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Visitors to Peninsula health facilities urged to wear masks
The flu arrived earlier this year and it has been at peak activity for 6 weeks, twice as long as last year's season in Virginia. Area health professionals continue to urge people to get vaccinated. The rapid increase in cases of influenza-like illnesses...
Tags: Symptoms, Internal Medicine, Flu, Chesapeake (Chesapeake, Virginia), Hospitals and Clinics
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Indiana's flu deaths rise to 40, most victims over 65
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Flu deaths in Indiana have climbed to 40 this season and it's too soon to tell if the spread of the illness is slowing statewide, state health officials said Wednesday. Marion County health officials said visits to the...
Tags: Diabetes, Symptoms, Flu, Hospitals and Clinics, Disease Prevention
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Flu season strikes early and, in some places, hard
AP Medical WriterNEW YORK (AP) — From the Rocky Mountains to New England, hospitals are swamped with people with flu symptoms. Some medical centers are turning away visitors or making them wear face masks, and one Pennsylvania hospital set up a tent outside its ER...Tags: Symptoms, Pharmaceuticals, Lehigh Valley Hospital, Flu, Lab Tests
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Letters: Nurse, vaccinate thyself
Re "Flu's sticking point," Jan. 19 I read your article with great interest, looking forward to my fellow nurses explaining how important it is for people — healthcare workers in particular — to get their yearly flu shot. Instead, I learned...Tags: Health and Medical Professionals, Flu, Nursing, Disease Prevention, Preventative Medicine
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Flu remains widespread in US; eases in some areas
Health officials say nine more deaths of children from the flu have been reported, bringing the total this flu season to 29. In a typical season, about 100 children die of the flu, so it is not known whether this year will be better or worse than usual....
Tags: Flu, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Numbers of flu cases rise throughout Arkansas
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. -- The Arkansas Department of Health (ADH) is currently receiving large numbers of reports of flu infections and hospitalizations from all regions of the state and is aware of seven deaths from the flu. ADH encourages everyone six...
Tags: Symptoms, Pharmaceuticals, Flu, Preventative Medicine, Heart Disease
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Protein Sciences Will Make Vaccine In NY, Still Talking To Malloy
The Hartford CourantProtein Sciences Corp., the Meriden-based drug research and development firm with a long and colorful history in Connecticut, is investing millions of dollars in a new manufacturing facility for its flu vaccine — in Rockland County, N.Y. The...Tags: Pharmaceuticals, Science, Preventative Medicine, Science and Technology, Executive Branch
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Even the young and healthy benefit from flu vaccine
Tribune Media ServicesDEAR MAYO CLINIC: I'm 28 and healthy. I've never gotten a flu shot and have never had the flu. Do I really need a flu vaccination? My employer is recommending it for everyone, but I'm hesitant. I've heard some people get sick from the actual vaccination....Tags: Symptoms, Pharmaceuticals, Hospitals and Clinics, Mayo Clinic, Preventative Medicine
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Flu 411: What everyone needs to know
It's flu season in Baltimore. A few days after Christmas, Baltimore resident Kathleen Dudley began experiencing telltale signs of the flu — fever, chills, body aches, sore throat, cough and overall exhaustion. "The worst part — the fever...
Tags: Symptoms, Pharmaceuticals, Sore Throat, Hospitals and Clinics, Swine Flu
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Hospitals seeing large number of patients with flu symptoms
Area hospitals are coping with a surge of patients with achy bodies, fevers and sore throats as the nation grapples with a flu season that has hit earlier and harder than usual.
The flu virus is unpredictable, so no one knows when the outbreak will...Tags: Symptoms, Flu, Hospitals and Clinics, Swine Flu, Preventative Medicine
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Flu declared epidemic by CDC
Federal health officials declared this season's flu outbreak an epidemic Friday as Maryland hospitals and clinics continued to treat unusually high numbers of patients for the virus and manufacturers reported low supplies of the vaccine to treat the...
Tags: Symptoms, Religion and Belief, Pharmaceuticals, The New York Times, Hospitals and Clinics
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Flu season hits U.S. early and hard
The flu season has gotten off to its quickest start in nearly a decade, a sign that it could be a bad year for the illness, officials said on Monday. Dr. Thomas Frieden, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, urged people to get...
Tags: Immune System, Flu, Disease Prevention, Preventative Medicine, Heart Disease
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