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Philippine Medical News

Indonesians fear our Bali tourists bringing swine flu

The Canberra Times - Indonesian Health Minister Siti Fadilah Supari said yesterday she was --very worried-- Australians would spread the virus following news that a Melbourne woman on holiday in Bali had become one of Indonesia-s first swine flu patients.
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Deaths related to swine flu rise to 7 in Ontario

CBC.ca - Ontario has had three more deaths associated with swine flu since Monday, raising the province-s total to seven, the province-s chief medical officer of health said Wednesday.
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Australia records third H1N1 death

GulfNews - AP Melbourne, Australia: A 50-year-old woman with life-threatening cancer became the third Australian with swine flu to die yesterday, as Indonesia and Cambodia reported their first confirmed cases.
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New rules give teeth to drive against organ trafficking

GulfNews - By Gilbert Felongco, Correspondent Manila: Authorities have issued rules that will make it more difficult for organ traffickers to take advantage of impoverished Filipinos by wooing them into selling their body parts.
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Jobs liver transplant shows power of the rich

The Associated Press - A celebrity like Apple CEO Steve Jobs scores a rare organ transplant and the world wonders: Did he game the system? The rich have plenty of advantages that others don-t.
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First A/H1N1 flu case confirmed in Serbia

Philippine Star - BELGRADE, (Xinhua) -- The first case of A/H1N1 flu in Serbia has been confirmed, Serbian Health Minister Tomica Milosavljevic said yesterday.
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Argentina reinforces hospitals as flu deaths rise

Reuters - By Fiona Ortiz BUENOS AIRES, June 24 (Reuters) - Argentina is reinforcing overwhelmed hospitals as H1N1 deaths rise and flu cases swamp emergency rooms in and around the capital during the southern hemisphere winter.
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Will Apple turn sour without Steve?

guardian.co.uk - Steve Jobs-s liver transplant will seriously limit his capacity to work. Charles Arthur and Bobbie Johnson examine how Apple will fare without its talismanic leader Jobs has been forced to delegate presenting duties to Apple-s senior vice-president ...
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No more suspension of classes due to H1N1

Sun.Star - MANILA -- Education officials said Wednesday that classes will no longer be suspended now that the Department of Health (DOH) has declared a community-level outbreak of influenza A (H1N1).
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City declares imminent danger vs A (H1N1)

Sun.Star - By Merlinda A. Pedrosa and George M. De La Cruz THE Bacolod City Council declared Wednesday that the city is in imminent danger of influenza A (H1N1).
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