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Over 10,000 Get Free Flu Shots In Pandemic Drill (CBS4 Denver)

What If You Get the Flu? But even if you steer clear of sneezers and you wash your hands regularly, you still might get the flu. At the doctor's office, the doctor will ask you how you've been feeling and examine you. He or she might use a long cotton swab to get a sample of the gunk in your nose or throat. Testing this sample in a lab can determine, for sure, that you have the flu. But usually this isn't necessary. Based on your symptoms, your doctor can usually tell if you have the flu, especially during times when a lot of flu is going around your town.

Over 10,000 Get Free Flu Shots In Pandemic Drill (CBS4 Denver)

More than 10,000 people got their flu shots Saturday as part of a mass vaccination exercise. The state held a drill at 29 different locations, including Coors Field, to prepare health workers to deal with a possible flu pandemic.

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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 SHOTS (Quad-City Times)

The Associated Press The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends that individuals receive flu shots in October or November. These groups should be vaccinated annually:

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Health department offers kids' flu shots for free (Fort Wayne Journal Gazette)

Flu vaccines are now being offered for free at the Fort Wayne-Allen County Department of Health's Immunization Clinic downtown, one of several places parents can go to get the vaccine for their children.

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Health Calendar (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)

SCREENINGSFree Flu Shots, for uninsured 4-year-olds and older, Dec. 8 at the Philippine Center free medical clinic, 535 N. 27th St., from 9 a.m.-noon. Call 299-9028 or go to www.phili...

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No free flu shots at Larimer County health agencies (The Fort Collins Coloradoan)

Larimer County will not be one of the sites across the state where the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment will oversee a mass flu immunization exercise on Saturday.

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More than 2,500 flu shots given in Logan County (Paris Express)

Personnel from the Logan County unit of the state's Department of Health gave more than 2,500 flu shots in a mass vaccination program conducted in Booneville and Paris last week.

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Flu Shots for Kids (WANE-TV Fort Wayne)

Free flu vaccine for children is now available at the Fort Wayne-Allen County Department of Health.

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Colorado makes 1-day flu vaccine push (9 News Denver)

DENVER - Colorado made a massive statewide push to give a large number of flu vaccines in one day on Saturday.

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Community Partners focuses on drills (Leavenworth Times)

The Leavenworth County Community Partners on Wednesday reviewed community participation at recent flu vaccine clinics that were used as dispensation exercises and discussed ways to organize a community response in an emergency.

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Over 10,000 Get Free Flu Shots In Pandemic Drill (CBS4 Denver)

Influenza (say: in-floo-en-zah) is also called the flu. It's an infection that causes fever, chills, cough, body aches, headaches, and sometimes earaches or sinus problems. The flu is caused by the influenza virus (say: vy-rus). A virus is a microorganism (say: my-croh-or-gah-nih-zum), which means it's so small that you can't see it without a strong microscope.

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