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Adult with swine flu dies in NI - BBC News
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Adult with swine flu dies in NI
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The death was announced in the Department of Health's weekly swine flu update. To date, 19 people from Northern Ireland who had swine flu have died. ...
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Business leaders criticise school closures - BBC News
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Business leaders criticise school closures
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"Every school will have contingency plans for these sorts of occasions and it's not just snow, it could be swine flu, it could be the boiler breaking down. ...
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How cold turns up the heat on health - BBC News
How cold turns up the heat on health
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The Spanish flu that killed up to 50 million people between 1918 and 1919 started out in the spring and summer, while swine flu took hold in Mexico in ...
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Heart refusal girl back at school - BBC News
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Heart refusal girl back at school
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She developed chest infections that twice turned into pneumonia and then caught swine flu, she added. "It's been a bit of a rollercoaster but that is ...
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The medical milestones that defined the noughties - BBC News
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The medical milestones that defined the noughties
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"We can sequence new organisms that much faster which meant for example it was possible to identify SARS and swine flu very quickly," he adds. ...
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Lack of surgeons hits heart operations - charity - BBC News
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Lack of surgeons hits heart operations - charity
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"Once we received agreement on the budget, particularly in relation to funding for swine flu, I was able to relieve some of the financial pressures ...
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France sells off surplus swine flu vaccine - BBC News
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France sells off surplus swine flu vaccine
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France is selling off millions of surplus swine flu vaccine doses to other countries, officials say. They say the move was decided after health authorities ...
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The clean hands mission - BBC News
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The clean hands mission
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Exhortations to wash your hands more are a major plank in the efforts to stop swine flu, but how much does it really help? ...
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Welsh swine flu cases declining - BBC News
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Welsh swine flu cases declining
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The number of swine flu cases in Wales is falling although one death has been reported in the last week. Health chiefs said as of Wednesday 11 people were ...
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Children more likely to catch swine flu, study suggests - BBC News
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Children more likely to catch swine flu, study suggests
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Children are twice as likely as adults to catch swine flu, according to a joint UK-US study. Imperial College London researchers and a team from the US ...
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Elderly man with swine flu dies - BBC News
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Elderly man with swine flu dies
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The man had underlying medical conditions and his death was announced in the Department of Health's weekly swine flu update. ...
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Swine flu virus 'could still mutate' WHO warns - BBC News
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Swine flu virus 'could still mutate' WHO warns
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The head of the World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned the global swine flu pandemic is not yet over and the virus could still mutate. ...
Swine flu dominates health yearBBC News
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Under-5s next for swine flu jabs - BBC News
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Under-5s next for swine flu jabs
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Swine flu vaccinations of people in the priority at risk group is complete in many parts of Suffolk. GPs are now being urged now to concentrate on children ...
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Swine flu dominates health year - BBC News
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Swine flu dominates health year
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But dealing with swine flu dominated the health world in Wales this year - with the after effects likely to be felt well into the new year. ...
Children more likely to catch swine flu, study suggestsBBC News
Swine flu virus 'could still mutate' WHO warnsBBC News
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Boom to bust: The NHS in the noughties - BBC News
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Boom to bust: The NHS in the noughties
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Targets, superbugs and swine flu have all grabbed the headlines. But just how significant will the noughties prove to be? From feast to famine could well ...
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Shia Muslims gather in Karbala for the climax of Ashura - BBC News
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Shia Muslims gather in Karbala for the climax of Ashura
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Checks are being made for swine flu among some 60000 foreign pilgrims expected to attend the ceremonies, provincial governor Amal Adin al-Her told AFP news ...
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Jersey girl not forced to have swine flu vaccine - BBC News
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Jersey girl not forced to have swine flu vaccine
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A nine-year-old girl from Jersey, who was at the centre of a legal battle over the swine flu vaccination, will not be forced to have the jab. ...
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Under-fives to get swine flu jab - BBC News
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Under-fives to get swine flu jab
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The vaccination of children under five against swine flu is to begin in the new year in Dorset, despite a national agreement with GPs breaking down. ...
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Two-year-old with swine flu dies - BBC News
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Two-year-old with swine flu dies
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There has been another death of a child in Northern Ireland who had swine flu. The death of the two-year-old, who had underlying medical conditions, ...
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First minister gets swine flu jab - BBC News
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First minister gets swine flu jab
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Long-term asthmatic Alex Salmond has received the swine flu jab, it has been confirmed by the SNP. The first minister was also given the seasonal flu ...
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