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Swift Drug Treatment Is Urged for Swine Flu in Pregnancy

May. 12, 2009
Pregnant women with swine flu should be treated with Tamiflu, even though the drug has not been approved for use during pregnancy, said officials with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Lori Anne Madison, 6, competes in Scripps National Spelling Bee
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Lori Anne Madison, 6, of Woodbridge, Virginia, spells out the letters in her word as she competes during the opening round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, May 30, 2012, in National Harbor, Maryland. Madison, the youngest known qualifier in the history of the contest, correctly spelled the word "dirigible*", a lighter-than-air aircraft, to advance. UPI/Mike Theiler