Shots - Health News Taking Wheelchair Tai Chi To China May 29, 2009 • Wheelchair tai chi helps disabled Americans, both the jocks and the non-jocks.
Shots - Health News Why No Flu Pandemic? Define Pandemic May 22, 2009 • WHO will not declare that swine flu, or H1N1, has reached pandemic proportions. But it's leaving open the question for now of whether it will change its own definition of exactly what would trigger a pandemic.
Shots - Health News When Is A Pandemic Not A Pandemic? May 21, 2009 • Many countries are questioning why the WHO has not moved the new swine flu pandemic threat level from an imminent pandemic to an actual one.
Shots - Health News Food And Flu And You May 18, 2009 • When Egypt slaughtered its pig population to protect the country against swine flu a few weeks ago, many scientists dismissed it as an overreaction. There is no evidence eat
Shots - Health News Why Are Virus Outbreaks Often Not As Bad As First Feared? May 6, 2009 • Why do outbreaks caused by flu and other viruses often seem worse initially than they turn out to be?
Shots - Health News Egyptians Told To Pray In Open Areas To Thwart Swine Flu May 6, 2009 • Not to pick on Egypt but that nation continues to exhibit among the most extreme reactions to swine flu to be seen internationally.
Shots - Health News A Russian view of swine flu May 5, 2009 • This Russia Today report on the swine flu is a weird mash-up of several flu-related stories ranging from the humorous to the super serious. It all makes sense when you take into account that the Russian news
Shots - Health News Swine Flu's $2.2 Bln Hit To Mexican Economy May 5, 2009 • A Mexican official reported today that the swine flu's financial impact on his nation's economy was more than $2 billion so far.
Shots - Health News Why No Avian Flu-Related Poultry Slaughter In Egypt? May 5, 2009 • Why hasn't Egypt slaughtered its entire poultry population?
Shots - Health News Mexico Starts Flying Citizens Home From China May 5, 2009 • Mexico brings residents home from China.
Shots - Health News Husband Details Wife's Forced Quarantine In China May 5, 2009 • A Canadian man describes how his wife was forced into quarantine by Chinese authorities.
Shots - Health News Reuters: List Of Countries Banning Pork Grows May 4, 2009 • "Up to 20 countries worldwide have banned imports of pork and other meat," Reuters is reporting. The news service says
Shots - Health News Please Don't Fry That Prosciutto! May 4, 2009 • The World Health Organization's daily swine flu briefing on Sunday dealt with a burning culinary question du jour --- at least among the European press. What about cured ham products? Please Don't Fry That Prosciutto! Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/103773574/103775955" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
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Shots - Health News Swine Flu Eyed Warily In South America May 1, 2009 • BOGOTA, Colombia — Here in the South American country closest to Mexico, authorities scrambled to stockpile antiviral medication to fight swine flu and told schools to send home children who show up to classes with symptoms of the virus.
Shots - Health News Pakistan Takes On Swine Flu, Sort Of April 29, 2009 • ISLAMABAD — It's not like Pakistan doesn't have enough problems; now the Health Ministry is taking on swine flu.