Swine flu

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Hine calls for evaluation of flu line

A review of the UK’s response to the swine flu oubreak has urged the Department of Health to commission an independent evaluation of
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Mexican swine flu mobile app praised

Work to develop swine flu surveys over mobile phones, by Telefónica Mexico and German firm Myriad Group AG, has been
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Swine flu line to close

The National Pandemic Flu Service is to close in a fortnight, the Department of Health has announced. The DH has
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Microtest supports swine flu vaccination

GP system supplier Microtest has launched a swine flu reporting service to help GP practices deliver the swine flu vaccination
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Google spreads Flu Trends

Google has expanded its Flu Trends tracking tool to include 16 more countries. The company, which launched the free tool
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Further delays to full flu line service

The full version of the National Pandemic Flu Service may not be available in October as originally planned, despite the
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A tweet way to track disease

Social networking sites could be used to help track flu epidemics and other diseases by collecting information on people who
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QoF frozen as part of swine flu deal

No changes will be made to the Quality and Outcomes Framework next year and some indicators will be dropped in
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Twitter and YouTube to combat Swine Flu

The US Centres for Disease Control is to use a range of online social media tools, including Twitter, YouTube, to
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EGMN launches Swine Flu channel

Elsevier Global Medical News (EGMN), the website that serves more than 30 million scientists, students ad health and information professionals
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