Free Flu Vaccine Clinic Announced For Fire Victims (La Prensa San Diego)
Later flu pandemics were not so devastating. They included the 1957 Asian Flu (type A, H2N2 strain) and the 1968 Hong Kong Flu (type A, H3N2 strain), but even these smaller outbreaks killed millions of people. In later pandemics antibiotics were available to control secondary infections and this may have helped reduce mortality compared to the Spanish Flu of 1918.
Free Flu Vaccine Clinic Announced For Fire Victims (La Prensa San Diego)
The American Lung Association of California has scheduled the first vaccination clinic where people affected by recent fires can receive a free vaccine for both flu and pneumonia.
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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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Catalent Pharma's New Injectables Facility Completes First Flu Vaccine Manufacturing Campaign (BioresearchOnline)
Catalent Pharma Solutions, one of the leading providers of advanced dose form and packaging technologies as well as development, manufacturing and packaging services for pharmaceutical, biotechnology and consumer healthcare companies, announced the successful completion of the first influenza vaccine manufacturing campaign from its new prefilled syringe manufacturing facility in ...
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West Central Health District extends criteria for flu shots (Cordele Dispatch)
From STAFF REPORTSCORDELE — Since the onset, duration and severity of flu season is unpredictable, and different types of strains of influenza circulate throughout the season, the West Central Health District has expanded the groups of people recommended to receive the vaccine, as recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
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New Mexico has a good shot at flu prevention this year (Albuquerque Tribune)
The flu virus has yet to strike New Mexico, but it's most certainly coming, experts say. Flu season generally starts in the first week of December and lasts into March, peaking in January and February.
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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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10,000 try state flu-shot drill (Denver Post)
Forty-five minutes after the first needle was plunged into a Coloradan's arm Saturday, more than 6,000 people statewide had received flu shots in a drill to prepare for a large- scale flu outbreak.
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Del. Reports First Flu Cases Of The Year (CBS 3 Philadelphia)
State health officials have confirmed the state's first two cases of the flu this season.
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Vaccine breakthrough spin-out wins funding (The Scotsman: Business)
A COMPANY working on vaccine technology which could halt the spread of diseases such as Sars and prevent bird flu from affecting people has been spun out of Edinburgh's Moredun Research Institute.
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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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Free Flu Vaccine Clinic Announced For Fire Victims (La Prensa San Diego)
Typically, influenza is transmitted from infected mammals through the air by coughs or sneezes, creating aerosols containing the virus, and from infected birds through their droppings. Influenza can also be transmitted by saliva, nasal secretions, feces and blood. Infections also occur through contact with these body fluids or with contaminated surfaces.
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