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In this Saturday, Feb. 6, 2010 photo, Quicken Loans Arena has ...

(AP) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 01:55:05 GMT

(AP) - In this Saturday, Feb. 6, 2010 photo, Quicken Loans Arena has signs up where water fountains used to be for fans, photographed after the NBA basketball game between the Cleveland Cavaliers and the New York Knicks in Cleveland. Citing concerns over swine flu, the team said Monday, Feb. 8, that all drinking water fountains have been removed from the arena to reduce the spread of bacteria and communicable diseases. The team did not consult the city's health department, which does not recommend removing fountains as a health precaution, said department director Matt Carroll. (AP Photo/The Plain Dealer, Tracy Boulian)

A vaccine against the A(H1N1) or swine flu is prepared at a ...

(AFP/File) — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 16:24:37 GMT

(AFP/File) - A vaccine against the A(H1N1) or swine flu is prepared at a hospital in Prague, Czech Republic in 2009. Algeria wants to reduce its order of swine flu vaccines from 20 to five million doses, as cases of the virus have declined in the north African country.(AFP/File/Matej Divizna)

Two women wear face masks as they queue with other people outside ...

(Reuters) — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 13:46:20 GMT

(Reuters) - Two women wear face masks as they queue with other people outside Matei Bals hospital to take shots against the H1N1 flu virus in Bucharest, January 9, 2010. REUTERS/Radu Sigheti

Children wear surgical masks at "Enrique Rebsamen" ...

(AFP/File) — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 22:44:31 GMT

(AFP/File) - Children wear surgical masks at "Enrique Rebsamen" school in Oaxaca, Mexico in 2009. The global death toll from swine flu has risen to 15,174, up 463 from a week ago, but the pandemic is steadily losing momentum around the world, the World Health Organisation said on Friday.(AFP/File/Juan Carlos Reyes)

Graphic shows reported weekly swine flu cases since Sept. 5, ...

(AP) — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 21:04:24 GMT

(AP) - Graphic shows reported weekly swine flu cases since Sept. 5,

FILE - In this Dec. 22, 2009 file photo, Ivan Bobila, 3, gets ...

(AP) — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 19:43:48 GMT

(AP) - FILE - In this Dec. 22, 2009 file photo, Ivan Bobila, 3, gets a swine flu vaccine injection at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium in San Francisco. The city was administering 16,000 swine flu vaccinations. An estimated 75 million Americans have been vaccinated against swine flu, through a government vaccination campaign that started in October. Federal health officials report Friday Feb. 5, 2010 that for the fourth week in a row, no states had widespread flu activity. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

A hospital staff member is vaccinated against pandemic Influenza ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 18:21:19 GMT

(Reuters) - A hospital staff member is vaccinated against pandemic Influenza A (H1N1) virus in Paris, October 20, 2009. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier

In this photo made Monday, Feb. 1, 2010, Clorox bleach bottles ...

(AP) — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 14:27:28 GMT

(AP) - In this photo made Monday, Feb. 1, 2010, Clorox bleach bottles are posed for a photo in Moreland Hills, Ohio. Household products maker Clorox Co. said Thursday, Feb. 4, that its second-quarter profit jumped 28 percent as it continued to get a boost from sales linked to the swine flu. (AP Photo/Amy Sancetta)

In this photo made Monday, Feb. 1, 2010, a Clorox bleach bottle ...

(AP) — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 14:26:51 GMT

(AP) - In this photo made Monday, Feb. 1, 2010, a Clorox bleach bottle is posed for a photo in Moreland Hills, Ohio. Household products maker Clorox Co. said Thursday, Feb. 4, that its second-quarter profit jumped 28 percent as it continued to get a boost from sales linked to the swine flu.(AP Photo/Amy Sancetta)

FILE - In this April 20, 2009 file photo, a sign for British ...

