Flu shots expected by mid-October
KINGMAN – Mohave County Health Department officials expect the H1N1 flu vaccine to be available locally by mid- to late-October.
“We don’t really have any dates at the county level,” said Chris Tapia of the county health department, “but the state is expecting to receive the vaccine by mid-October.”
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on [...]
Family, friends mourn flu victim: Matthew Healey
September 28, 2009
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Swine Flu Surge Closes Schools, Tests Hospitals
September 27, 2009
Written by admin, in South Carolina, States, Tennessee, Texas
In Austin, so many parents are rushing their children to the Dell Children’s Medical Center of Central Texas with swine flu symptoms that the hospital had to set up tents in the parking lot to cope with the onslaught.
In Memphis, the Le Bonheur Children’s Medical Center emergency room got so crowded with feverish, miserable youngsters [...]
Josh Johnson scratched because of flu
MIAMI (AP) — Florida Marlins ace Josh Johnson has been scratched from his start against the New York Mets because of the flu.
Manager Fredi Gonzalez said he sent Johnson home on Sunday because the right-hander was running a fever when he arrived at the ballpark several hours before the game. Johnson was expected to see [...]
State forces nurses to receive flu shots
Sara L. Rombough, a registered nurse for 25 years, will lose her job in November if she refuses to get a flu shot.
The state Health Department is requiring that all direct care workers and those with whom they have contact be vaccinated for seasonal flu and the H1N1 virus, also known as swine flu.
“It’s a [...]
Flu absences prompt L.A. hospital to close emergency room
September 27, 2009
Written by admin, in California
A Los Angeles hospital was forced to close its emergency room earlier this month due to understaffing after several nurses became sick with the flu, authorities said.
Los Angeles Metropolitan Medical Center at 2231 S. Western Ave., just south of the 10 Freeway, voluntarily closed its four-bed emergency room Sept. 18 after a surprise visit by [...]
U. of C. researcher dies after exposure to plague bacteria
A University of Chicago molecular genetics professor studying the origins of harmful bacteria died last weekend after contracting an infection linked to the plague, officials said today.
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Valley reports swine flu cases
Flathead City-County Health Department announced Thursday that H1N1 ’swine flu) has been confirmed in the Flathead Valley.
In a press release, the department said increasing numbers of children and adults have flu-like symptoms. North Valley Hospital and Kalispell Regional Medical Center report an increase in testing for flu illnesses.
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Emory moves students with swine flu…
Emory University has moved about 50 students with swine flu into a separate dorm, where they are not attending classes and school workers are delivering food to them, officials said.
“The idea is to keep them separate from the other students while they recover,” Emory spokesman Ron Sauder said.
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University of Kansas students isolated…
LAWRENCE, Kansas (CNN)
It started with a sore throat. Then her chest was burning.
University of Kansas freshman Arielle Spiridigliozzi said she thought her symptoms were signs of allergies, or maybe even a sinus infection.
It couldn’t be H1N1, she thought.
But it was.
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