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Flu Outbreak Hogs Health Resources
Minneapolis :: MN :: USA | about 6 hours ago
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Christa Davison is a supervising nurse at a public health clinic that screens workers and students for tuberculosis, treats teens for sexually transmitted diseases, and vaccinates children against illnesses...Davison had to put some of that work aside...
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Colorado health department will launch drug disposal program
Denver :: CO :: USA | about 8 hours ago
Credibility They've set out secure containers in King Soopers and City Market stores and a clinic in the Denver area and Summit County. Working with grocers, health officials said they'll campaign for Colorado residents to clear out medicine cabinets and dispose...
Tags: Colorado health department, health officials, MST Colorado, Denver, Environment, Health Medical Pharma, Pharmaceutical drug, King Soopers & City Market, Arvada Colorado, Pharmacology, Social Issues, Food and Drug Administration, Denver metropolitan area, Drugs
Flu shot count worries officials
Washington :: DC :: USA | about 12 hours ago
Credibility While state health officials worry that few people are getting vaccinated against swine flu, officials with two large school districts — Livingston and Ascension — said Wednesday the districts will not participate in a statewide campaign to vaccinate...
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Ohio opens vaccine to all
Cincinnati :: OH :: USA | 2 days ago
Credibility Local health departments are already scheduling vaccination clinics for adults 25 and older who aren't at increased risk for catching H1N1 flu or developing serious complications from it. But vaccine supplies are limited, so some people are going to have...
Tags: health departments, health officials, local health, Cincinnati, Health Medical Pharma, Influenza, flu pandemic in the United States, Prevention, Social Issues, Pandemics, Influenza A virus subtype H1N1, Vaccines, flu pandemic, Influenza pandemic
County holds final H1N1 clinic, next steps pondered
Novato :: CA :: USA | 4 days ago
Credibility Marin health officials plan to gather Monday to determine what steps to take next in the battle against the nasty flu bug. "For the last two weeks it has been on a steady decline in Marin," said Brian Waterbury, county incident commander, who coordinated...
Tags: health officials, Marin Medical Reserve Corps, Brian Waterbury, Novato, Health Medical Pharma, Influenza, Epidemics, Health in the United States, Social Issues, Pandemics, Influenza vaccine, Swine influenza, Influenza A virus subtype H1N1, flu pandemic
Good News, Bad News on Swine Flu
Santa Barbara :: CA :: USA | 4 days ago
Credibility Thirty percent is the threshold at which “herd immunity” is said to occur. To date, county health officials have distributed about 10,000 vaccines via the various health clinics throughout the county, and private doctors have dispensed another 55,000.
Tags: swine, health, flu, vaccine, news, swine flu, Santa Barbara County, h1n1, health officials, old female, Santa Barbara, Influenza, Animal virology, Health in the United States, Pandemics, Swine influenza, Influenza A virus subtype H1N1, flu pandemic, Influenza pandemic
Maha govt appoints panel to probe death in St George hospital
Mumbai :: India | 4 days ago
Credibility The government has also instructed the hospital to buy four new ventilators immediately as the failed ventilators had to be repaired. "We have asked St George hospital to purchase four more ventilators,"he said. According to a media report, five persons,...
Tags: St George, george hospitals, health officials, India, Mumbai, Health Medical Pharma, Medical ventilator, Respiratory therapy
No Hawaii illness reports despite Slim-Fast recall
Honolulu :: HI :: USA | 4 days ago
Credibility Food and Drug Administration has notified state officials of a voluntary nationwide recall of Slim-Fast Ready-to-Drink Products, the state Health Department has announced. The manufacturer, Unilever United States Inc., is recalling the product due to...
Tags: health officials, Health Department, drink products, fast ready, Honolulu, Health Medical Pharma, Infectious diseases, Product, Bacillaceae, Microbiology, Marketing, Bacillus cereus, Food safety, Foodborne illness
Mid-Columbia health officials say next wave of flu near
Pasco :: WA :: USA | 4 days ago
Credibility Dr. Larry Jecha, health officer for the Benton-Franklin Health District, said pandemic influenzas such as the 2009 H1N1 virus, known as swine flu, typically come in three waves. That means more swine flu could be coming just as the regular flu season...
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New syphilis cases spike in S.F.
San Francisco :: CA :: USA | 5 days ago
Credibility San Francisco health officials reported an alarming increase in new syphilis cases last year after years of declines. Images More Bay Area News New syphilis cases rose 55.8 percent in 2008 over the previous year, San Francisco public health officials...
Tags: San Francisco's Health Department, syphilis cases, San Francisco AIDS Foundation, health officials, francisco health, Dr. Susan Philip, sexually transmitted, transmitted disease, San Francisco, Health Medical Pharma, HIV/AIDS, Sexually transmitted diseases and infections, Infectious diseases, Social Issues, AIDS, Immunodeficiency, Sexually transmitted disease, Spirochaetes, Syphilis
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