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Oklahoma health officials to launch flu clinics

Oklahoma health officials plan to begin offering flu shots at county health departments throughout the state. The flu clinics will begin on Monday. The state Department of Health says getting vaccinated against the flu is the single best way to prevent it. Flu vaccination is recommended for everyone over the ...

Centra implements mandatory flu vaccination policy

Centra is requiring all of its employees and volunteers to have flu vaccinations. The new mandatory policy also applies to medical company representatives, and physicians and other health care providers who have privileges within Centra. The News & Advance (http://bit.ly/19oqwtL ) reports that everyone covered by the policy must be ...

Health officials encourage flu shots

State health officials are urging Montana residents to get flu shots this year. As incentive, they're offering these statistics from last year: There were more than 10,500 laboratory-confirmed or suspected cases of flu during the 2012-13 influenza season, 361 people were hospitalized and the deaths of 15 people were directly ...

1st case of flu confirmed in Md.

State health officials say the first case of influenza of the 2013-'14 season has been confirmed. The Department of Health and Mental Hygiene said Thursday that type A (H1N1) influenza had been confirmed by lab tests in a child in the National Capital Region. Officials say the child was briefly ...

Johnson recovering from flu

Zach Johnson was the last American to make the Presidents Cup team. He wondered if he would even be able to play. Johnson arrived at Muirfield Village a day late Tuesday after a nasty bout with the flu. He says he became sick Sunday night as he was packing, and ...

Health officials say first SC flu cases reported

State health officials say that the first cases of the flu this season have been reported in South Carolina. Epidemiologist Dr. Linda Bell said Monday that Department of Health and Environmental Control labs have confirmed five cases in the Midlands. Bell says the best way to prevent the spread of ...

Health care expo offers seniors information on flu

The Orange County Commission on Aging and National Council on Aging are hosting a flu education and vaccination clinic during a health care expo next month. Various health care providers will be on hand on Oct. 3 during the 50-plus FYI Expo at Winter Park Community Center. The event is ...

Ill. Gov. Pat Quinn gets flu shot

Gov. Pat Quinn got a flu shot and he's urging everyone else in Illinois to do the same. The governor got his shot at a downtown Chicago Walgreens store on Friday. He says if others get shots at Walgreens they will not only help themselves but also help people in ...

SD had 2nd highest flu shot rate last season

New data from the federal government show that South Dakota had the second-highest vaccination rate nationally last season. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says that more than half of the state's adult population got a shot. Massachusetts had the highest rate, with 57.6 percent, followed by South Dakota ...

Fort Wayne VA hospital offers vets free flu shots

The VA Northern Indiana Health Care System Fort Wayne campus is holding a drive-thru flu shot clinic Saturday morning. Free flu vaccines will be available to all veterans who are registered in a VA facility. WANE-TV reports (http://bit.ly/195RujM) the hospital says veterans will need to present their VA identification cards. ...

FILE - This Oct. 17, 2012 file photo shows a flu shot administered in Jackson, Miss. More children than ever got vaccinated against the flu last year, and health officials are urging families to do even better this time around. A severe flu strain swept the country last winter, sparking a scramble for last-minute vaccinations. There's no way to predict if this year will be as bad. But protection requires a yearly vaccine, either a shot or nasal spray. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Thursday it's time for people to start getting immunized. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)

More kids protected from flu; CDC says keep it up

More children than ever got vaccinated against the flu last year, and health officials urged families Thursday to do even better this time around. Far too many young and middle-aged adults still forego the yearly protection, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned. And this year, Americans have an ...

RI aims to vaccinate three-quarters of residents

Rhode Island's first lady on Tuesday set a goal of immunizing more than three-quarters of the state's population against influenza, a significant increase over last year's vaccination rate. Shortly before getting vaccinated herself, Stephanie Chafee, a nurse and the wife of Gov. Lincoln Chafee, said she hopes 800,000 people get ...

Bird flu kills 11th person in Cambodia this year

A 2-year-old girl has become the 11th person to die of bird flu in Cambodia this year, the country's health ministry said Friday. The girl from the southern province of Kampot died from the H5N1 bird flu virus on Tuesday after suffering from fever, breathing difficulties, diarrhea and other symptoms, ...

In this image provided by Duke University, lab research analyst Marshall Nichols does research relating to a new blood test on Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2013, in Durham, N.C. Duke University researchers are developing a blood test to more easily tell when a respiratory illness is due to a virus and not a bacterial infection, hoping to cut the dangerous overuse of antibiotics and speed the right diagnosis. (AP Photo/Duke Medicine, Shawn Rocco)

Bacteria vs. virus: New blood test knows difference

It happens too often: A doctor isn't sure what's causing someone's feverish illness but prescribes antibiotics just in case, drugs that don't work if a virus is the real culprit. Now Duke University researchers are developing a blood test to more easily tell when a respiratory illness is due to ...

New test aims to better detect viral infections

It happens too often: A doctor isn't sure what is causing someone's feverish illness but prescribes antibiotics just in case, drugs that do not work if a virus is the real culprit. Now Duke University researchers are developing a blood test to more easily tell when a respiratory illness is ...

NY hospital staffs must get flu shot or wear mask

New York is requiring anyone who might come in contact with patients at hospitals and other health care facilities to get a vaccine or wear masks during the upcoming flu season, an ambitious effort to control the flu in the places it is known to spread. The New York Health ...

New Mexico reports its 1st flu case of the season

The New Mexico Department of Health says the state has its first flu case of the season. Officials say it's a 60-year-old man from Bernalillo County. No other information was immediately released Tuesday. Last year, the first case of flu in the state was reported in November. Health officials say ...

2 cases of swine flu confirmed in Arkansas

The Arkansas Department of Health reports that two cases of swine flu have been confirmed in the state by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The department says in a news release Friday that both patients have fully recovered. No other information about the two people was released. State ...

Flu outbreak at state prison in Lancaster County

Several prison dorms have been locked down and weekend visitation canceled after a flu outbreak at a state prison in Lancaster County. Authorities said Thursday that at least 36 prisoners and employees at Kershaw Correctional Institution have been sickened this week with coughs, congestion and high fevers. The Department of ...

Frederick County schedules 3 flu vaccine clinics

The Frederick County Health Department says it will be offering free flu vaccines for children. Health officials say they have scheduled three clinics to give out the vaccines, two in October and one in November. The free vaccines are being made possible through a grant from the Maryland Department of ...

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