Flu clinics scheduled (The Patriot Ledger)
For most people, the flu is a drag, but it goes away in a week or two. But for some people, the flu can make them very sick. Those groups include:
Flu clinics scheduled (The Patriot Ledger)
Flu shot distribution had been plagued with problems in previous years, but officials say that's a thing of the past. They plan to vaccinate more people this year than ever before.
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Drive-Through Flu Shot Clinic Tests Readiness (The Signal)
Last winter, I didn't get around to getting a flu shot, and paid the price of procrastination - about two weeks of commode-hugging, compounded by the ill will produced when I spread the dreaded virus to family and friends who dared to venture into my personal space.
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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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Health officials hold flu shot exercise in Alamosa (The Pueblo Chieftain)
ALAMOSA - Local health officials geared up Saturday to test their ability to deliver vaccine in the event of a pandemic flu outbreak. The event drew hundreds of people to the Alamosa County administrative offices lured by free seasonal vaccine shots. But health workers and law enforcement were put through their paces, directing traffic, triaging potential victims and administering vaccine ...
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State, Federal Officials Remind Health Care Workers, Other At Risk Individuals To Get Annual Flu Shot (Medical News Today)
Fewer than half of health care workers get an annual flu shot, prompting a reminder from the Pennsylvania Department of Health and the federal Centers for Disease Control of the need for at-risk individuals to be vaccinated against influenza. [click link for full article]
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Flu-shot clinic doubles as emergency drill (Vail Daily)
EDWARDS - If there is a pandemic or other public-health emergency, Eagle County is ready. The county Health Department held a mass-vaccination exercise Saturday morning to test its ability to vaccinate a large number of people in a short amount of time.
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Ark. Says Flu Shot Test Successful (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
Only lines and paperwork slowed a statewide flu shot drive that tested Arkansas' plans for a widespread epidemic, a health official said Tuesday.
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State Says Only Lines And Paperwork Slowed Flu Shot Test (The Morning News)
LITTLE ROCK -- Only lines and paperwork slowed a statewide flu shot drive testing Arkansas' plans for a widespread epidemic, a health official said Tuesday.
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State Says Only Lines and Paperwork Slowed Flu Shot Test (KATV Little Rock)
Little Rock (AP) - Health officials say only lines and paperwork slowed a statewide flu shot drive that tested Arkansas' plans for a widespread epidemic.
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Take one for the team and get a free flu shot (Rocky Mountain News)
Coloradans on Saturday morning can play bit parts in a pandemic emergency rehearsal and get free flu vaccines at the same time.
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Flu clinics scheduled (The Patriot Ledger)
The etiological cause of influenza, the Orthomyxoviridae family of viruses, was first discovered in pigs by Richard Schope in 1931. This discovery was shortly followed by the isolation of the virus from humans by a group headed by Patrick Laidlaw at the Medical Research Council of the United Kingdom in 1933. However, it was not until Wendell Stanley first crystallized tobacco mosaic virus in 1935 that the non-cellular nature of viruses was appreciated.
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