New Mexico has a good shot at flu prevention this year (Albuquerque Tribune)
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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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Flu Shot Clinic (Collinsville Herald)
A Flu Shot Clinic will be held in Fairmont City from 1 to 5 p.m. on Thursday at Fairmont City Community Center, 4001 Cookson Road.
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Consider all facts before getting flu vaccine (Edison Sentinel)
Before everyone runs out to get their annually recommended flu shot, I felt I needed to point out a few facts that have not been mentioned. Most flu vaccines still contain the mercury-based preservative thimerosal. Mercury is a known neurotoxin and can be highly detrimental, especially in children.
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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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N.M. Flu Season Approaches (KOAT Albuquerque)
Health officials said New Mexico's flu season is approaching.
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‘I got shot’ (The Fort Morgan Times)
Could the Northeast Colorado Health Department, with help from volunteers, vaccinate up to 500 people an hour in a flu pandemic? Saturday 124 department staffers and volunteers ran a mass exercise in Brush to answer that question.
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Flu vaccine in plentiful supply (Jefferson County Journal)
Flu shots are available, if you want them. And, the government hopes that many people do. Jefferson County Health Department officials say that influenza vaccines are in good supply in 2007, as opposed to some recent years when supplies were precious commodities.
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Flu Shot Information (KCRG-TV9 Cedar Rapids)
There is still time to get that all important flu shot this year. Click on the link to find a flu shot near you!! Comments are moderated and will not appear on this story until after they have been reviewed and deemed appropriate for posting.
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New Mexico has a good shot at flu prevention this year (Albuquerque Tribune)
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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