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  1. Swine Flu: The New Pandemic by Marc Siegel, 2009-09-30
  2. The Thin White Line: A History of the 2012 Avian Flu Pandemic in Canada by Craig DiLouie, 2008-03-01
  3. Die Brücken am Fluß / Die Liebenden von Cedar Bend. by Robert James Waller, 2002-06-01
  4. User's Guide to Echinacea and Other Cold & Flu Fighters: How Vitamins and Herbs Can Get You Back on Your Feet Safely and Quickly (Basic Health Publications User's Guide) by Laurel Vukovic, 2004-01
  5. Swine Flu and Pig Borne Diseases (Public Health in the 21st Century) by Viroj Wiwanitkit, 2009-12-30
  6. The Bird Flu Preparedness Planner: What it is. How it spreads. What you can do. by Grattan Woodson, 2005-11-15
  7. Global Time Bomb: Surviving the H1N1 Swine Flu Pandemic and Other Global Health Threats
  8. Scary Godmother: The Boo Flu by Jill Thompson, 2000-10-10
  9. Fowl! Bird Flu: It's Not What You Think by Sherri J. Tenpenny, 2006-04-01
  10. SHUTTERBUGG and SNUGG & SHOE-FLY FLU by Stephen Cosgrove, 1988-01-01
  11. The Natural Way With Colds & Flu by Penny Davenport, 1995-06
  12. The Doctor Has the Flu (Celebration Press Ready Readers) by Carolyn Clark, 1996-01
  13. The Flu (Health Aleart) by Gretchen Hoffmann, 2006-09-30
  14. How to Prepare for a Pandemic: and Other Extended Disasters by William Stewart, 2006-07-05

61. CNN Health: Cold & Flu Report - Flu Tracker
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U.S. Influenza Activity Update Week Ending February 26, 2000
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No states reported widespread influenza activity. Influenza activity was reported as regional in 5 states (Alabama, Arizona, Maryland, New York, and Tennessee) and Puerto Rico. Sporadic influenza activity was reported in 38 states; 6 states reported no influenza activity and 1 state did not report. Source: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Influenza Activity Surveillance based on weekly reports from state and territorial health departments.

62. China We've Beaten Bird Flu
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63. CNN - Killer Flu Of 1918 May Have Quietly Evolved For Years - February 15, 1999
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RELATED STORIES, SITES WASHINGTON (CNN) The 1918 flu that killed more than 20 million people may have quietly percolated for several years, trading back and forth between pigs and people, until suddenly growing strong enough to become the worst recorded global epidemic. That's the latest theory from the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, which reported Monday that researchers for the first time have completely analyzed a critical gene from the killer influenza virus. The gene likely "was adapting in humans or in swine for maybe several years before it broke out as a pandemic virus," said molecular biologist Ann Reid, lead author of the study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. But "we can't tell whether it went from pigs into humans or from humans into pigs," she said.

64. CNN.com - Thousands Sickened In Early, Severe Flu Season - Nov. 28, 2003
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Ryan Nishimoto, 11, gets flu shot in Arvada, Colorado. Story Tools VIDEO Americans should be prepared for what health experts are saying is an already-bad flu season.
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(CNN) Thousands of people have been sickened across the country with what health officials say is a severe strain of influenza in a season that started earlier than expected. Colorado is one of the hardest-hit states. Four children there have died from the highly contagious respiratory virus. "One of the reported deaths from flu this year was of a child with symptoms that were not consistent with the flu," said Dr. Ned Calonge, Colorado's chief medical officer. "The loss of this child is tragic, but parents need to know this is a very unusual case, and that there have not been any similar cases in Colorado or Texas, where flu activity has been the worst to date in the United States this year," he said in a statement on the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment Web site.

65. CNN.com - Get Ready, Flu Season Is On Its Way - Oct. 11, 2002
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(CNN) If you have not already received your flu shot, it is time. Flu season begins in October and peaks between February and March. The flu kills about 20,000 people every year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. This year, there are three strains of the virus that are expected to be particularly common: the Moscow, the New Caledonia and the Hong Kong. It is important to remember that there are differences between a cold and the flu. Cold symptoms are typically just upper respiratory and symptoms include a runny nose and sniffling. The flu tends to be much more serious, affecting the lower respiratory system as well. Fevers, fatigue and sore throat are present with the flu not to mention just a general feeling of being wiped out. The flu shot will reduce your chances of getting the flu by about 70-90 percent, according to the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP). It does take 14 days to work so make sure to get your flu shot before you get sick.

