Stateline Area Health Notes (Beloit Daily News)
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.
Stateline Area Health Notes (Beloit Daily News)
FLU SHOT CLINIC 4 - 7 p.m. Nov. 27 at the Beloit Menards, 2851 Milwaukee Road. Home Health United is providing the shots. Cost is $28 and Medicare Part B and Medicaid will cover the cost of the shot. Pneumonia vaccinations also will be available for $35 a shot.
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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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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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News in brief (Onalaska Community Life)
Here are a selection of brief news items from this week's paper edition, and possibly a few news briefs that didn't make it in the paper.
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LOCAL NEWS (Daily Record)
Visitors who attended the rededication of a World War I memorial in front of Morristown's Vail Mansion, in honor of Veterans Day on Monday, also got a sneak peek at the once-stellar mansion.
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Stateline Area Health Notes (Beloit Daily News)
HEALTH TALK 7 p.m. Nov. 14 at the Beloit Clinic, 1905 Huebbe Parkway, Beloit. Colonoscopy will be discussed by Dr. John Johanson, a gastroenterologist.
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Larger puffs for light cigarettes (Seattle Times)
The nation's largest tobacco company knew as early as the 1970s that smokers of light cigarettes took larger puffs that delivered greater...
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Health Calendar (Lake County News Sun)
Classes/Workshops
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Health Calendar (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)
EVENTS"Away From Her" Movie Screening, Nov. 10, at the Times Cinema, 5906 W. Vliet St., a wine and cheese reception will begin at 5:30 p.m., movie screening at 6:30 p.m., and an audience talk-back after the film with local exper...
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Health Calendar (Lake County News Sun)
Blood Drive
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Stateline Area Health Notes (Beloit Daily News)
For most people, the flu is a drag, but it goes away in a week or two. But for some people, the flu can make them very sick. Those groups include:
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