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Don't kiss Santa, he may have the flu: Hungary government
Budapest :: Hungary | 6 minutes ago
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Santa Claus should avoid kissing children and shaking their hands to prevent spreading the flu and should get vaccinated against the illness, Hungary's state health authority said. In a recommendation issued over the weekend and posted on its official...
Tags: health, Santa Clauses, influenza, Hungary, Budapest, Prevention, Influenza vaccine, flu pandemic vaccine, Pandemics, Animal virology, Influenza pandemic, Health Medical Pharma
Swine flu clinic: A record-breaker?
Louisville :: KY :: USA | about 3 hours ago
Credibility It was a massive, unprecedented vaccination effort targeting the world�s first pandemic flu in decades. And now, organizers of Louisville�s two-day swine flu clinic earlier this month near Papa John�s Cardinal Stadium are gleaning lessons to share with...
Tags: guinness world records, world records, world record, Louisville, Vaccines, Health in the United States, flu pandemic, Influenza pandemic, Swine influenza, Pandemics, Prevention, Influenza A virus subtype H1N1, Health Medical Pharma, Human Interest, Social Issues
It's a county lottery when it comes to cancer screening
Wexford :: Ireland | about 6 hours ago
Credibility It recently emerged that Breastcheck has now screened over half-a-million women for breast cancer. The national breast screening programme -- which invites women aged 50-64 years -- has detected 3,456 cases of breast cancer in women who availed of the...
Tags: eligible women, Breastcheck, Ireland, Wexford, Prevention, Screening, Mammography, The Million Women Study, Cancer, Medical tests, Oncology, Breast cancer
Health is Ok at Halat Ammar
Riyadh :: Saudi Arabia | about 11 hours ago
Credibility The Health Surveillance Center at the Pilgrims City in Halat Ammar, the border point between Saudi Arabia and Jordan, has not registered any cases of pilgrims entering the Kingdom with contagious illnesses. Dr. Mustapha Farraj, assistant director of Health...
Tags: Halat Ammar Arab News, Saudi Arabia, Riyadh, Vaccination, Influenza A virus subtype H1N1, Vaccine, Pilgrim, Immunology, Biotechnology, Prevention, Health Medical Pharma, Social Issues
LCRH to relax some H1N1 virus precautions
Louisville :: KY :: USA | about 19 hours ago
Credibility H1N1 virus precautions CJ Staff Writer Commonwealth Journal Some five weeks after introducing additional visit-ation precautions to help curb the flu, officials at Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital have announced they are relaxing restrictions a bit.
Tags: emergency department, Judy Keen, flu precautions, flu cases, Louisville, Prevention, Influenza A virus subtype H1N1, Influenza, flu pandemic, Pandemics, Animal virology, Influenza pandemic, Health Medical Pharma
Cat endures 3,000-mile sea journey from Egypt to UK in shipping container!
Port Said :: Egypt | 1 day ago
Credibility Pharoah the cat has survived the 3, 000-mile voyage from Port Said in Egypt to the British port of Felixstowe after it was found crammed in a container on board the MV Maersk Batam. "We opened this container that had just arrived from Egypt to ensure...
Tags: Egypt, Port Said, Cattery, Pharaoh, Forklift truck, Containerization, A. P. Moller-Maersk Group, Human Interest, Pearl of Great Price, Prevention, Quarantine
H1N1
H1N1 is spreading like crazy here in the United States, but it is also a risk to get the vaccination. I have heard of someone from our town losing 2 of her babies because of complications with the vaccine. I have a 4 month old son and although I do not...
Tags: Muskogee, flu pandemic, Influenza, Pulmonology, Vaccination, Influenza vaccine, Vaccines, Health Medical Pharma, Prevention, Human Interest, Pandemics, health
Wait times all over the map as H1N1 vaccine rolled out in Ontario
Toronto :: Canada | 1 day ago
Credibility Last updated on Saturday, Nov. 21, 2009 5:38PM EST W ait times for the H1N1 vaccine varied widely Saturday as Ontario health units strove to meet demand on the first weekend of the shot's availability to the general public.
Tags: Toronto Public Health Unit, Ontario, general public, Middlesex-London Health Unit, Canada, Toronto, Pandemics, Prevention, Influenza vaccine, flu pandemic, Vaccination, Immunology, Vaccines, Influenza A virus subtype H1N1, Health Medical Pharma, Social Issues
Ford-Iroquois offer flu shots Monday
Kankakee :: IL :: USA | 1 day ago
Credibility The Ford-Iroquois Public Health Department is strongly recommending the H1N1 vaccination for everyone age 6 months to 25 years, said Dee Ann Schippert, coordinator of community and school health. "We are seeing the highest incidence of disease in the...
Tags: Kankakee, Vaccination, Influenza A virus subtype H1N1, Biotechnology, Immunology, Prevention, Health Medical Pharma, Social Issues, Education
H1N1 VACCINES ARE HERE
Port of Spain :: Trinidad and Tobago | 2 days ago
Credibility This was disclosed by Health Minister Jerry Narace as he responded to questions from the media yesterday following the formal opening of the newly redecorated Paediatric Outpatient Clinic at the Eric Williams Medical Sciences Complex, Mt Hope. Also receiving...
Tags: Jerry Narace, decision makers, pregnant women, essential decision, CHOGM, health workers, Trinidad and Tobago, Port of Spain, Prevention, Influenza A virus subtype H1N1, flu pandemic, Vaccine, Swine influenza, Pandemics, Immunology, Influenza, Health Medical Pharma
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