April. Just five months later, the never-before-seen swine flu has become the world's dominant strain of influenza, and it's putting a shockingly younger face on flu ... So get ready. With flu's favorite chilly weather fast approaching, we're going to be a sick nation this fall. The big unknown is how sick. One in five people infected or a worst case – half the population? The usual 36,000 deaths from flu or tens of

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Three Amigos Talks Swine Flu, Drug Violence

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Published Aug. 10, 2009 at 12:36 p.m.

Launching coordinated attacks against a swine flu epidemic and halting the violent drug war along the U.S. and Mexican border topped President Obama’s agenda at talks in Guadalajara with the leaders of Mexico and Canada, aides said ... “Everybody recognizes that H1N1 is going to be a challenge for all of us, and there are people who are going to be getting sick in the fall and die,” deputy White House national security adviser John Brennan said ahead of the North American Summit ... Obama

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Politics Today: Obama Talks Swine Flu, Health Care

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Published Aug. 10, 2009 at 8:13 a.m.
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The President Takes His Agenda Outside of the Beltway This Week to Discuss Swine Flu and Other Issues in Mexico and Health Care Reform in New Hampshire ...

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