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Shirley Fout Miller
janeth@herald-mail.comShirley Fout Miller was a walking medical miracle. She contracted tuberculosis at age 12 from her mother, about seven years after Shirley’s younger sister and only sibling, Joan, died of diphtheria at age 5 in 1931. Shirley was not expected to...Tags: University of Oxford, Shirley, Richmond (Richmond, Virginia), Williamsburg (Brooklyn, New York), Frederick (Frederick, Maryland)
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Shirley H. Miller, 86
Shirley Hylton Fout Miller, 86, died Thursday, Aug. 16, 2012, in Hagerstown, Md. She was born at historic "Richfield" in Frederick, Md., on Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 28, 1925, to Hollis Steaver Fout and Margaret (Maggie) Lou Cox. Her younger sister, Joan,...
Tags: Arts, Arts and Culture, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Tuberculosis, Frederick (Frederick, Maryland)
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Students entering seventh and 12th grades need to update immunizations
The West Virginia Department of Education is reminding parents that students entering seventh and 12th grades this fall will need to visit a doctor or health clinic before school begins to update their immunizations. State law and West Virginia Board...Tags: Vaccines, Preventative Medicine, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Health and Safety at School, Whooping Cough
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Eleven cases of whooping cough confirmed in Berkeley County since Nov.
Health officials in Berkeley and Morgan counties in the Eastern Panhandle and Hancock County in the state's Northern Panhandle are investigating outbreaks of whooping cough.
Berkeley County Health Officer Diana Gaviria told the Berkeley County Council...Tags: Vaccines, Preventative Medicine, Health and Safety at School, Whooping Cough, Hospitals and Clinics
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Imperial Valley doctor celebrates 50 years of practicing medicine
Staff WriterDr. Benjamin Lehr remembers a time when El Centro stopped at Adams Avenue and the Imperial Valley convalescent home was at the end of the farmland. That is how long Lehr has practiced medicine in the Valley, for 50 years. On average Lehr said he sees...Tags: Obstetrics, Cesarean Section, Heart Failure, Hospitals and Clinics
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Whooping cough death reinforces need for vaccines, officials say
An Orlando infant's death from whooping cough last month is underscoring the county health department's push to get children and adults alike vaccinated and keep vaccines up to date. The six-week-old baby boy was too young to have gotten his first...
Tags: Vaccines, Childhood Diseases and Illnesses, Preventative Medicine, Parenting, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Missouri falling behind on child vaccinations
jscherder@ky3.comSPRINGFIELD, Mo -- When it comes to getting shots at the doctor, children don't usually look forward to the occasion. But for parents it should be a no brainer. April 20 - 27 is National Infant Immunization Week. It's an annual observance to...Tags: Vaccines, Preventative Medicine, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Whooping Cough, Diseases and Illnesses
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A healthy dose of data
The daily broadcast of medical reports, scientific studies and sociological statistics can cause your ears to ring. Sometimes a report will contradict the findings of another issued just days earlier. More often, compelling snapshots of the American...Tags: High Blood Pressure, Preventative Medicine, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Food and Drug Administration
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Building a family history is better with some company
"Do you think we're related to Jessica Brown Findlay?" one of my cousins asked the other day. We were standing in the kitchen of our Aunt Gayle's house in Georgia. "We can always hope," I chirped, even though when I look in the mirror I see absolutely...
Tags: Downton Abbey (tv program), Pneumonia, Washington, DC
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Renewed pertussis threat in Northern Michigan comes with expanded recommendations
The number of pertussis cases, otherwise known as whooping cough, are rising nationally, and cases locally in 2013 are up as well. Pertussis can be unknowingly spread to others, especially infants and young children, to whom it may be deadly....
Tags: Vaccines, Preventative Medicine, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Common Cold, Whooping Cough
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Q&A: Weighing the value of less effective flu shot
This season's flu shot seemed to do little to protect people over 65 from the worst and most dominant flu strain spreading around, a small government study found. Vaccinated people in that age group had only a 9 percent lower chance of going to the doctor...Tags: Vaccines, Preventative Medicine, Viral Diseases and Infections, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Flu Vaccine
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Vaccination schedule for children is safe, study says
The recommended schedule of vaccines for children is safe and has done much to dramatically lower the incidence of devastating illnesses, according to a new national scientific study that was partly led by a Northwestern University professor....
Tags: Preventative Medicine, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Politics, Food and Drug Administration, Health and Safety at School
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