DHEC hosts Flu Fridays to protect the public against the flu (WIS News 10 Columbia)
The symptoms of human influenza were clearly described by Hippocrates roughly 2400 years ago. Since then, the virus has caused numerous pandemics. Historical data on influenza are difficult to interpret, because the symptoms can be similar to those of other diseases, such as diphtheria, pneumonic plague, typhoid fever, dengue, or typhus. The first convincing record of an influenza pandemic was of an outbreak in 1580, which began in Asia and spread to Europe via Africa. In Rome over 8,000 people were killed, and several Spanish cities were almost wiped out. Pandemics continued sporadically throughout the 17th and 18th centuries, with the pandemic of 18301833 being particularly widespread; it infected approximately a quarter of the people exposed.
DHEC hosts Flu Fridays to protect the public against the flu (WIS News 10 Columbia)
Public health departments across the state will open their doors Nov. 30, Dec. 7 and Dec.14 to give flu shots without appointments, according to the SC Department of Health and Environmental Control.
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Official: UAE ready to deal with bird flu emergency (People's Daily)
A senior official of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) said that the country is ready to deal with any bird flu emergency situation after reports of an outbreak of the disease in neighboring Saudi Arabia, local newspaper Gulf News reported on ...
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Cold and flu talk: Wash your hands of these misconceptions (The Argus Leader)
Joleen Thompson learned a tough lesson seven years ago. She got the flu, and so did her two young children - all at the same time. Thompson missed more than a week of work and could only go in half-days a week after that. It took awhile to snap back, says Thompson, early childhood director for Youth Enrichment Services.
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Lots of flu shots this time around (Mesabi Daily News)
VIRGINIA — First, the bad news — it’s flu season. The good news? There is plenty of flu vaccine to go around this year. Barb Roberts, nursing supervisor at the Duluth Clinic-Virginia, said the facility held its annual flu shot clinic last week and gave out 1,200 shots.
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Bird flu claims tens of thousands of Saudi chickens (The Daily Star Lebannon)
Around 90,000 chickens died at two farms in Saudi Arabia following a bird flu outbreak, Agriculture Minister Fahd Balghnaim was quoted as saying Friday. Balghnaim did not confirm that bird flu was the cause of death. But the deaths occurred one day after his ministry announced that 50,000 birds were culled at a poultry farm in Al-Kharj.
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Drive-through flu shots test ways to speedily deliver vaccines (Los Angeles Times)
Hundreds of motorists take advantage of clinics in Los Angeles and Ventura counties. Instead of fast food, it was fast flu shots Friday for hundreds of motorists converging on drive-through vaccination clinics at community colleges in Los Angeles and Ventura counties.
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'Tis The Season, And This Time Flu Vaccine Plentiful (New London Day)
“It's all in the wrist,” said Elwood, withdrawing the syringe. “You have to get in there fast.” “I just don't want to bring my mother the flu, or have to refuse her help or if she needs a ride,” Eckert said. “She's in her 80s.”
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Cold raises bird-flu fears (The Nation)
With the arrival of winter, the Public Health Ministry is worried about the possible outbreak of bird flu.
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Bahrain 'is safe from bird flu' (Gulf Daily News)
BAHRAIN's top vet said yesterday there was no reason to panic after the country banned imports of birds from Saudi Arabia. It followed an outbreak of bird flu at a farm near Riyadh, which prompted authorities there to cull 50,000 birds.
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WIBW - News (WIBW-TV Topeka)
ATLANTA (AP) -- A mutated version of a common cold virus has caused 10 deaths in the last 18 months, U.S. health officials said Thursday. Adenoviruses usually cause respiratory infections that aren't considered lethal.
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DHEC hosts Flu Fridays to protect the public against the flu (WIS News 10 Columbia)
How Does the Flu Spread? This virus gets around in little drops that spray out of an infected person's mouth and nose when he or she sneezes, coughs, or even laughs. You can catch the flu from someone who has it if you breathe in some of those tiny flu-infected drops. You can also catch the flu if those drops get on your hands and you touch your mouth or nose. No wonder people are always saying to cover your mouth when you sneeze!
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