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::: Media Releases November October September August July June May April March February January 05'December 05'November       ::: November   Protect yourself and the people around you Ignaz F. Semmelweis was a doctor working in the Vienna General Hospital in the 1840s when he noticed the number of women who died of puerperal infection after the delivery of an infant. At that time there were two wards for the delivery of babies. Medical students attended to mothers going through the process of giving birth at . ......More   Keeping informed about the bird flu The first flu epidemic happened in 1580. Within one hundred years, it occurred three times in 1918, 1957 and 1968. The one in 1918 in Spain was the most severe. At least 20 million people were killed. It has been 37 years since the last flu pandemic. Many experts in WHO regard the discovery of H5N1 virus as presenting a threat of a human flu epidemic. In Southeast Asia, bird-to-human transmission has......More Questions and Answers Q1: Who can get free flu vaccines and where can they get them? Answer: Any R.O.C. citizen six months to 2 years old and those above 65 years old. This year, due to the excess amount of vaccines, infants between 6 months to 3 years old also can go.......More

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