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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: Vaccines, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Chemical Industry, Diseases and Illnesses, Preventative Medicine
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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: Viral Diseases and Infections, Diseases and Illnesses, Flu, Education
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1st death linked to new swine flu is Ohioan, 61
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Health officials say the death of a 61-year-old Ohio woman is the first associated with a new swine flu strain. The Ohio Department of Health says the woman died this week. It says that she had other medical conditions but...Tags: 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: General Practitioners, Diseases and Illnesses, Flu, Symptoms, Somerset County (Pennsylvania)
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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: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Queen Anne's County, Diseases and Illnesses, Queen Anne (Talbot, Maryland), Disease Prevention
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NYC fair nixes pig races and goes to the dogs
NEW YORK (AP) — Organizers of the county fair on New York's Staten Island are making a dogged effort to prevent the spread of swine flu. The Staten Island Advance (http://bit.ly/NuYjBZ ) says this year's Richmond County Fair is forgoing pig races...
Tags: Health Organizations, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, New York City, Labor Day, Staten Island (New York City)
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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: Viral Diseases and Infections, Diabetes, Heart Disease, Diseases and Illnesses, Asthma
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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: Flu Vaccine, Immune System, Diseases and Illnesses, Disease Prevention, Preventative Medicine
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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, Viral Diseases and Infections, Diseases and Illnesses, Flu, Health
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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, Coughing, Disease Prevention, Preventative Medicine, Symptoms
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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: Tinea Corporis, Viral Diseases and Infections, Flu
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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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