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Swine flu feared spreading among Aborigines

GMA news.tv - CANBERRA, Australia - The government must make a greater effort to protect vulnerable Aboriginal communities from swine flu, a medical advocate said Wednesday after an indigenous Australian from a remote, impoverished town became the country-s first ...
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Australia records 3rd swine flu-related death

GMA news.tv - MELBOURNE, Australia - A 50-year-old woman with life-threatening cancer on Wednesday became the third Australian with swine flu to die as Indonesia reported it first confirmed cases of the virus.
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Law vs selling of organs gains teeth

Manila Bulletin - By ELLALYN B. DE VERA Individuals engaged in the “buy and sell” of human organs can now be prosecuted using the implementing rules and regulations (IRR) on human organ trafficking under the Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act of 2003.
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66 H1N1 Cases in Greece

ΕΡΤ - Eight new H1N1 cases have been confirmed lately in Greece, raising the number of the people infected to 66. All eight patients came to Greece from abroad, including the USA, Australia and Britain.
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A(H1N1)-plagued House bares third suspected flu case; RP tally at 604

GMA news.tv - A third employee of the House of Representatives is suspected of being infected with the Influenza A(H1N1) virus that has sickened one other employee and triggered the death of another one last Monday, a lawmaker said.
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A(H1N1)-plagued House bares third suspected flu case; RP cases ...

GMA news.tv - A third employee of the House of Representatives is suspected of being infected with the Influenza A(H1N1) virus that has sickened one other employee and triggered the death of another one last Monday, a lawmaker said.
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Flu shuts House down; Batasan cordoned off

Manila Standard Today Flu shuts House down; Batasan cordoned off - Manila Standard Today - By Christine F. Herrera House Speaker Prospero Nograles yesterday ordered the Batasan complex cordoned off and suspended work for the rest of the week to allow workers to disinfect the buildings after the first swine flu fatality was identified as a ...
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Philippines says no to organ trafficking

Inquirer.net - By Tetch Torres MANILA, Philippines—Six years after it enacted the law against human organ trafficking, the Philippines can now enforce it after the Inter-Agency Council Against Trafficking (Iacat) finalized the implementing rules and regulations.
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Jobs was in end-stage liver disease

Times Online - Steve Jobs, the co-founder and chief executive of Apple, has an andquot;excellent prognosisandquot; after receiving a liver transplant at a Tennessee hospital, the doctor in charge has confirmed.
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Student H1N1 positive, school suspends class

Visayan Daily Star - BY CARLA GOMEZ The Influenza A(H1N1) cases in Western Visayas rose to seven yesterday after the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine confirmed that a female student from Roxas City enrolled at the Assumption High School in Iloilo City was positive ...
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