(AP) — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 13:04:14 GMT

(AP) - FILE - In this April 20, 2009 file photo, a sign for British pharmaceuticals firm GlaxoSmithKline is seen on its offices, in London. GlaxoSmithKline PLC, the world's second largest drug maker by revenue, reported Thursday, Feb. 4, 2010, that its fourth-quarter profit soared by 66 percent, boosted by strong sales of swine flu vaccine and flu medicine.(AP Photo/Sang Tan, file)

Recruits of the paramilitary police receive injections of the ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 10:24:48 GMT

(Reuters) - Recruits of the paramilitary police receive injections of the H1N1 vaccine at a military base in Taiyuan, Shanxi province February 2, 2010. REUTERS/Stringer (CHINA - Tags: HEALTH MILITARY) CHINA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN CHINA

New recruits salute during a ceremony to join the army at an ...

(Reuters) — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 12:36:51 GMT

(Reuters) - New recruits salute during a ceremony to join the army at an army recruit training center in Nonsan, south of Seoul February 1, 2010. The ceremony was suspended last September to protect people from a possible spread of the H1N1 flu. REUTERS/South Korean Army/Handout (SOUTH KOREA - Tags: MILITARY HEALTH) SOUTH KOREA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN SOUTH KOREA. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS

New recruits salute during a ceremony to join the army at an ...

(Reuters) — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 12:35:49 GMT

A woman reacts while receiving a vaccination against the H1N1 ...

(Reuters) — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 14:53:01 GMT

(Reuters) - A woman reacts while receiving a vaccination against the H1N1 virus at a park in Cancun January 19, 2010. REUTERS/Stringer

A woman has her H1N1 vaccination at a community clinic in Washington, ...

(AFP/File) — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 18:14:39 GMT

(AFP/File) - A woman has her H1N1 vaccination at a community clinic in Washington, DC. The death toll from the swine flu pandemic has risen to at least 14,711, up 569 from a week ago, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said Friday.(AFP/File/Jewel Samad)

A vaccine against the A(H1N1) or swine flu is prepared at a ...

(AFP/File) — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 16:50:44 GMT

(AFP/File) - A vaccine against the A(H1N1) or swine flu is prepared at a hospital in Prague, Czech Republic in 2009. Canada announced Thursday it has donated five million swine flu vaccine doses and six million Canadian dollars (5.6 million US) to the World Health Organization for its pandemic relief efforts.(AFP/File/Matej Divizna)

A boy wears a mask before receiving an Influenza A (H1N1) vaccine ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 20:41:02 GMT

(Reuters) - A boy wears a mask before receiving an Influenza A (H1N1) vaccine at a hospital in Taipei November 9, 2009. REUTERS/Nicky Loh

The chairman and chief executive of Swiss pharmaceuticals group ...

(AFP/File) — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 17:05:37 GMT

(AFP/File) - The chairman and chief executive of Swiss pharmaceuticals group Novartis, Daniel Vasella, speaks in Basel. Vasella warned that governments now trying to cancel swine flu vaccine contracts might not be dealt with so swiftly in the next pandemic.(AFP/File/Sebastien Bozon)

Germany's doctors Wolfgang Wodarg (R) and Ulrich Keil (L), ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 08:57:54 GMT

(Reuters) - Germany's doctors Wolfgang Wodarg (R) and Ulrich Keil (L), experts to the Council of Europe, attend a public hearing on the handling of the H1N1 influenza pandemic at the Council of Europe in Strasbourg, January 26, 2010. REUTERS/Vincent Kessler (FRANCE - Tags: POLITICS HEALTH)

Germany's doctor Wolfgang Wodarg, expert to the Council ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 08:51:22 GMT

(Reuters) - Germany's doctor Wolfgang Wodarg, expert to the Council of Europe, attends a public hearing on the handling of the H1N1 influenza pandemic at the Council of Europe in Strasbourg, January 26, 2010. REUTERS/Vincent Kessler (FRANCE - Tags: POLITICS HEALTH)

France's Doctor Luc Hessel (R), representative of the European ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 08:50:17 GMT

