Delaware disinfected following flu outbreak
Maintenance crews and teachers helped disinfect Delaware Elementary on Wednesday, the day after the school was closed because of a serious outbreak of the flu.
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But with the students not expected to return until Monday, it’s unclear how much the extra cleaning will help.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention “does not believe any additional disinfection [...]
Where You Can and Can’t Go to Get a Flu Shot
October 15, 2009
Written by admin, in Connecticut, States
A sign posted on the door tells those walking into the Newington Senior and Disabled Center that a flu clinic scheduled for Friday has been canceled. There are just no more flu shots to accommodate the 300 to 400 people who were expected to come.
“We have a lot of people who we knew had held [...]
Doctors Fear Seasonal Flu Vaccine May Never Come
Some doctors are worried that new shipments of the seasonal flu vaccine will not come, causing a spike in flu cases over last year.
Dr. Rafer Leach, owner of Guardian Urgent Care in Denver, received a call from his distributor informing him that more than 1,000 seasonal flu shots that he has been waiting on, will [...]
Arkansas Flu Clinics Start
The state’s tobacco tax dollars were at work Wednesday. Health care providers administered the first supplies of the H1N1 vaccine to school kids.
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It’s part of the Governors’ health initiative, but despite this free opportunity some parents have concerns.
These clinics are going on throughout the state. Before the clinics are done, kids and parents at about [...]
Alabama deaths from swine flu rises to 17
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) – State health officials have been notified of another swine flu death in Alabama.
Officials say a Cherokee County man in his 50s is the state’s 17th person to die from the virus.
Previous swine flu deaths have occurred this year in Bullock, Calhoun, Dale, Houston, Jackson, Jefferson, Macon, Madison, Mobile, Montgomery, Russell and [...]
Dog flu spreads to 30 states, worrying pet owners
Parents worry about H1N1.
For pet owners, the rising threat is H3N8 – dog flu – a highly contagious, potentially deadly respiratory infection. It started at a Florida greyhound track and has spread to 30 states. As of last year, 1,079 cases had been confirmed.
H3N8 is a type A influenza. Researchers say it began with horses [...]
Study finds women hardest hit by Swine Flu
October 13, 2009
Written by admin, in New Jersey, States
Patients who became the most critically ill with swine flu and those who died were relatively healthy young women — not the elderly and chronically ill as many still believe, according to an article released yesterday by the Journal of the American Medical Association.
The findings challenge public apathy evident in recent national and state polls [...]
Virginia Va uses online videos to brief parents on flu
RICHMOND, Va. – Virginia’s health and education agencies have produced online videos to help inform parents and educators about how to prevent the spread of the H1N1 influenza virus as well as the seasonal flu.
The Virginia Department of Education, in cooperation with the Virginia Department of Health, has released “H1N1 for Parents” and “H1N1 [...]
For some pregnant women, H1N1 shots a hard sell
In a few weeks, the first shipments of the H1N1 flu vaccine will arrive in Minnesota, and Stephanie Pelach, who is six months pregnant, will have a decision to make.
Should she get a vaccine, approved only weeks ago, that has never been tested in pregnant women? Or take her chances with a flu strain that [...]
Anchorage swine flu vaccinations expected in November
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Local officials expect H1N1 swine flu vaccine to arrive in Anchorage in early November.
The city’s director of Health and Human Services, Diane Ingle, says the school district will be a major partner with the city in the vaccine’s distribution. Vaccines will be available for kids at various school sites.
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