Free Drive-Through Flu Shots Sunday (Central Florida News 13)
The Spanish flu pandemic was truly global, spreading even to the Arctic and remote Pacific islands. The unusually severe disease killed between 2 and 20% of those infected, as opposed to the more usual flu epidemic mortality rate of 0.1%. Another unusual feature of this pandemic was that it mostly killed young adults, with 99% of pandemic influenza deaths occurring in people under 65, and more than half in young adults 20 to 40 years old. This is unusual since influenza is normally most deadly to the very young (under age 2) and the very old (over age 70). The total mortality of the 1918–1919 pandemic is not known, but it is estimated that 2.5% to 5% of the world's population was killed. As many as 25 million may have been killed in the first 25 weeks; in contrast, HIV/AIDS has killed 25 million in its first 25 years.
Free Drive-Through Flu Shots Sunday (Central Florida News 13)
Florida Hospital Memorial System is giving free flu shots to anyone 18 or older Sunday at two locations in Central Florida.
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Flu Arrives In Central Florida (WESH via Yahoo! News)
Flu season has arrived in Central Florida and health officials agree the public needs to take it seriously.
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Central Florida flu outbreak first in nation (WTSP - Tampa Bay's 10 News)
A portion of Central Florida is the only area in the United States with a report of a flu outbreak, according to the Centers for Disease Control.
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No flu shot yet? You might want it now (Florida Today)
Florida shows signs of flu activity. A Health Department official says it's a reminder for residents to get influenza shots.
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C. Fla. flu outbreak is first in nation (Florida Today)
ORLANDO, Fla. -- A portion of Central Florida is the only area in the United States with a report of a flu outbreak, according to the Centers for Disease Control. Orange County is the lone area in the U.S. with the flu, a map of flu outbreaks showed today. Doctors urge Central Floridians to get flu shots but warn that the shots can take two weeks to reach their full potential. During each flu ...
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Central Fla. Worst In Nation For Flu (Local 6 Orlando)
Central Florida is the only area with a reported flu outbreak.
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Florida fixes end-game problems (The News & Observer)
There was no late collapse for the Florida Panthers this time.
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Winthrop edges Georgia Tech (The News & Observer)
Jenkins scores 20 as Eagles move into championship game at Paradise Jam.
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LOCAL NEWS (Daily Record)
Two brothers from Hanover who own Foodtown supermarkets were sentenced Friday to five years' probation and 300 hours of community service each for participating in a $1 million coupon redemption scam.
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Vokoun solid as Panthers edge Caps in Sunrise (The Sports Network)
Vokoun solid as Panthers edge Caps in Sunrise
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Free Drive-Through Flu Shots Sunday (Central Florida News 13)
The first significant step towards preventing influenza was the development in 1944 of a killed-virus vaccine for influenza by Thomas Francis, Jr.. This built on work by Frank Macfarlane Burnet, who showed that the virus lost virulence when it was cultured in fertilized hen's eggs. Application of this observation by Francis allowed his group of researchers at the University of Michigan to develop the first flu vaccine, with support from the U.S. Army. The Army was deeply involved in this research due to its experience of influenza in World War I, when thousands of troops were killed by the virus in a matter of months.
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