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With more than 27,000 confirmed cases of swine flu in 74 countries, the A(H1N1) virus is set to be declared an official global pandemic by the World Health Organisation (WHO). Currently at phase five on the pandemic scale, if swine flu is elevated to phase six it would require largescale production of vaccines. Phase six [...]
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In his response to the Federal Budget, Opposition leader Malcolm Turnbull has vowed to block the means tests on private health insurance, instead offering to replace the $1.9 billion by lifting tobacco taxes. The private health insurance rebate scheme delivered in the Federal Budget involves means testing the private health insurance rebates for the wealthy. [...]
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The latest private health insurance rebate scheme delivered in the Federal Budget has been a blow for high income earners, as they face a $1,000 a year increase in health insurance payments, with the government tapering the 30 percent rebate for the wealthy. The rebate will start to reduce for couples with incomes of $150,000 [...]
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More than 50 cases of swine flu have been confirmed in the United Kingdom – 50 in England and five in Scotland – according to the latest figures released by the Department of Health. A few of the new cases are children who contracted the virus prior to schools closing last week. Two more schools [...]
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The total number of confirmed swine flu cases in the United Kingdom has risen to 32 after four new cases were diagnosed yesterday, according to the UK Department of Health. The Department confirmed that at least one of the cases had an association with “travel to Mexico”. Five schools have closed due to the virus, [...]
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Spokesperson for the World Health Organization (WHO) Fiona Fleck has clarified reports about the swine flu, by stating that the only reason the new virus was called swine flu was because “the largest component of this new virus was actually swine flu virus”. As demand for pig products drops, WHO have announced that the swine [...]
...read moreThe deadly strain of flu that struck North America this month could have a devastating impact on the already fragile world economy, according to economic analysts. More than one hundred people in Mexico have died from the swine flu, and presence of the disease has been confirmed in the USA, Canada and New Zealand. ”If [...]
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