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The number of states reporting widespread flu activity decreased from 7 to 4. to doctors for influenza-like  illness increased, although the proportion of tests for influenza that were positive continued to decline and the overall hospitalization rates for this season were unchanged from the previous week.  Flu-associated deaths among all ages increased from the previous week, but fewer deaths in children were reported compared to the prior week (4 versus 9). 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The number of states reporting widespread flu activity decreased from 11 to 7. Visits to doctors for influenza-like illness, flu-associated hospitalizations, and flu-associated deaths all declined from the previous week.   Flu is unpredictable and activity can rise and fall throughout the season, but flu is is likely to continue for months caused by either 2009 H1N1 viruses or regular seasonal flu viruses. In addition to seasonal flu vaccine, a vaccine against the 2009 H1N1 virus has been produced and is the best way to protect against the pandemic virus. 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   var xml = getDocument(data.xml);

   rss.error = getError();
   if (rss.error !== null) {
      xml = getDocument(render(data.error, {
         link: baseUri + "?" + encodeXml(data.query),
         message: encodeXml(rss.error)
      }));
      param.compact = 0;
      param.showXmlButton = 1;
   }

   var root = xml.documentElement;
   var type = root.nodeName;

   if (type === "scriptingNews") {
      var channel = getNode(xml, "header");
      rss.format = "Scripting News";
      rss.version = getText(getNode(channel, "scriptingNewsVersion"));
      rss.title = getText(getNode(channel, "channelTitle"));
      rss.description = getText(getNode(channel, "channelDescription"));
      rss.link = getText(getNode(channel, "channelLink"));
      if (ref = getText(getNode(channel, "imageUrl"))) {
         ref = rss.image = {source: ref};
         ref.title = getText(getNode(channel, "imageTitle"));
         ref.link = getText(getNode(channel, "imageLink"));
         ref.width = getText(getNode(channel, "imageWidth"));
         ref.height = getText(getNode(channel, "imageHeight"));
         ref.description = getText(getNode(channel, "imageCaption"));
      }
   } else {
      var channel = getNode(xml, "channel");
      rss.format = "RSS";
      rss.version = (type === "rdf:RDF") ? "1.0" : 
            root.getAttribute("version");
      rss.title = getText(getNode(channel, "title"));
      rss.description = getText(getNode(channel, "description"));
      rss.link = getText(getNode(channel, "link"));
      var image = getNode(xml, "image");
      if (image) {
         ref = rss.image = {};
         ref.source = getText(getNode(image, "url"));
         ref.title = getText(getNode(image, "title"));
         ref.link = getText(getNode(image, "link"));
         ref.width = getText(getNode(image, "width"));
         ref.height = getText(getNode(image, "height"));
         ref.description = getText(getNode(image, "description"));
      }
   }
   
   if (type === "rdf:RDF") {
      rss.date = renderDate(getText(getNode(channel, "date", "dc")) || data.modified);
      rss.rights = getText(getNode(channel, "creator", "dc"));
      var input = getNode(root, "textinput");
      if (input && !getNode(input, "link")) {
         input = root.getElementsByTagName("textinput")[1];
      }
      if (input) {
         ref = rss.input = {};
         ref.link = getText(getNode(input, "link"));
         ref.description = getText(getNode(input, "description"));
         ref.name = getText(getNode(input, "name"));
         ref.title = getText(getNode(input, "title"));
      }
   } else {
      rss.date = renderDate(getText(getNode(channel, "lastBuildDate") || getText(getNode(channel, "pubDate"))) || data.modified);
      rss.rights = getText(getNode(channel, "copyright"));
   }
   
   var item, text, node;
   var items = xml.getElementsByTagName("item");

   for (var i=0; i<Math.min(items.length, param.maxItems); i+=1) {
      item = items[i];

      if (type === "scriptingNews") {
         ref = {title: ""};
         ref.description = getText(getNode(item, "text")).replace(/\n/g, " ");
         ref.link = getText(getNode(item, "link"));
         if (text = trim(getText(getNode(item, "linetext")).replace(/\n/g, " "))) {
            ref.description = ref.description.replace(new RegExp(text), 
                  '<a href="' + getText(getNode(item, "url")) + '">' + text + '</a>');
         }
      } else {
         ref = {
            title: getText(getNode(item, "title")),
            description: getText(getNode(item, "description")),
            link: getText(getNode(item, "link") || getNode(item, "guid"))
         };
     }

     if (node = getNode(item, "source")) {
        ref.source = {
           link: node.getAttribute("url"),
           title: getText(node)
        }
     }
     
     if (node = getNode(item, "enclosure")) {
        ref.enclosure = {
           link: node.getAttribute("url"),
           length: node.getAttribute("length"),
           type: node.getAttribute("type")
        }
     }
     
     if (node = getNode(item, "category")) {
        ref.category = {
           domain: node.getAttribute("domain") || "",
           content: getText(node)
        }
     }
     
     rss.items.push(ref);
   }
   
   var item, items = "";
   for (var i=0; i<rss.items.length; i+=1) {
      item = rss.items[i];
      items += render(data.item, {
         title: new function() {
            var title = (!param.compact ? "<strong>" : "");
            if (item.link) {
               title += render(data.link, {
                  link: encodeURI(item.link),
                  text: item.title,
                  'class': "rssBoxItemTitle"
               });
            } else {
               title += item.title;
            }
            !param.compact && (title += "</strong>");
            return new String(title); // FIXME: Funny, title alone will be rendered as [object]
         }(),
         'break': item.title && item.description ? "<br />" : "",
         description: (!param.compact || !item.title) && item.description,
         buttons: renderButtons(item.enclosure, item.source)
      });
   }
   
   var box = render(data.box, {
      title: rss.link ? render(data.link, {
         link: encodeURI(rss.link),
         text: rss.title,
         'class': "rssBoxTitle",
         style: "color: " + param.titleBarTextColor
      }) : rss.title,
      description: rss.description,
      items: items,

      xmlButton: param.showXmlButton && render(data.image, {
         link: param.url,
         source: baseUri + "rss.png",
         title: rss.format + " " + rss.version,
         width: 16,
         height: 16,
         align: "right",
         hspace: 3
      }),
      
      image: !param.compact && rss.image && render(data.image, {
         link: encodeURI(rss.image.link),
         source: rss.image.source,
         width: rss.image.width,
         height: rss.image.height,
         title: rss.image.title,
         align: "right",
         valign: "baseline",
         hspace: 5,
         vspace: 5
      }),
      
      input: !param.compact && rss.input && render(data.input, {
         link: encodeURI(rss.input.link),
         description: rss.input.description,
         name: rss.input.name,
         title: rss.input.title
      }),
      
      date: rss.date,
      width: param.width,
      frameColor: param.frameColor,
      fontFace: param.fontFace,
      align: param.align,
      titleBarColor: param.titleBarColor,
      titleBarTextColor: param.titleBarTextColor,
      boxFillColor: param.boxFillColor,
      textColor: param.textColor
   });

   if (!window.rssBoxSetup) {
      document.write(box);
   }
   
   return box;
};

org.p3k.RssBox();

