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Reuters - Indonesia has confirmed its first death linked to the H1N1 flu virus after a 6-year-old girl suffering from severe pneumonia died in Jakarta, the health ministry said.

AP - A strong force, perhaps as powerful in Congress as President Barack Obama, is keeping the drive for health care going even as lawmakers seem hopelessly at odds.

AFP - Hard-hit Australia has become a global case study for swine flu, with Europe and the United States watching closely as it battles the disease in the southern hemisphere winter, experts say.

AFP - “Swine flu” is the name commonly given to a new form of flu. From a first known case in Mexico, the outbreak has spread at exceptional speed, prompting the UN’s World Health Organisation (WHO) to declare a pandemic on June 11. The official designation is A(H1N1) influenza.

HealthDay - SATURDAY, July 25 (HealthDay News) — More than 340,000 Americans
are on dialysis to treat kidney failure, but only a tiny fraction are
taking advantage of a treatment option that may improve their quality of
life.

AP - President Barack Obama, citing a new White House study suggesting that small businesses pay far more per employee for health insurance than big companies, said Saturday the disparity is “unsustainable — it’s unacceptable.”