SAFETY FAIR: 800 learn about emergency preparedness at annual Quincy event (The Patriot Ledger)
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.
SAFETY FAIR: 800 learn about emergency preparedness at annual Quincy event (The Patriot Ledger)
QUINCY - Be prepared, not scared. That was the motto at Quincy’s third annual Safety Fair, which drew about 800 people to the Richard J. Koch Park and Recreation Complex.
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Most flu shots contain mercury, but few know it (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)
A record 130 million Americans are expected to get a flu shot this season in hopes of ducking the nasty virus, but as the...
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Top 10 Questions About the Flu (WebMD)
Answers to your questions about the flu including flu shots, flu treatments and symptoms of the flu.
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Flu Shot Safety: Questions about Mercury (WQOW Eau Claire)
Almost everyone is encouraged to get a flu shot, but not everyone wants a shot of mercury.
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Early morning update: Holiday snow? (Quad-City Times)
Good day, Quad-Cities. It’s 36 foggy degrees out there as we begin our holiday work week.
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In Saturday's Paper (The Signal)
• A woman is concerned about safety issues after her son cut his hand badly during woodshop at Saugus High School.
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THE PANDEMIC VACCINE PUZZLE A seven-part series on the chances for immunizing the world against pandemic flu (CIDRAP)
Editor's note: This article was originally published in CIDRAP News as a seven-part series running from October 25 through November 2, 2007. It investigates the prospects for development of vaccines to head off the threat of an influenza pandemic posed by the H5N1 avian influenza virus.
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Senior events (The Daily World)
SENIOR INFORMATION & ASSISTANCE: You supply the questions and we supply the information. We’ll even give you a Senior Resource Directory for Grays Harbor County or Pacific County.
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Senior Fair planned; flu shots offered, and more health news (The Sentinel)
Comfort Keepers of Fayetteville is sponsoring a Senior Health Fair from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday, Nov. 9, at the Hampton Inn in Chambersburg.
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Ask Us (The Globe Gazette)
Gunsolley is gone
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SAFETY FAIR: 800 learn about emergency preparedness at annual Quincy event (The Patriot Ledger)
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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