(Reuters) - France's Doctor Luc Hessel (R), representative of the European vaccine manufacturers, and Japan's Keiji Fukuda , adviser on pandemic influenza to the Director-General of the World Health Organisation, attend a public hearing on the handling of the H1N1 influenza pandemic at the Council of Europe in Strasbourg, January 26, 2010. REUTERS/Vincent Kessler (FRANCE - Tags: POLITICS HEALTH)

France's Doctor Luc Hessel (R), representative of the European ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 08:50:14 GMT

(Reuters) - France's Doctor Luc Hessel (R), representative of the European vaccine manufacturers and Japan's Keiji Fukuda , adviser on pandemic influenza to the Director-General of the World Health Organisation, attend a public hearing on the handling of the H1N1 influenza pandemic at the Council of Europe in Strasbourg, January 26, 2010. REUTERS/Vincent Kessler (FRANCE - Tags: POLITICS HEALTH)

Japan's Keiji Fukuda (L), adviser on pandemic influenza ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 08:48:10 GMT

(Reuters) - Japan's Keiji Fukuda (L), adviser on pandemic influenza to the Director-General of the World Health Organisation, and France's Doctor Luc Hessel, representative of the European vaccine manufacturers, attend a public hearing on the handling of the H1N1 influenza pandemic at the Council of Europe in Strasbourg, January 26, 2010. REUTERS/Vincent Kessler (FRANCE - Tags: POLITICS HEALTH)

Foreign tourists visit the world's largest fish market at ...

(AFP/Jiji Press/File) — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 10:21:40 GMT

(AFP/Jiji Press/File) - Foreign tourists visit the world's largest fish market at Tsukiji in Tokyo. Foreign visitor numbers to Japan last year plunged at the fastest pace in nearly four decades due to the global recession, a strong yen and the swine flu scare, official data showed.(AFP/Jiji Press/File)

A medical staff fills a hypodermic syringe with the H1N1 influenza ...

(Reuters) — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 09:10:35 GMT

(Reuters) - A medical staff fills a hypodermic syringe with the H1N1 influenza vaccine at a hospital in Nonthaburi province, on the outskirts of Bangkok January 25,2010. REUTERS/Sukree Sukplang (THAILAND - Tags: HEALTH)

A woman receives a H1N1 influenza vaccine shot from a medical ...

(Reuters) — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 09:06:15 GMT

(Reuters) - A woman receives a H1N1 influenza vaccine shot from a medical staff at a hospital in Nonthaburi province, on the outskirts of Bangkok January 25, 2010. REUTERS/Sukree Sukplang (THAILAND - Tags: POLITICS)

Thailand's new Public Health Minister Jurin Laksanawisit ...

(Reuters) — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 09:05:10 GMT

(Reuters) - Thailand's new Public Health Minister Jurin Laksanawisit receives a H1N1 influenza vaccine shot from a medical staff at a hospital in Nonthaburi province, on the outskirts of Bangkok January 25, 2010. REUTERS/Sukree Sukplang (THAILAND - Tags: POLITICS HEALTH)

Keiji Fukuda, Assistant Director-General for Health Security ...

(AFP/File) — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 18:29:54 GMT

(AFP/File) - Keiji Fukuda, Assistant Director-General for Health Security and Environment for the World Health Organization, speaks in Beijing in 2009. Fukuda will join a Council of Europe hearing next week to scrutinise if they had overreacted to the swine flu pandemic, an official said Friday.(AFP/File/Frederic J. Brown)

A group of Chinese children accompanied by their parents get ...

(AFP/File) — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 17:00:44 GMT

(AFP/File) - A group of Chinese children accompanied by their parents get treatment for flu at a hospital in Hefei, east China's Anhui province on January 8. The death toll from the swine flu pandemic has risen to at least 14,142, up 588 from a week ago, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Friday.(AFP/File)

A baby receives a vaccine against the so-called swine flu (H1N1) ...

