Flu and Cold:
Flu Symptoms, Articles on Flu and Cold
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Sep 25th, 2009
Two deaths in Kansas of people infected with the pandemic H1N1 influenza virus have been confirmed by state and local public health officials.
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Sep 25th, 2009
State health officials are taking steps to ensure Washington residents at highest risk for H1N1 (swine flu) infection have broad access to the new vaccine when its available.
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Sep 25th, 2009
NY State Health Commissioner released this open letter to health care workers about the regulation, which will apply to the FDA approved vaccine, just in time for the second wave of novel H1N1 influenza already returning this fall.
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Sep 24th, 2009
Minnesotans seeking seasonal flu shots who find their health care provider is temporarily out of vaccine should not be discouraged, state health officials say, but should keep checking with their provider to see when more will be available.
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Sep 22nd, 2009
College dorms are a perfect place for viruses and bacteria to multiply, divide, and spread, but a study funded by the Defenses Department aims to detect the flu even before early flu symptoms appear. A physician with the Defense Research Projects Agency Defense Department of Research, Colonel Geoffrey Ling came up with the idea.
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Sep 22nd, 2009
After a review of 39 studies from the past 75 years, British researchers report that the influenza virus can trigger a heart attack and may account for the 35 to 50 percent rise in heart attack deaths during the flu season. The findings were published this week in the October edition of Lancet Infectious Diseases.
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Sep 22nd, 2009
With the United States' ranking an all time low 29th in the world for Infant Mortality, the Illinois Department Of Health joins the rest of the nation in a campaign to increase the awareness of the high rate of infant mortality.
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Sep 22nd, 2009
Early results from a trial testing a 2009 H1N1 influenza vaccine in children look promising.
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Sep 22nd, 2009
Because many people who become ill with influenza will be cared for at home, the North Dakota Department of Health is providing guidance to people who will be caring for ill friends or family members.
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Sep 21st, 2009
The Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals confirmed that a resident of DHH Region 3, the Houma/Thibodaux area, has died from complications related to the 2009 H1N1 flu.
