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The world remains unprepared to handle a major epidemic, a new book warns

Health

In a new book, “The End of Epidemics: The Looming Threat to Humanity and How to Stop It”, global health expert Dr. Jonathan Quick focuses on the need for a universal flu vaccine and ways to prevent and contain the next pandemic.

A box of masks is shown in the emergency room at Palomar Medical Center in Escondido, California.

Discussion: The flu outbreak — what you need to know

Health
The percentage of parents who refuse to give any vaccines to their children remain at one to two percent of the general public. There is a much larger group of people who have doubts and concerns over certain vaccinations, experts say.

Despite dozens of recent flu deaths among US children, vaccination skeptics remain — and their numbers have grown

Health

The next pandemic – Are we ready?

Health & Medicine

CDC says flu outbreak widespread, too early to determine severity

Health & Medicine
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Powerful computer models help researchers react to pandemic spread

Health & Medicine

Researchers at Virginia Tech University have created a high-tech computer model that will allow them to model that effects of a pandemic outbreak on the American population. It’s a new tool that can help scientists and doctors plan a counter-attack on the disease.

H1N1: what you need to know

Health & Medicine

Sorting out the facts from the fiction around H1N1, and what we really need to be concerned about.

It’s official: (swine) flu shots for everyone

Health & Medicine

The U.S. government has purchased 195 million doses of approved H1N1 vaccine to give out for free to anyone who wants it.

H1N1 Concerns in Sub-Saharan Africa

Health & Medicine

Fewer than ten H1N1 cases are confirmed in Africa, but health experts worry the disease may spread in the continent’s crowded slums.

H1N1 and public health

Health & Medicine

Public health lessons from Mexico’s handling of the H1N1 influenza outbreak — from information transmission to virus transmission.

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