66. MayoClinic.com - Influenza (Flu)
A description of influenza, its symptoms, causes, complications, treatment and prevention.
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67. New Bird Flu Outbreak In Japan
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68. CNN.com - Doctors Take Action On Flu Shot Shortage - Dec. 8, 2003
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Doctors take action on flu shot shortage
Nurse Maryl Skjei gives Darius Angel, 2, a flu shot Friday while his uncle Daniel Thomas holds him in Washington. Story Tools RELATED Interactive: States reporting severe flu outbreaks
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Who needs flu shots Understanding the flu ... Makers ship last of flu shots HEALTH LIBRARY Health Library All about influenza YOUR E-MAIL ALERTS Colorado Nebraska New Mexico or Create your own Manage alerts What is this? (AP) With the nation's supply of flu shots dropping rapidly and at least 13 states facing an unusually severe flu outbreak, doctors are urging healthy people to opt for a nasal-spray version of the vaccine and save the traditional one for children and the elderly. "If you're healthy, you have two options: Please take the option that the other folks can't have," said Dr. William Schaffner of the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases. The nasal spray is recommended only for healthy people ages 5-49, and doctors began pushing it as an alternative to the traditional vaccine Friday, after the two makers of flu shots in the United States announced they have run out and will not be able to meet a surge in demand resulting from fears of a particularly bad season.

69. CNN.com - China Shuts Ports To Stop Bird Flu - Jan. 20, 2004
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China shuts ports to stop bird flu
China has banned chicken imports from Vietnam, South Korea and Japan. Story Tools VIDEO Thailand reassures the public poultry is safe to eat.
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Yes No VIEW RESULTS YOUR E-MAIL ALERTS Follow the news that matters to you. Create your own alert to be notified on topics you're interested in. Or, visit Popular Alerts for suggestions. Manage alerts What is this? HANOI, Vietnam China has shut trade ports to Vietnamese vessels as the bird flu crisis deepens, the Xinhua News Agency reported. Some 40 ports along a 740-mile (791 kilometers) border with Vietnam have been closed in the southern Chinese province of Yunnan, state media said Wednesday. Officials have also set up quarantine checkpoints to keep out the disease. The World Health Organization (WHO) has confirmed five deaths in Vietnam from bird flu.

70. Infections
Who needs a flu shot? How long is mono contagious? This section has articles about infections that teens can get, with information about how they're spread, signs and symptoms, when to go to the doctor, and prevention.
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71. CNN.com - Health - High-risk Patients Need First Flu Shots - October 24, 2000
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WASHINGTON (AP) Dr. Raymond Scalettar is angry: He has to send elderly lung-disease patients to nearby supermarkets for a flu shot. Why? Some huge grocery chains received thousands of vaccine doses before manufacturers shipped them to many private doctors whose patients are so frail influenza could kill them. The sick standing in store lines isn't doctors' only frustration. Manufacturers acknowledge shipping shots to large corporations for employee-vaccination programs ahead of many doctors even though this year's vaccine delay means high-risk Americans, not healthy young workers, are supposed to be first in line.

72. CNN.com - Health - Grocery List: Loaf Of Bread, Quart Milk, And A Flu Shot - Nov
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Grocery list: loaf of bread, quart milk, and a flu shot
Sharon Fowler closes her eyes as she receives a flu vaccination at the Marsh Supermarket in Mooresville, Indiana DENVER, Colorado Hundreds of elderly people waited in a line that stretched past shelves stacked with toilet paper and household cleansers and wound around the meat cases.

73. CNN.com - WHO: Human Deaths May Be Linked To Bird Flu - Jan. 12, 2004
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WHO: Human deaths may be linked to bird flu
Story Tools HANOI, Vietnam (AP) A bird flu outbreak that has sickened nearly 600,000 chickens in Vietnam is suspected of being linked to the deaths of 10 children and an adult in Hanoi, the World Health Organization said Monday. RELATED Bird flu spreads to humans in the Netherlands World Health Organization HEALTH LIBRARY Health Library YOUR E-MAIL ALERTS Flu Season Vietnam World Health Organization (WHO) or Create your own Manage alerts What is this? Viruses in both the chickens and the people appear to be similar but further testing is being done. "There is a possible link," said Peter Horby, a WHO epidemiologist in Hanoi. "In the past, chickens have infected people in outbreaks in Hong Kong in 1997 and again in 2003." Horby said he's expected to meet with the Ministry of Health on Tuesday to further discuss the possible connection, but he's optimistic it can be contained. "Whatever they've got, there doesn't seem to be widespread transmission," he said. "It's encouraging that's it's not spreading."

