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H1N1 cases decline again in Minn.; 1 death confirmed
Minneapolis :: MN :: USA | 4 days ago
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State health officials declared Tuesday that the H1N1 outbreak has passed its peak in Minnesota, at least for this wave, and said they have downgraded the level of flu activity from "widespread'' to "regional,'' meaning that fewer than half the regions...
Tags: health officials, seasonal flu, Minnesota, health departments, flu cases, Minneapolis, Health Medical Pharma, Influenza, Animal virology, Epidemics, Health in the United States, Pandemics, Swine influenza, Influenza A virus subtype H1N1, flu pandemic
Food poisoning: Source of E. coli illness often can't be found
Northbrook :: IL :: USA | 8 days ago
Credibility The thick, black binder that Paula Gillett keeps charts her son Jack's battle last year against a food-borne illness caused by E. coli. Filled with medical records, meal calendars and other papers, the binder documents Jack's initial illness, the kidney...
Tags: Jack, Elica Faye Williams-Bohnert, Paula Gillett, borne illness, E. coli, food safety, Source of E., Julie Bohnert, health departments, tainted food, Northbrook, Microbiology, Foodborne illness, Nutrition, Spinach, Food, Escherichia coli, Infectious diseases, Health Medical Pharma
Budget cuts hurting STD control
Washington :: WA :: USA | 8 days ago
Credibility State and local government budget cuts are impacting health departments in controlling the spread of sexually transmitted diseases, U.S. researchers said. The study by the National Coalition of STD Directors is based on a recent survey of health department...
Tags: STD, std programs, health departments, budget cuts, Dr. William Wong, U.S, public health, Washington, Health department, Sexually transmitted diseases and infections, Sexual health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Human sexuality, Sexually transmitted disease, Social Issues
Officials encourage smokers to quit
Joliet :: IL :: USA | 9 days ago
Credibility As part of the Great American Smokeout, a nationwide effort by the American Cancer Society being celebrated today, area health departments are encouraging local residents to smoke less -- or quit for at least one day. The Ford-Iroquois Public Health Department...
Tags: health departments, Joliet
Houston-area schools giving swine flu shots
Houston :: TX :: USA | 11 days ago
Credibility A handful of area school districts, including Houston ISD, have either begun offering swine flu vaccines to students or plan to do so in the near future. H1N1 vaccine supplies have broadened enough for the area's two largest health departments to open...
Tags: health departments, Houston ISD, Texas, swine flu, Houston health department, HISD, Humble ISD, Karen Collier, Alief ISD, Houston, flu pandemic, Health in the United States, Influenza A virus subtype H1N1, Influenza vaccine, Swine influenza, Pandemics, Vaccines, Influenza, Health Medical Pharma, Education
Hundreds attend H1N1 flu clinic
Kokomo :: IN :: USA | 13 days ago
Credibility Hundreds of families lined up outside Havens Auditorium on Indiana University Kokomo’s campus for the first of three public H1N1 vaccine clinics held by the Howard County Health Department and IU Kokomo nursing program. The serpentine line of people formed...
Tags: health departments, doors opened, Kokomo Tribune, Karen Lopke, vaccination clinic, h1n1 vaccination, Indiana University Kokomo, Kokomo, Vaccination, Vaccine, Influenza vaccine, Immunology, Influenza A virus subtype H1N1, Influenza, Health Medical Pharma
Thousands in area get H1N1 vaccines
Bowling Green :: KY :: USA | 14 days ago
Credibility When Mable Stice heard the H1N1 flu vaccine was available at the local health department, she knew what she had to do. “I’ve got bronchitis and I’m 80 years old,” the Bowling Green woman said. “I thought I’d better get one.” Hundreds of people flocked...
Tags: health departments, bowling green, h1n1 flu, local health, Crissy Rowland, Warren County, Linda Cowan, h1n1 vaccination, Influenza A virus subtype H1N1, Influenza pandemics, Influenza vaccine, flu pandemic, Swine influenza, Pandemics, Animal virology, Vaccines, Health Medical Pharma
Medical workers still waiting for H1N1 vaccine
Lake Zurich :: IL :: USA | 14 days ago
Credibility As a physician's assistant in Lake Zurich, she typically works with four to eight patients with the virus, also known as swine flu, each day. Hospitals have been giving flu vaccinations to their own workers, but because Mueller isn't on staff at a hospital,...
Tags: swine flu, Mary Mueller, health departments, h1n1 vaccinate, Lake Zurich, Influenza pandemics, Influenza vaccine, Prevention, flu pandemic, Swine influenza, Pandemics, Vaccines, Influenza A virus subtype H1N1, Health Medical Pharma
Offering protection to the public
Winamac :: IN :: USA | 14 days ago
Credibility Before the doors even opened, approximately 150 people were waiting for to receive the H1N1 vaccine. Halfway into Saturday’s H1N1 open-clinic event, 20 Pulaski County nurses had administered around 350 doses of the vaccine in both shot and mist forms.
Tags: K-9 Crisis Response Team, health departments, Pulaski County Sheriff’s Department, Pulaski County Health Department, Winamac, Influenza, Vaccines, Influenza vaccine, Influenza A virus subtype H1N1, Health Medical Pharma
Flu vaccine priority will shift
Salem :: OR :: USA | 14 days ago
Credibility Those conditions include asthma, diabetes, heart or lung diseases. Each county will determine how to adjust to the new strategy beginning Monday. Kohn said H1N1 flu infections place a greater stress on people with underlying health conditions. So far,...
Tags: health, vaccine, health officials, Dr. Mel Kohn, underlying health, health conditions, health departments, health care, priority groups, Oregon, Salem, Influenza A virus subtype H1N1, Influenza, flu pandemic in the United States, flu pandemic, Vaccines, Health in the United States, Influenza vaccine, Health Medical Pharma, Social Issues
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