UHL Connects With Iowa Labs That Perform Rapid Influenza Testing
The University Hygienic Laboratory is assisting clinical laboratories throughout Iowa that perform rapid influenza testing to prepare for their role in a pandemic influenza outbreak with a two-part influenza surveillance and biosafety program.
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Amendments will ensure an effective response to pandemic influenza
Amendments are being proposed to four pieces of legislation to ensure government is able to respond effectively to an influenza pandemic.
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Flu Shots May Reduce Risk Of Meningitis and Pneumonia
Community Health Partners and the Iowa Department of Public Health recommend influenza vaccination to reduce risk of secondary infections such as meningitis and pneumonia.
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DuPage County Health Department To Expand Influenza Vaccinations For Next Flu Season
The DuPage County Health Department is proposing an innovative public health program to seek community partnerships and better serve DuPage County residents with greater access to influenza vaccinations during thenext flu season in 2007-2008.
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A Man in Indonesia Dies of Bird Flu
The total number of deaths caused by bird flu are raising to 65 in Indonesia as health officials report the death of a 32-year-old man.
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Addressing ethical issues that may arise during an influenza pandemic
An influenza pandemic could strike everywhere simultaneously, and it probably won't be possible to get help from other states or the federal government.
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England's seasonal Flu programme 2007 - high uptake rate
The seasonal flu campaign in England continues to achieve one of the highest uptakes rates in the 65 and over age group in Europe.
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Helping School Districts Plan for Potential Pandemic Flu
Preparing for Pandemic Flu in New Mexico Schools: Information for Educators and Community Members," a 35 page resource document to help schools promote healthy environments and craft their own preparedness plans.
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Flu Vaccine Effective Even If It Doesn't Exactly Match Strain
Full flu vaccination provided an approximate 50 percent reduction in laboratory-confirmed influenza among children aged 6 and 59 months.
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Department of Health Reports Increase in Flu Cases
The number of flu cases have increased in New Mexico and surrounding states in recent weeks.
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Review of 1918 pandemic flu studies offers more questions than answers
Experts say further study of past pandemics key to bird flu or other influenza preparedness.
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Flu Season Ongoing in Alaska
Dozens of new positive rapid influenza reports were received by the Section of Epidemiology.
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Coughs and Sneezes Spread Diseases
Sneezing or coughing without covering your mouth is more annoying than people talking loudly on their mobile phone.
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North Dakota Reports 518 Cases of Influenza
This is typically the time of the year when influenza activity picks up.
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Importance of Influenza Vaccine
State health officials are reminding people of the importance of getting your influenza vaccine each year.
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Nasal Flu Vaccines Provide 'Double' Immunity
Carrington Laboratories an innovator in nasal vaccine delivery technology, said flu vaccines delivered nasally have been shown to provide immunity both locally in the nasal passages and also systemically as the vaccine penetrates the nasal mucosa.
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Pandemic Flu Exercise Rehearses Patient Surge
Testing the state's response when hospital bed capacity is overwhelmed during an influenza pandemic.
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Flu Activity Increasing in North Carolina
State health officials are again encouraging any North Carolinians who have not already been vaccinated against the flu to do so immediately.
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Flu DVD to Be Introduced at Indian Creek Elem
The Kansas Department of Health and Environment will introduce a DVD titled Keep Our School Healthy at an all school assembly at Indian Creek Elementary School.
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Government Tests Human Influenza Plan
The Government's response to a human flu pandemic was tested in Exercise Winter Willow on Monday 19th and Tuesday 20th February.
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WHO Reports Some Promising Results on Avian Influenza Vaccines
Advances in pandemic influenza vaccine development reported encouraging progress.
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Sharing of Avian Influenza Viruses and Pandemic Vaccine Production
Alerting the international community to the needs of developing countries to benefit from sharing virus samples, including access to quality pandemic vaccines at affordable prices.
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Children Vaccinated With FluMist Nasal Spray Have Fewer Cases of Flu
Nasal spray flu vaccine Flumist reduces the influenza "attack rate" in children by 55 percent when compared with a group of children who received the traditional flu shot in the arm or thigh.
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London Issues Winter's Third Cold Weather Alert
The Alert will come into effect this evening (February 14th).
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Child Flu Death Reported to HHSS
Nationally, at least nine children have died of flu this season, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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With Flu Cases on the Rise, DCHHS Offers Free Flu Shots
Developing a seasonal influenza surveillance program to monitor the transmission, severity, and progression of the seasonal outbreak of influenza in Dallas county.
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Parents Encouraged to Vaccinate Children from the Flu
State health officials are reminding parents that the best protection against the flu is vaccination.
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Flu shot might also offer some protection against avian flu
The N1 protein in the seasonal flu vaccine shot can trigger an antibody response to avian flu virus of H5N1.
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Health Department Announces Flu Cases in El Paso County
The El Paso County Department of Health and Environment has confirmed the County's second and third cases of hospitalized influenza, an infant and a child.
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Final Confirmation of Avian Flu Virus Strain
The Veterinary Laboratory Agency analysis has revealed a very high similarity between the H5N1 viruses found in Suffolk and the Hungarian outbreaks at the whole genome level.
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Influenza and the Influenza Vaccine: Alabama and Michigan
The U.S. Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices recommends influenza immunization among United States health care workers
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Flu Information Available for Minnesotans with Limited English Skills
Collaborating to make influenza information available to Minnesotans with limited English skills.
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FAO Confident UK Authorities Can Handle Bird Flu Outbreak
British authorities are still trying to determine the source of the outbreak at a farm in Suffolk, England.
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DCHHS Offers Suggestions for Fighting the Flu
Offering free flu shots while their remaining supply lasts.
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Sky Harbor's Free Flu Shots Taking Off
A couple more days to take an important step toward protecting yourself and those around you from the flu.
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Pandemic Influenza is a Real Possibility - Are You Prepared?
The Washington State Department of Health is launching a new effort this week to educate and inform people about pandemics.
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Two More Deaths in Children Attributed to Influenza
Health officials urge vaccination as best protection.
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Take Precautions Against Bitter Cold - Warming Centers Open
Residents are urged to take precautions during the bitter cold weather
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Respond to New Federal Guidelines on Pandemic Flu Planning
Guidelines on nonpharmaceutical interventions, outlining a series of strategies to slow the spread of pandemic influenza.
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Reported Cases of Flu-Like Illness Increases in Davidson County
The best protection against influenza is to get a flu shot every year.
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