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		<title>Delaware: DPH conducts precautionary TB testing at high school</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Aug 2010 22:30:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hal Newman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[New Castle DE--As a precautionary measure, Delaware's Division of Public Health (DPH) will provide skin tests to 80 Appoquinimink High School students to rule out a slight possibility that a student who briefly attended the school in May transmitted tuberculosis (TB).
Families of students offered skin testing were notified by letter Aug. 12. The affected student [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Delaware: All tots need their shots</title>
		<link>http://bigmedicine.ca/wordpress/2010/04/delaware-all-tots-need-their-shots/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Apr 2010 14:50:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hal Newman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[New Castle DE--Each year, thousands of children become ill from diseases that could have been prevented by basic childhood immunizations. Infants are especially vulnerable. Because it is so important to protect them through immunization, the Division of Public Health (DPH), in partnership with the Immunization Coalition of Delaware (ICD), urges Delaware parents and healthcare providers [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Delaware: H1N1 update</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Apr 2010 14:48:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hal Newman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[New Castle DE--Case Counts: For the period of Feb. 28 - March 6, no cases of H1N1 virus were confirmed by Delaware's Division of Public Health (DPH) lab, similar to the previous week. There were no new hospitalizations from H1N1 during the week of Feb. 28 - March 6, and Delaware's influenza activity status remains [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Delaware: Slightly lower potency level of some H1N1 vaccine prompts recall</title>
		<link>http://bigmedicine.ca/wordpress/2010/02/delaware-slightly-lower-potency-level-of-some-h1n1-vaccine-prompts-recall/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 14:03:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hal Newman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[New Castle DE--The Centers For Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has notified all states including Delaware that a non-safety related recall has been issued for six lots of vaccine distributed from November 2009 to January 2010. Unused doses of this vaccine are being recalled for its level of potency, which is only slightly below the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Delaware: DPS stresses need for vaccinations, several pharmacies providing free vaccine</title>
		<link>http://bigmedicine.ca/wordpress/2010/01/delaware-dps-stresses-need-for-vaccinations-several-pharmacies-providing-free-vaccine/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2010 22:26:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hal Newman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[New Castle DE--The Delaware Division of Public Health (DPH) continues to urge Delawareans to be prepared by getting their H1N1 flu vaccinations, and now with several pharmacies throughout the state working with DPH by offering free vaccinations, getting that flu shot couldn't be easier. With DPH subsidizing the costs, the pharmacies are able to offer [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Delaware: H1N1 vaccine available for all</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Jan 2010 15:48:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hal Newman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[New Castle DE--For the period of December 27 through January 2, there were 36 reports of influenza-like illness from the Division of Public Health's (DPH) network of sentinel providers, compared to 37 the previous week. One case of H1N1 virus was confirmed by the DPH lab, compared to one the previous week. The total number [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Delaware: 56-year-old female with H1N1 dies &#8211; Sixth H1N1 death</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Jan 2010 15:46:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hal Newman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[New Castle DE--Officials with Delaware's Division of Public Health (DPH) say a 56-year old Kent County woman became Delaware's sixth H1N1-related death January 2, 2010. She was hospitalized Dec. 18, 2009, tested positive for H1N1, and had several underlying health conditions.
"We continue to have concerns over the H1N1 virus and its presence in the state," [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Delaware: Give the gift of preparedness</title>
		<link>http://bigmedicine.ca/wordpress/2009/12/delaware-give-the-gift-of-preparedness/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Dec 2009 22:40:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hal Newman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Smyrna--Families can start a tradition of holiday and year ‘round safety and preparedness this year if they shop for supplies to stock an emergency kit. There are many useful, safety-oriented gifts that are affordable, even fun, and just might be needed if there are snow-related power outages this winter or heavy rains and flooding in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Delaware: CDC identifies anti-viral resistant H1N1 in state</title>
		<link>http://bigmedicine.ca/wordpress/2009/12/delaware-cdc-identifies-anti-viral-resistant-h1n1-in-state/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 22:07:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hal Newman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Delaware--Delaware's Division of Public Health was notified Dec. 4 that routine testing by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) identified an occurrence of anti-viral resistant H1N1 influenza in Delaware. 
The sample was identified by the CDC in a laboratory sample taken from a 52-year-old Kent County resident who died on Nov. 7 following [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Delaware: H1N1 shots available this weekend for high-risk individuals</title>
		<link>http://bigmedicine.ca/wordpress/2009/11/delaware-h1n1-shots-available-this-weekend-for-high-risk-individuals/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 23:08:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hal Newman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[New Castle DE--About 600 vaccination appointments for those most at risk for H1N1 are still available for this weekend's vaccination clinics in Kent and Sussex counties.
As of Tuesday evening, all 994 slots for the Saturday clinic in New Castle County had already been filled, but 82 appointments remained for the Kent County clinic at Del [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Delaware: Fifth H1N1-related death reported</title>
		<link>http://bigmedicine.ca/wordpress/2009/11/delaware-fifth-h1n1-related-death-reported/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 22:23:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hal Newman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[New Castle County DE--Officials with Delaware's Division of Public Health (DPH) say a 60-year old New Castle County man became Delaware's fifth H1N1-related death this morning. He was hospitalized Oct. 26, 2009 and had several underlying health conditions.
"Our thoughts go out to his family and friends," said Dr. Karyl Rattay, DPH Director. "We need to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>DE: Clinics to vax up to 3,000 high-risk people</title>
		<link>http://bigmedicine.ca/wordpress/2009/11/de-clinics-vax-3000-highrisk-people/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 15:37:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hal Newman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[DE--Delaware's Division of Public Health (DPH) will hold three H1N1 influenza vaccination clinics Nov. 20, 21 and 22 to vaccinate up to 3,000 people who are at highest risk for influenza and have not yet obtained a vaccination.
The vaccinations will be administered by an eight person team from the federal government that is traveling to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>DPH investigating active TB case [Delaware]</title>
		<link>http://bigmedicine.ca/wordpress/2009/11/dph-investigating-active-tb-case-delaware/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 19:51:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hal Newman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Delaware's Division of Public Health (DPH) will conduct a tuberculosis contact investigation in the Wilmington area beginning Monday, Nov. 16. The investigation comes in the wake of the hospitalization of a 55 year-old homeless man with an active case of TB.
The Centers for Disease Control will assist DPH with data collection. DPH officials estimate there [...]]]></description>
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