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New swine flu money could go for monitoring

The administration's request for $1.5 billion to deal with swine flu could fund disease monitoring and tracking.

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Firm provides swine flu updates to agencies

A private firm is providing updates on the swine flu outbreak in Mexico to U.S. health agencies and the public.

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Northrop Grumman looks beyond DOD

The defense contractor sees opportunities in health IT and homeland security.

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Hidden keys to health

The medical community is sitting on mountains of e-health data that could lead to important medical discoveries. But will its value remain buried by privacy concerns and lack of funding?

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Fighting the flu

From game theory to flu chips, researchers experiment with new technologies to help thwart upcoming health catastrophes

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Proposed budget big on pandemic flu readiness

Request includes $188 million for CDC to improve public health disease surveillance.

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Scientists want tour bus passengers tracked for flu

Scientists in Las Vegas and Branson, Mo., asked the CDC to consider electronically tracking tour bus passengers for pandemic flu.