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City: Flu activity past peak in Chicago, but still strong
Tribune reporterChicago's flu season may have hit its height. As of Jan. 12, leading indicators of flu activity in Chicago had dropped to early December levels, according to the latest data from the city health department. However, those same numbers remain...Tags: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Pneumonia, Diseases and Illnesses, Disease Prevention, Swine Flu
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CDC: Flu season `bad one for the elderly'
The number of older people hospitalized with the flu has risen sharply, prompting federal officials to take unusual steps to make more flu medicines available and to urge wider use of them as soon as symptoms appear. Â The U.S. is about halfway through...Tags: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Health and Medical Professionals, Pneumonia, Diseases and Illnesses, New York City
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Hospitals crack down on workers refusing flu shots
CHICAGO (AP) — Patients can refuse a flu shot. Should doctors and nurses have that right, too? That is the thorny question surfacing as U.S. hospitals increasingly crack down on employees who won't get flu shots, with some workers losing their...
Tags: Health and Medical Professionals, Hospitals and Clinics, Diseases and Illnesses, Elk Grove Village (Cook, Illinois), Swine Flu
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Chicago flu season shows dip but still above average
Tribune reporterThe Chicago Department of Public Health is reporting that the number of city flu cases is still higher than average but dipped slightly last week. According to a report issued this afternoon, 31 hospitalizations were reported between Dec. 29 and Jan....Tags: Flu
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Chicago, like the nation, in midst of 'very bad' flu season
Chicago Tribune reportersAt Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital in Downers Grove, the staff is working extra shifts, and emergency room waits for patients can last up to two hours in the worst flu season emergency department director Ginger Diven has ever seen. "Things are...Tags: University of Chicago, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Pneumonia, Hospitals and Clinics, Diseases and Illnesses
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Santa Monica College receives $1-million gift for online programs
L.A. NOWSanta Monica College has received a $1-million gift to expand the number of courses available online, officials announced Monday. The donation is the largest the college has ever been given to boost technology at the Westside campus, which has a...... -
Convicted bank robber guilty again in $30,000 O.C. heist
L.A. NOWGarry Allen Reeer, 50, pleaded guiltyMonday to two felony counts of second-degree robbery, one felony count of false bomb delivery and one felony count of second-degree commercial burlary, according to a statement from the Orange County district attorney'... -
Unions, entertainment interests expected to back ads for Greuel
L.A. NOWEntertainment industry executives and labor unions—including one representing city utility workers--are joining forces to mount an independent TV ad campaign to promote the Los Angeles mayoral candidacy of City Controller Wendy Greuel, a top advisor... -
Truck theft suspect held after threatening to set himself on fire
L.A. NOWA 32-year-old Chula Vista man was arrested Monday afternoon on suspicion of burglary and auto theft after he doused himself with gasoline and apparently threatened to light himself on fire, according to the San Diego County Sheriff's Department. The... -
Illness figures underreported in Berkeley County
matthewu@herald-mail.comDozens of health care providers in Berkeley County are failing to provide the county’s health department with reports on numbers of flu cases and other illnesses they are handling each week, which is required by state law. Berkeley County Health...Tags: Drugs and Medicines, Hospitals and Clinics, Diseases and Illnesses, Flu, Vaccines
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What's Going Around: Flu numbers continue to rise across the Ozarks
lmatter@kspr.com, tnguyen@kspr.comSPRINGFIELD, Mo. - The flu epidemic continues across the country and across the Ozarks. Health departments release new numbers every week on confirmed cases of the flu and here's a breakdown of the numbers. Greene County: For the seventh week in a...Tags: Drugs and Medicines, Diseases and Illnesses, Disease Prevention, Flu, Preventative Medicine
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Area residents flock to flu vaccination clinic
cj.lovelace@herald-mail.comBilly Snoots got a flu shot last year and effectively avoided the virus. Considering the rapid spread of influenza regionally and nationally over the past few months, Snoots said he wasn’t taking any chances again this year, especially since he has...Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Disease Prevention, Hospitals and Clinics, Flu, Preventative Medicine
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