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Global jump in swine flu deaths

Sat, 31 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700

BBC News - Oct. 31 (News Report) - The number of swine flu deaths reported worldwide has jumped by more than 700 in a week, latest World Health Organization figures reveal.

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L.A. County free H1N1 vaccine clinics overwhelmed

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Los Angeles Times - By Molly Hennessy-Fiske - Oct. 28 (News Report) - Los Angeles County's free H1N1 flu clinics opened last week amid public health officials' promises to aggressively vaccinate people at highest risk, especially the uninsured. Instead, overwhelmed clinic staff began vaccinating many people who were not supposed to be first in line for protection, officials said Tuesday.

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Anxious Crowds Meet Ad Hoc Swine Flu Police

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700

New York Times - By Jennifer Steinhauer - Oct. 28 (News Report) - The top public health official in Los Angeles County stood at a swine flu vaccination site in Compton, Calif., on Tuesday and gently told elderly residents that they really ought to go home.

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Obama Declares Swine Flu a National Emergency

Sun, 25 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700

New York Times - By JACKIE CALMES, DONALD G. McNEIL Jr. - Oct. 25 (News Report) - President Obama’s declaration allows hospitals and local governments to speedily set up alternate sites and procedures if needed to handle any surge of patients.

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