(AFP/File) — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 17:00:28 GMT

(AFP/File) - A baby receives a vaccine against the so-called swine flu (H1N1) in December 2009 in Paris. France is in "tough" talks with drug companies to cancel orders for millions of swine flu vaccines and insists on scratching the deals instead of renegotiating them, its health minister said on Friday.(AFP/File/Pierre Verdy)

A woman reacts while receiving a vaccination against the H1N1 ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 03:32:58 GMT

(Reuters) - A woman reacts while receiving a vaccination against the H1N1 virus at a park in Cancun January 19, 2010. The service, provided by the Ministry of Health, is a government initiative offering free vaccinations against H1N1 in public spaces. REUTERS/Stringer (MEXICO - Tags: HEALTH SOCIETY)

A man receives a vaccination against the H1N1 virus at a subway ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 17:13:20 GMT

(Reuters) - A man receives a vaccination against the H1N1 virus at a subway station in Mexico January 19, 2010. The service, provided by the Ministry of Health, is a government initiative offering free vaccinations against swine flu at all subway stations. REUTERS/Henry Romero (MEXICO - Tags: HEALTH SOCIETY)

A child receives a vaccination against the H1N1 virus at a subway ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 17:12:14 GMT

(Reuters) - A child receives a vaccination against the H1N1 virus at a subway station in Mexico January 19, 2010. The service, provided by the Ministry of Health, is a government initiative offering free vaccinations against swine flu at all subway stations. REUTERS/Henry Romero (MEXICO - Tags: HEALTH SOCIETY)

A vaccine against swine flu, officially known as A (H1N1), is ...

(AFP/File) — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 19:50:55 GMT

(AFP/File) - A vaccine against swine flu, officially known as A (H1N1), is displayed at a hopital in Athens in 2009. Greece cancelled Monday a third of its swine flu vaccination orders and sought compensation for the advances it paid to the big companies that provide them, the health ministry said.(AFP/File/Louisa Gouliamaki)

A woman is vaccinated against swine flu by a nurse in a subway ...

(AP) — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 19:50:01 GMT

(AP) - A woman is vaccinated against swine flu by a nurse in a subway station in Mexico City, Monday, Jan. 18, 2010. Mexico City government started on Monday a vaccination program against swine flu. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)

A people are vaccinated against swine flu by a nurse in a subway ...

(AP) — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 19:47:00 GMT

(AP) - A people are vaccinated against swine flu by a nurse in a subway station in Mexico City, Monday, Jan. 18, 2010. Mexico City government started on Monday a vaccination program against swine flu. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)

A man is vaccinated against swine flu by a nurse in a subway ...

(AP) — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 19:46:26 GMT

(AP) - A man is vaccinated against swine flu by a nurse in a subway station in Mexico City, Monday, Jan. 18, 2010. Mexico City government started on Monday a vaccination program against swine flu. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)

The Eiffel Tower illuminated to mark the 120th anniversary of ...

(AFP/File) — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 15:51:06 GMT

(AFP/File) - The Eiffel Tower illuminated to mark the 120th anniversary of the monument in October 2009. International tourist arrivals should recover strongly in 2010 after the global crisis and the swine flu pandemic produced "one of the most difficult years" for the sector, the UN World Tourism Organisation said.(AFP/File/Bertrand Guay)

Two holidaymakers on the beach in Miami Beach, Florida. International ...

(AFP/Getty Images/File) — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 15:51:06 GMT

(AFP/Getty Images/File) - Two holidaymakers on the beach in Miami Beach, Florida. International tourist arrivals should recover strongly in 2010 after the global crisis and the swine flu pandemic produced "one of the most difficult years" for the sector, the UN World Tourism Organisation said.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Joe Raedle)

File photo shows H1N1 vaccines at the Doctor's Medical Center ...

