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 Flu Information - October 6, 2008
| The government is currently investigating 120 deaths among patients using patches containing the painkiller fentanyl, warning patients Friday to properly use the narcotic, in order to avoid a potentially fatal overdose. The Food and Drug Administration is currently investigating whether the deaths were related to inappropriate use of the painkiller or the quality of the product | | Indonesia's health minister, Siti Fadilah Supari, says the Indonesian man who died of severe pneumonia tested positive for bird flu. However, the man has no history of contact with sick fowl | | Indonesia's health minister, Siti Fadilah Supari, has said on Friday that the Indonesian man who died of severe pneumonia tested positive for bird flu. However, they are saying the man has no history of contact with sick fowl | | After a vaccination iniative, cases of Hepatitis-A have declined by about 76%. A study from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows more than half of the estimated infections of the disease; which can cause flu-like symptoms and jaundice; occurred in children | | After a vaccination iniative, cases of Hepatitis-A have declined by about 76%. More than half of the estimated infections of the disease; which can cause flu-like symptoms and jaundice; occurred in children, the study from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said | |
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