The Effect of Honey On Night Caugh Better Than Medicine
Honey proves a better option for childhood cough than over the counter medicine.
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Government Launches New Flu Pandemic Plan
A new clinical countermeasures strategy has been developed to offer increased protection against the effects of a flu pandemic if a 'worst case scenario' happened.
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National Influenza Vaccination Week
Florida Department of Health recognizes November 27 as Children's Flu Vaccination Day and reminds Floridians that the week after Thanksgiving, November 26 to December 2, is National Influenza Vaccination Week.
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It's Not Too Late To Get A Flu Shot
New Jersey residents encouraged to be vaccinated against seasonal influenza, which each year leads to an estimated 36,000 deaths and 200,000 hospitalizations in the U.S.
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Don't Get Flu, Don't Spread Flu
Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals remind people that it is not too late to get a flu shot.
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Adenovirus Cold Spreads In USA
Adenovirus: CDC reports that a virulent new form of a common cold virus known Adenovirus 14 has killed 10 people and hospitalized at least 53 since May 2006.
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H5 strain of Avian Flu found in the UK
Health officials in the United Kingdom are confirming that the H5 strain of the Avian Flu have been found in turkeys on Redgrave Park Farm in Suffolk, England.
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Minnesotans Urged To Get Vaccinated To Prevent Influenza
Minnesota has recorded its first culture-confirmed case of influenza for the 2007-08 season in a 44-year-old woman from Dakota County.
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Reminding Family And Friends To Get A Flu Shot
Maxim Health Systems is reminding people to get their annual flu vaccination if they have not done so already.
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Nature's Cookbook For Cold And Flu Season
As cold and flu season approaches, millions of Americans begin stocking up their medicine cabinet with tissues, throat lozenges.
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AlphaVax Announces Positive Results From Influenza Vaccine Clinical Trial
AlphaVax has concluded a phase 1 clinical trial in 216 volunteers of an influenza vaccine based on its proprietary replicon vector platform.
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CDC Recommends Nasal Spray Flu Vaccine
A panel of immunization experts has voted to expand the recommendation for the nasal spray influenza vaccine FluMist.
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Projected Supply Of Pandemic Influenza Vaccine Sharply Increases
Experts to increase their projections of how many pandemic influenza vaccine courses can be made available in the coming years.
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More Bird Flu Vaccine Can Be Produced - WHO
Bird flu experts say drug manufacturers will be able to sharply increase the amount of bird flu vaccine they are able to produce in the coming years.
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New Yorkers Urged To Get A Flu Shot
Health Department is warning New Yorkers that influenza is a deadly disease and urging all New Yorkers to get a flu shot.
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Pennsylvania Medical Society Encourage Flu Shots
Each year, approximately 226,000 people in the US are hospitalized with complications from influenza and an average of 36,000 die from the virus and its complications.
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New Option For The Consumers Not Satisfied With Current Sinus Medication
Bayer Consumer Care announces the availability of the newly-named ALEVE-D Sinus and Cold.
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Flu Myths Abound In Flu Season
The flu shot is safe and can prevent you from getting influenza that may lead to serious complications like pneumonia and even death.
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Improving Low Childhood Influenza Immunization Rates
The Childhood Influenza Immunization Coalition has launched a Web site to support its newly issued report that calls for improved childhood influenza immunization rates in the United States.
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Health Officials Underscore Value Of A Flu Shot
Each year approximately 226,000 people are hospitalized with seasonal flu and about 36,000 die.
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Get Immunized Now To Protect Yourself From Influenza
State health officials are encouraging people who are at high risk for developing complications from influenza to get the influenza vaccine before the coming winter season.
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Health Protection Agency Begins Winter Flu Activity Reporting
Health Protection Agency resumes its winter monitoring of flu activity in the UK.
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Flu virus trots globe during off-season
The influenza A virus does not lie dormant during summer but migrates globally and mixes with other viral strains before returning to the Northern Hemisphere as a genetically different virus, according to biologists who say the finding settles a key debate on what the virus does during the summer off-season when it is not infecting people.
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Alabama Health Department Encourages Influenza Immunization
Alabama Influenza immunization clinics are scheduled throughout the state beginning in October through the end of the influenza season.
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October Is Flu Shot Season
The Volusia County Health Department is kicking off the 2007-2008 flu shot season with multiple flu vaccine clinics countywide.
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SmartCare Adds Healthy Dose Of Convenience To Flu Shot Season
SmartCare Family Medical Centers kicks off its flu shot season Oct. 1.
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Additional Influenza Vaccine Approved For Upcoming Influenza Season
FDA approved Afluria, an additional seasonal influenza vaccine for the immunization of people ages 18 and older.
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Ways To Accurately Assess Mortality Benefits Of Influenza Vaccine In Elderly
Each year, seasonal flu kills approximately 36,000 people in the United States, most over age 70.Yet little is known about the benefit of influenza vaccine in older seniors.
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New Educational Campaign Highlights Importance Of Influenza Vaccination
Spread the Word - NOT the Flu! is a new educational program designed to teach students and their families about the seriousness of influenza and the importance of receiving an annual vaccination.
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European Expert Consortium To Develop A Novel Pandemic Influenza Vaccine
A consortium of experts in the field of human virus research and vaccine development have joined forces to develop a novel pandemic influenza vaccine as a potential emergency vaccination.
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Arm Yourself Against Influenza
As influenza season approaches, Wisconsin State Health Officials are reminding adults to make sure their immunizations are up-to-date.
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Lab-on-a-chip Device to Transform Field Testing for Avian Flu Virus
This bird flu testing device would enable field workers to conduct rapid testing of avian flu on-site.
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FDA Approves Nasal Influenza Vaccine For Younger Children
FDA approved expanding the population for use of the nasal influenza vaccine FluMist to include children between the ages of 2 and 5.
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Experts Call For Increased Immunization Before Influenza Season Peaks
Data shows alarmingly low influenza vaccination rates in both adults and children.
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CDC Promises Sufficient Supply Of Flu Vaccine
Federal health officials announced a record 132 million doses of influenza vaccine will be available this flu season.
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Flu virus trots globe during off season
The influenza A flu virus does not lie dormant during summer but migrates globally and mixes with other viral strains before returning to the Northern Hemisphere as a genetically different virus
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FDA Approves FluMist to Include Children 2-5 Years of Age
FDA Approves Expanded Label for FluMist to Include Children Two to Five Years of Age. Flumist is the first and Only Nasal Spray Influenza Vaccine for Young Children in U.S. Available for 2007-2008 Flu Season.
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Sanofi's Investigational H5N1 Influenza Vaccine Achieves High Immune Response
Sanofi pasteur's new investigational H5N1 pandemic influenza vaccine achieved a high immune response at the lowest dose of H5N1 antigen reported to date.
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Influenza Vaccination Season Begins
Michigan Department of Community Health is gearing up for the 2007-2008 influenza season by making special efforts to reach out to high-risk patients as well as children in need of a second dose of influenza vaccine.
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Sinovac Initiates Phase II Clinical Trial On Pandemic Influenza H5N1 Vaccine
Sinovac Biotech has commenced vaccination of volunteers for its Phase II clinical research study of its pandemic influenza H5N1 vaccine.
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