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Tuesday, September 22, 2009

3.4M doses of flu vaccine expected by Oct.

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Delinquents misunderstand social cues

TOKYO (UPI) -- Male juvenile delinquents often misinterpret facial expressions of disgust as anger and this may cause their aggressive behavior, researchers in Japan say.

Wataru Sato of Kyoto University and Naomi Matsuura of the Tokyo University of Social Welfare worked with a team of researchers to compare the ability of 24 male adolescent delinquents incarcerated in Japan with that of their peers without conduct problems to recognize emotional states.

The adolescents were shown 48 photographs of faces expressing six basic emotions and were asked to match each face with an emotion.

The study, published in the journal Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health, finds delinquents were more likely than their peers to misinterpret facial expressions of disgust as anger.

"The present study provides the first clear evidence that delinquents have a bias toward the misrecognition of others' disgusted expressions as anger," Sato said in a statement.

"This bias toward misrecognizing other emotions as anger is particularly significant because anger appears to play an important role in delinquency."

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3.4M doses of flu vaccine expected by Oct.

ATLANTA (UPI) -- U.S. health officials said Friday 3.4 million doses of H1N1 flu vaccine are expected to be available the first week of October.

Jay Butler, a medical epidemiologist and chief of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's H1N1 vaccine task force, said most of these initial doses of H1N1 vaccine will be the nasal spray form, which is not recommended for pregnant women, people age 50 and older, or those with asthma, heart disease or other chronic diseases. The first doses will primarily be given to healthcare workers.

"We would anticipate that once we're up and going we should be seeing at least 20 million new doses of vaccine weekly going right on into December after when we would hope to reach the capacity of having delivered 195 million doses," Butler said at a news conference.

"Right now there's every indication that we have a good match between the virus that's causing disease and the vaccines we have to be able to prevent it."

Availability of the vaccine may vary, Butler said.

The H1N1 flu is in all 50 states, but is more prevalent in some areas such as the Southeast and is mainly hitting children and young adults, Butler said.

"Most of the illness, appears to be moderate or moderately severe," Butler said.

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Clarks children's shoes recalled

WASHINGTON (UPI) -- The U.S. Consumer Products Safety Commission announced a voluntary recall of C & J Clark America children's shoes due to a choking hazard.

About 2,000 pairs of shoes were imported from Vietnam by C & J Clark America Inc., doing business as the Clarks Companies N.A. of Newton, Mass., and sold nationwide between February 2009 and July 2009 for about $40 a pair.

The shoes in five models -- Little Kyle Tan Crawler, India Sparkle White Crawler, Kristin Baby Pink Crawler, Hazy Daze White Sandal and Little Kyle Blue Crawler -- include rubber pieces on the sole that can detach and pose a choking hazard, the commission said.

Consumers were advised to take the shoes away from children and return then to a Clarks store for a full refund.

Consumers can call 800-425-2757 for information.

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