Biosurveillance 2 - Pandemic Flu 2009 Policy
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This Twine is one of about five meant to help document the 2009 Flu Pandemic event as a Biosurveillance case study. The "Biosurveillance 2" Twine specifically focuses upon the policy decisions, preparations and response made by regional, national and international public health agencies.
The goal with this "Twine Series" is to help demonstrate new methods to document such events with unstructured data / knowledge that may eventually support structured (or hybrid) data analysis.
The goal with this "Twine Series" is to help demonstrate new methods to document such events with unstructured data / knowledge that may eventually support structured (or hybrid) data analysis.
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Did U.S. make a swine flu mistake? | U.S. | ReutersDid U.S. make a swine flu mistake? By Maggie Fox , Health and Science Editor WASHINGTON (Reuters) - As U.S. health officials struggle to vaccinate tens of millions of Americans against the pandemic of swine flu, some are looking regretfully at one easy way to instantly double or triple the ...
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Are undocumented immigrants included in health care reform? - Phoenix Arizona news, breaking news, local news, weather radar, traffic from ABC15 News | ABC15.comFREEZE WARNING Alert: Get ready for the COLDEST night of the season Are undocumented immigrants included in health care reform? PHOENIX -- Undocumented immigrants and health care reform; two controversial topics on their own, but combine them and you’ve got a firestorm. Valley ...
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Swine Flu Could Cause Internet Crunch - Health News Story - WSB AtlantaSwine Flu Could Cause Internet Crunch Posted: 12:34 pm EDT October 28, 2009 Updated: 12:46 pm EDT October 28, 2009 ATLANTA -- There are concerns today that a massive swine flu outbreak could cause the Internet to get sick too. The Government Accounting Office (GAO) has issued a warning ...
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White House defends swine flu campaign - washingtonpost.comThe Obama administration gave its most aggressive defense of the federal government's swine flu vaccine campaign, with top officials arguing that despite the shortages the program had already been more successful than expected in some ways and millions of doses were quickly becoming available. ...
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Swine Flu May Choke Civil Rights, Profs Say - Southern Maryland Headline NewsWASHINGTON (Oct. 28, 2009) -- Quarantine, forced vaccination, and martial law are just a few of the options available to Gov. Martin O'Malley should the H1N1 virus spread uncontrollably, according to professors who talked Wednesday about the civil rights problems an outbreak could create. ...
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Pandemic Flu: "It's The Treatment, Stupid"My goal with this article was to highlight that some of the most important aspects of this event wasn't / aren't being tracked by anyone - in this case the response of the virus to various treatment protocols. This is extremely important knowledge and helps to explain (in many cases entirely) ...Stephen Lahanas added 8 months ago
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