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75. CNN.com - New Clue Why 1918 Flu Epidemic Was Deadliest - Feb. 5, 2004
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New clue why 1918 flu epidemic was deadliest
Scientists find that year's strain more birdlike than once thought
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Risks, prevention This season may have peaked ... Science magazine HEALTH LIBRARY Health Library All about influenza YOUR E-MAIL ALERTS Flu Season Medical Research Applied Sciences or Create your own Manage alerts What is this? WASHINGTON (AP) The 1918 flu that killed 20 million people appears to be more birdlike than previously thought, according to findings by U.S. and British researchers that could help explain why it was the deadliest influenza strain ever recorded. The work doesn't have direct implications for Asia's current outbreak of bird flu, a strain that doesn't seem able to easily infect many people. But the findings, to be published Friday by the journal Science, do highlight how important it is to monitor flu in poultry since the research suggests it might take fewer genetic adaptations than once thought for a bird virus to begin spreading from person to person. The research, conducted separately by scientists at the Scripps Institute in La Jolla, California, and at Britain's Medical Research Council, used lung samples preserved from victims of the 1918 flu to reconstruct a protein crucial to their infection.

76. CNN.com - Hong Kong Flap Over Chicken Flu Outbreak - May 17, 2001
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By CNN's Patricia Lai HONG KONG, China Hong Kong authorities are stepping up inspections in poultry stalls after slaughtering more than 6,600 chickens to prevent an outbreak of deadly bird flu. Some 790 chicken and poultry were reported to have died of H5N1 avian influenza in three poultry markets in Hong Kong, prompting the local government to slaughter all poultry in the stalls. In 1997, the outbreak of a fatal strain of the H5N1 virus killed 6 people in Hong Kong. The government slaughtered 1.4 million poultry to contain the flu. CNN.com Asia More news from our Asia edition A government spokesman said no more poultry had been reported to have died of abnormal conditions related to the virus following Wednesday's slaughter. There was little fear that humans might be vulnerable to the virus. Lily Yam, Hong Kong's Secretary for the Environment and Food, said from samples recently collected from these three markets "genes sequencing tests have demonstrated that these viruses are not I repeat not the same as the kind of H5N1 chicken virus that we had in Hong Kong in 1997".

77. NJ.com: Everything Jersey
A deadly, mysterious respiratory illness spread largely among health care workers in Asia could be a new strain of flu or even an exotic virus passed from animals to people, a health official said yesterday. The StarLedger
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78. CNN - Scientists Who Track Flu Fear New, Powerful Strains - January 17, 2000
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Scientists who track flu fear new, powerful strains
January 18, 2000 Web posted at: 7:45 a.m. EST (1245 GMT) In this story: Influenza has deadly history Researchers track global movement RELATED STORIES, SITES From staff reports ATLANTA (CNN) As the United States and Europe battle yet another cold and flu season, scientists are having more trouble tracking and predicting where and when the next strain will pop up. FOCUS The Path of the Flu RESOURCES CDC Influenza Home Page World Health Organization: Influenza ALSO
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  • 79. CNN - Feeling Blue? It May Be Allergies, Not The Flu - January 17, 2000
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    Feeling blue? It may be allergies, not the flu
    ALLERGY TIPS Molds thrive in warm, damp places like crawl spaces and basements. If your basement or crawlspace smells damp or musty, you have mold. MESSAGE BOARD Allergy tips January 17, 2000 Web posted at: 4:57 p.m. EST (2157 GMT) (CNN) Sniffles and sneezes aren't always sure signs of the flu. Allergies, prompted by the hazards of home, can be the culprit for wintertime sickness. "These are allergies that are present all year round, but because we spend most of our time indoors, they are more symtomatic," says allergist Dr. Kinglsey Chin. The most common causes of allergic reactions:
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  • 80. CNN.com - S. Korea: Bird Flu Spreading - Dec. 20, 2003
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    Story Tools SEOUL, South Korea (Reuters) With a highly contagious strain of bird flu spreading, South Korea's government held an emergency meeting to discuss ways to contain the outbreak. Prime Minister Goh Kun chaired Sunday's meeting, which coincided with an agriculture ministry announcement of a new case of the virus. The bird flu virus, which can be deadly for humans, surfaced among chickens at a farm about 80 km (50 miles) southeast of the capital Seoul on Monday. Since then, the authorities have slaughtered 210,000 chickens and ducks, but officials say a further 405,000, at least, will be culled. A variant of avian influenza identified as H5N1 killed six people in Hong Kong in 1997 and 1998. South Korean authorities have asked for U.S. help to check whether the latest virus has the same gene as that strain. Hundreds of people living in the affected areas have been given blood tests, although no one has shown symptoms of the disease.

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