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NHS left with 34m stockpile of swine flu jabs - BBC News
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NHS left with 34m stockpile of swine flu jabs
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The NHS has more than 34 million unused doses of swine flu vaccine despite agreeing deals to break its contracts. ...
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Derbyshire swine flu threat 'could get worse' - BBC News
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Derbyshire swine flu threat 'could get worse'
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Swine flu could return stronger later in the year according to one of the county's leading health bosses. Bruce Lawrence, deputy director of public health ...
Relief in Peru as Machu Picchu reopens - BBC News
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Relief in Peru as Machu Picchu reopens
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"This disaster has been more disruptive to our industry than the financial crisis and swine flu combined", said Richard Leon, director of travel company ...
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Slough executive defends truancy statistics - BBC News
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Slough executive defends truancy statistics
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"Last year when we had swine flu, and swine flu was particularly prevalent in Slough, we've got a very much increased absence rate around illness. ...
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Swine flu vaccine uptake figures - BBC News (blog)
Swine flu vaccine uptake figures
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The Department of Health has released swine flu vaccine uptake figures for England. 37% of those in at-risk groups (asthma, heart disease, pregnant women ...
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World Cup fans urged to get swine flu vaccine - BBC News
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World Cup fans urged to get swine flu vaccine
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Football fans travelling to the World Cup in South Africa should be vaccinated against swine flu, the Department of Health has warned. ...
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It's still real and it's still a problem - BBC News
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It's still real and it's still a problem
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The 'milennium bug' nonsensense and the over-hyping of swine-flu make people justifiably sceptical about the 'next big disaster'. ...
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Jump in outpatient waiting lists - BBC News
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Jump in outpatient waiting lists
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... that health trusts had suspended "waiting list work" until he received clarity on how much money he would have to tackle a potential swine flu epidemic.
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Jersey swine flu £4m remains unspent - BBC News
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Jersey swine flu £4m remains unspent
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Millions of pounds set aside to deal with the consequences of an outbreak of swine flu in Jersey has not been spent. The health department had asked for ...
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Poland swine flu threat remains - BBC News
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Poland swine flu threat remains
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Poland has avoided accumulating unused swine flu vaccine, unlike other EU countries, but the vaccine controversy has not gone away. ...
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Swine flu drugs ordering service is closed down - BBC News
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Swine flu drugs ordering service is closed down
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The closure - at 0100 GMT - came after a sharp decline in the number of cases of the H1N1 swine flu virus. Health officials said the hotline and website ...
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Drop in swine flu cases leads to helpline closure - BBC News
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Drop in swine flu cases leads to helpline closure
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The National Pandemic Flu Service in England is to close because of the sharp decline in cases of the H1N1 swine flu virus. ...
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Two-thirds of swine flu vaccines remain unused in NI - BBC News
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Two-thirds of swine flu vaccines remain unused in NI
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The Department of Health in Northern Ireland still has half a million swine flu vaccines which remain unused. In mid-January, there were more than 60% of ...
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Sunday, 22:32 on BBC World Service - BBC News
Sunday, 22:32 on BBC World Service
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Was the swine flu pandemic overblown by the World Health Organisation? Christophe Fraser, one of the epidemiologists who studied the outbreak in Mexico when ...
West Midlands swine-flu related deaths continue to rise - BBC News
West Midlands swine-flu related deaths continue to rise
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The number of swine-flu related deaths across the West Midlands region has risen to 44, the NHS has said. However, the number of people being admitted to ...
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Papers vent fury at expenses MPs - BBC News
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Papers vent fury at expenses MPs
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Some papers are not amused to learn that the telephone hotline and website set up in the UK to deal with the swine flu pandemic is to be shut down.
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Christian Serbia maintains its faith in folklore - BBC News
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Christian Serbia maintains its faith in folklore
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When swine flu hit Serbia last year, people put their faith in natural remedies and sales of garlic soared - appropriate, perhaps, for a country which saw ...
Tamiflu sales boost Roche profits - BBC News
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Tamiflu sales boost Roche profits
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Swiss drugs firm Roche has reported an 8% rise in annual sales, helped by sales of swine flu drug Tamiflu and cancer treatments, such as Herceptin. ...
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Final warning for West Midlands hospital trust - BBC News
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Final warning for West Midlands hospital trust
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It said there had been a 13.6% increase in the number of patients over the past three years and the area it served had been at the centre of a swine flu ...
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Swine flu: how well did the WHO respond? - BBC News
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Swine flu: how well did the WHO respond?
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As the crisis response is scaled down, and vaccines go unused, a number of people are asking what happened to the swine flu pandemic. ...
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