West Central Health District extends criteria for flu shots (Cordele Dispatch)
Since it first killed humans in Asia in the 1990s, a deadly avian strain named H5N1 has posed the greatest risk for a new influenza pandemic; fortunately, this virus has not mutated to a form that spreads easily between people.
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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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 shots available around McKinney (McKinney Courier-Gazette)
Influenza season is in full effect and some area pharmacies and the Collin County Healthcare Services Department have flu and pneumonia shots readily available to prevent people from getting bit by the flu bug.
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Flu shots available as season revs up (Plano Courier)
Influenza season is in full effect and some area pharmacies and the Collin County Healthcare Services Department have flu and pneumonia immunizations readily available prevent people from getting bit by the flu bug.
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Shots plentiful as flu season kicks into high gear (The Tribune-Democrat)
Time to seek the flu fighters, inoculations against influenza, as the season begins in earnest. Fever, dry cough and runny nose, headache and muscle pain characterize influenza.
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ImmuneRegen BioSciences' Viprovex(R) Demonstrates Further Evidence For Effectiveness Against Influenza Virus, ... (Medical News Today)
ImmuneRegen announced additional findings from small animal studies of its lead clinical candidate, Viprovex, for treatment of infectious diseases. Ongoing studies in an accepted model for human respiratory virus infection, the Cotton Rat (Sigmodon hispidus), continue to show the ability of Viprovex to decrease the symptoms and aftereffects of certain influenza virus strains. [click link for ...
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RED BLUFF - Two dozen of the county's top officials were gathered in Curtiss Wetter Hall Wednesday when a fax came in. It was official: Five Tehama County residents who had come down with flu-like symptoms tested positive for a pandemic influenza, aka bird flu.
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Merck/Schering-Plough Pharmaceuticals Provides Update on ENHANCE Trial (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
WHITEHOUSE STATION, N.J. & KENILWORTH, N.J.----Merck/Schering-Plough Pharmaceuticals today announced that an independent panel of clinical and biostatistics experts was convened on Friday, November 16, 2007 to offer advice about the prospective analysis of the ENHANCE trial.
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New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH) Stops a World First U.S. - Egyptian Collaborative Study on Hepatitis C ... (Press Release Network)
Recently coming to light is the involvement of the New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH) in stopping a world-first U.S. - Egyptian collaborative study on hepatitis C in Egypt. According to one of its principals, Dr. Gerard Sunnen, past president and director of research of Medizone International, Inc., a U.S. - based public company, the study, bringing together the Egyptian National ...
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News | Local (South Idaho Press)
Officials in Mini-Cassia school districts are taking a pro-active stance against the new antibiotic-resistant strains of bacteria that have cropped up in schools in other parts of the country.
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West Central Health District extends criteria for flu shots (Cordele Dispatch)
Flu viruses can remain infectious for about one week at human body temperature, over 30 days at 0 °C (32 °F), and indefinitely at very low temperatures (such as lakes in northeast Siberia). Most influenza strains can be inactivated easily by disinfectants and detergents.
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