(AFP/Getty Images) — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 02:04:22 GMT

(AFP/Getty Images) - File photo shows H1N1 vaccines at the Doctor's Medical Center November 2009 in San Pablo, California. Barack Obama flashed with impatience as he rebuked critics who say his top priority health care reform drive is a pale imitation of the meaningful change he promised, arguing he was in a daily battle for step-by-step progress.(AFP/Getty Images/Justin Sullivan)

Men enter the Arlington Convention Center to receive their H1N1 ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 20:55:39 GMT

(Reuters) - Men enter the Arlington Convention Center to receive their H1N1 flu vaccinations in Arlington, Texas November 24, 2009. REUTERS/Jessica Rinaldi

An H1N1 flu vaccine vial and a syringe are seen ready for an ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 19:45:31 GMT

(Reuters) - An H1N1 flu vaccine vial and a syringe are seen ready for an inoculation at the Geisinger Medical Center in Danville, Pennsylvania October 28, 2009. REUTERS/Brad Bower/Files

A nurse holds up a bottle of the vaccine against H1N1 influenza ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 15:48:51 GMT

(Reuters) - A nurse holds up a bottle of the vaccine against H1N1 influenza at a hospital in Guanajuato November 25, 2009. REUTERS/Mario Armas/Files

Hong Kong Chief Executive Donald Tsang receives an injection ...

(AFP/File) — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 17:15:04 GMT

(AFP/File) - Hong Kong Chief Executive Donald Tsang receives an injection against swine flu at a local clinic in Hong Kong in 2009. China's health ministry has urged vulnerable groups to get swine flu vaccinations or limit travel during the upcoming Chinese Lunar New Year holiday due to the spread of the A(H1N1) virus.(AFP/File/Mike Clarke)

IONATOR EXP KILLS SWINE FLU IN SECONDS, CHEMICAL-FREE - converts ...

(AP) — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 16:05:29 GMT

(AP) - IONATOR EXP KILLS SWINE FLU IN SECONDS, CHEMICAL-FREE - converts water into a powerful cleaner/sanitizer. (PRNewsFoto/Activeion Cleaning Solutions, LLC)

Photo taken in May 2009, of Janusz Kochanowski, Poland's ombudsman ...

(AP) — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 12:06:31 GMT

(AP) - Photo taken in May 2009, of Janusz Kochanowski, Poland's ombudsman for civil rights. Poland has refused to buy swine flu vaccines out of safety fears, the only country known to take such a stance, and only one leading Polish official, Janusz Kochanowski, has waged a prominent public fight against the government over vaccines, condemning its stance as irrational and irresponsible. Now that the current outbreak appears to have peaked in much of Europe, Wednesday Jan. 13, 2010, many Poles feel the government has been vindicated: countries with large stockpiles often saw low public interest in the vaccines and face financial loss with unused doses now set to expire. (AP Photo)

Polish patients wait to see doctors at a local clinic in Lomianki, ...

(AP) — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 11:52:59 GMT

(AP) - Polish patients wait to see doctors at a local clinic in Lomianki, near Warsaw, Poland, Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2010. Poland has refused to buy swine flu vaccines out of safety fears, the only country known to take such a stance, and only one leading Polish official, Janusz Kochanowski, has waged a prominent public fight against the government over vaccines, condemning its stance as irrational and irresponsible. Now that the current outbreak appears to have peaked in much of Europe, many Poles feel the government has been vindicated: countries with large stockpiles often saw low public interest in the vaccines and face financial loss with unused doses now set to expire. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

Polish patients wait to see doctors at a local clinic in Lomianki, ...

(AP) — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 11:52:19 GMT

The tailfins of two Vietnam Airline planes at Hanoi airport. ...

(AFP/File) — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 05:55:37 GMT

(AFP/File) - The tailfins of two Vietnam Airline planes at Hanoi airport. The national carrier has seen its profits tumble 42 percent year-on-year as the state-owned airline was hit by the effects of the global recession and swine flu outbreak.(AFP/File/Hoang Dinh Nam)

Romanians get vaccinated against swine flu in Bucharest on January ...

(AFP/File) — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 14:46:06 GMT

(AFP/File) - Romanians get vaccinated against swine flu in Bucharest on January 11. The World Health Organisation said that it was ready to hold an independent review of its response to swine flu, amid growing criticism of official handling of the pandemic.(AFP/File/Daniel Mihailescu)