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  Disease Outbreaks Trackable With Twitter

  January 22, 2013 — About 15 percent of Tweets can accurately be connected to state-level location data or better. Most of that data is parsed from users' public profiles. Such volume means Twitter could be used as an ... > full story
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  Sex of Early Birds Suggests Dinosaur Reproductive Style: New Way to Identify Gender of Ancient Avian Species

  January 22, 2013 — Paleontologists have discovered a way to determine the sex of a prehistoric bird species. Confuciusornis sanctus, a 125-million-year-old Mesozoic bird, had remarkable differences in plumage -- some ... > full story
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  Children With Egg Allergies Can Safely Receive Flu Vaccine, Multi-Center Study Finds

  January 22, 2013 — Egg allergic children, including those with a history of anaphylaxis to egg, can safely receive a single dose of the seasonal influenza vaccine, according to a new ... > full story
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  Critically Ill Flu Patients Saved With Artificial Lung Technology Treatment

  January 17, 2013 — In recent weeks, the intensive critical care units at University Health Network's Toronto General Hospital have used Extra Corporeal Lung Support to support five influenza patients in their recovery ... > full story
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  How the Flu Virus Tells Time

  January 17, 2013 — According to researchers, the flu knows how much time it has to multiply, infect other cells, and spread to another human being. If it leaves a cell too soon, the virus is too weak. If it leaves too ... > full story
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  H1N1 Flu Shots Appear Safe for Pregnant Women: Pandemic Vaccination Did Not Increase Risk of Fetal Death

  January 17, 2013 — Pregnant women who were vaccinated against pandemic influenza were not at increased risk of experiencing fetal death. However, pregnant women who contracted influenza had an increased risk of fetal ... > full story
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  Is Your Business Ready for a Flu Outbreak?

  January 15, 2013 — Flu is reaching epidemic levels this year. A flu outbreak affects more than individual's health. Communities, schools and businesses will all be impacted by the virus. Will your business be ready for ... > full story
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  Flu Means Extra Precautions for Older People

  January 12, 2013 — The flu could be especially severe for the 39.6 million older adults in the United ... > full story
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  Children Once in Danger of Flu Shot Can Get Vaccinated, Experts Say

  January 11, 2013 — As many as two percent of children may not receive the flu vaccination due to an egg allergy. But according to a recent study, administration can be safe even in children with a history of a severe ... > full story
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  Game-Based Economics Research Explains Why We Roll the Dice on Flu Shots

  January 11, 2013 — Using an online computer game that simulates the spread of an infectious disease among its players, researchers learned more about what motivates people to protect themselves from infection – ... > full story

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