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Too soon for the flu?
It's time to get your flu shot. Or is it? The answer to that question depends on whom you ask. The sign in the pharmacy window might suggest flu season is already here, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is urging everyone at least 6...
Tags: Bird Flu, Pharmaceuticals, Diseases and Illnesses, Viral Diseases and Infections, Flu
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Flu season, already under way in Australia, may be worse than before
Daily American Staff WriterLast year's flu season was relatively mild, so health officials are concerned that the flu may be worse this year. "No one can predict with certainty what kind of flu season we will have this year," Holli Senior, deputy press secretary for the...Tags: Respiratory Disease, Health Organizations, Pharmaceuticals, Diseases and Illnesses, Diabetes
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Flu Shots Already Available; Health Experts Say Don't Wait
The sniffling and sneezing hasn’t kicked in yet, but experts are already warning people to get vaccinated for the flu early. The vaccine has been delivered to many hospitals and clinics. After the 2009 swine flu outbreak, experts say the number...
Tags: Chemical Industry, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Disease Prevention, Hospitals and Clinics, Pharmaceuticals
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New swine flu case linked to Dakota County live animal market
Minnesota health officials have confirmed another case of a new influenza strain that people acquire through contact with pigs. The new case of variant H3N2 influenza was reported in a man in his 20s from the Twin Cities metro area. The man had...Tags: Education, Diseases and Illnesses, Viral Diseases and Infections, Flu
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State confirms two cases of swine flu at Somerset County Fair
Daily American Staff WriterHealth officials report that three Somerset County Fair participants have contracted the new strain of swine flu. Christine Cronkright, state Department of Health spokeswoman, said two of the cases have been confirmed by lab reports and a third person...Tags: Symptoms, Diseases and Illnesses, General Practitioners, Somerset County (Pennsylvania), Flu
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Maryland State Fair organizers on alert for swine flu
As the state fair opens in Timonium, pigs that will be judged for prizes will also be under scrutiny from state veterinarians after an outbreak of swine flu nearly threatened to shut down the event.
The Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene...Tags: E. coli Infection, Timonium, Health, Diseases and Illnesses, Queen Anne (Prince George's, Maryland)
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Minnesota's first case of new swine flu reported
A new influenza strain that people acquire through contact with pigs has caused its first reported illness in Minnesota, the state Health Department reported on Monday, Aug. 20. One case of variant H3N2 influenza was confirmed in a preschooler who lives...Tags: Education, Symptoms, Diseases and Illnesses, Health, Heart Disease
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Local researchers aim for universal flu vaccine
LA JOLLA, Calif. - At one of the many laboratories at the Scripps Research Institute, one drop at a time, a researcher is carefully working to crystalize components of what could become the first universal flu vaccine. "What we're trying to do now is...
Tags: Biology, Gastroenteritis, Pharmaceuticals, Diseases and Illnesses, Viral Diseases and Infections
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Officials: Swine flu confirmed in ill Michigan child
MASON, Mich. (AP) — Health officials say a strain of swine flu is responsible for an illness that sickened a child who recently attended the Ingham County Fair in mid-Michigan. The Michigan Department of Community Health announced Wednesday it...
Tags: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Health, Diseases and Illnesses, Viral Diseases and Infections, Flu
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Whooping cough making a comeback in Md., U.S.
Public health officials are warning adults and adolescents to get booster shots in the wake of an unusually large number of cases of whooping cough this year around the nation and in Maryland.
More than 20,000 cases of the respiratory disease were...Tags: Respiratory Disease, Health Organizations, Education, Drugs and Medicines, American Academy of Pediatrics
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Officials: Safe to pet animals at fair
It is OK to pet the pigs at the Brown County Fair even though a new flu virus that can pass from swine to people has been discovered in Indiana and Ohio, veterinarians said. The virus, called H3N2v, creates flu symptoms in people who have come in...Tags: Viral Diseases and Infections, Flu, Tinea Corporis
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Indiana now has 138 swine flu cases in 23 counties
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana health officials say a new strain of swine flu now has been found in 23 counties of the state. The Indiana State Department of Health said Thursday that Marion, Marshall, and Delaware counties have joined 20 previously...
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