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- Delaware Tests Preparedness in Case of Flu Pandemic (WBOC Salisbury)
Nov 20, 2008 - DOVER , Del. - The state of Delaware is testing how quickly it can give flu shots to the greatest number of people. Delaware confirmed its first flu case of the season back in October. - State prepares for flu pandemic (WDBJ 7 Roanoke)
Nov 20, 2008 - We are past due for a pandemic flu and that could mean millions of people sick right here in Virginia, not to mention the possible death toll. That's why the state's preparing. Health officials say it's not IF this will happen, but when. - All Season Homemaker Club meets (News Democrat & Leader)
Nov 20, 2008 - All Season Homemaker Club met last month at the Logan County Extension Room. They were taught a lesson on Pandemic Flu by Anne Bray a Barren River District Health Department speaker. - State prepares for pandemic flu (WAVY 10)
Nov 20, 2008 - NORFOLK,Va - Imagine the chaos if a pandemic flu, one that threatened the lives of every human being, hit Virginia. It's the state health department's job to be prepared, so this week they're practicing. - Gearing up for flu season (NBC 12 Richmond)
Nov 20, 2008 - RICHMOND, VA (NBC12) - We should all be preparing for the peak of flu season. But local and state health officials have other issues on their minds. Some experts believe a pandemic flu outbreak is a real and pending threat. - A look inside Virginia’s preparations for a pandemic flu outbreak (WSLS Newschannel 10 Roanoke)
Nov 20, 2008 - Thousands of boxes of the anti-viral medicine Tamiflu are stockpiled in a Virginia warehouse. The location is so secure that WSLS 10 On Your Side is not allowed to give the specific location. - Report says pandemic will threaten coal, power supplies (Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy)
Nov 20, 2008 - Nov 20, 2008 (CIDRAP News) – A new report from the University of Minnesota warns that an influenza pandemic could disrupt the coal industry, thereby endangering the nation's significantly coal-dependent electric power system and everything that depends on it. - How bird flu has spread (BBC News)
Nov 20, 2008 - See the location of bird and human cases of the H5N1 virus - and watch the spread of the disease over time. - Indonesia says 17 in Sulawesi not infected with bird flu (The Star)
Nov 20, 2008 - JAKARTA (Reuters) - Bird flu has been ruled out as the cause of illness in 17 people from the same neighbourhood of Makasar in Sulawesi, Indonesia, a health ministry official said on Thursday. - Indonesia says 17 in Sulawesi not infected with bird flu (AlertNet)
Nov 20, 2008 - Source: Reuters JAKARTA, Nov 20 (Reuters) - Bird flu has been ruled out as the cause of illness in 17 people from the same neighbourhood of Makasar in Sulawesi, Indonesia, a health ministry official said on Thursday ...