WV Hospital Early Adopter Of Mandatory Flu Shots - WTAPCharleston, WV (AP) — One of West Virginia’s largest hospitals has taken the unusual step of requiring seasonal flu vaccines for all its employees. Charleston Area Medical Center says it has a vaccination rate of 70 percent for its roughly 6,000
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Here’s what you need to keep at the ready to treat colds, allergies - Fort Worth Star-TelegramWhen did choosing a cold, flu or allergy remedy become so complicated? For example, Tylenol sells 11 products for colds and coughs and another seven for allergy and sinus problems — and those don’t include the [...]
WVa hospital among few requiring flu vaccines - ColumbianAs flu season approaches, West Virginia’s largest hospital has given its employees a choice: Get a flu vaccine or find another job. Charleston Area Medical Center wants to get roughly 6,000 workers immunized against seasonal flu to protect patients
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Judge denies request for mercury-free vaccines - Detroit NewsWashington — A judge on Wednesday denied an advocacy group’s bid to prevent the government from giving pregnant women flu vaccines with a preservative that contains mercury. Leaders of the Coalition for Mercury-Free Drugs say their effort took on a
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Avian flu monitoring planned in Montana - Great Falls TribuneBILLINGS (AP) — State and federal wildlife officials will test 1,400 ducks and other waterfowl for avian influenza this fall as part of a nationwide monitoring program for the virus. The effort will include tests on birds shot by hunters and
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Pandemic flu drill held in Salt Lake County - ABC 4Pandemic Flu Drill at St. Mark’s Hospital (Aaron Kimbell, ABC 4 News) SALT LAKE COUNTY (ABC 4 News) - The parking lot of St. Mark’s hospital looked like a battlefield this morning. The hospital hosted a pandemic influenza drill. Hospital staff
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Text size - Morning CallMost said they would pass on the swine flu shot, which is not yet available, because they were afraid of side effects and doubted how safe and effective it would be. Doctors and nurses are on the swine flu front lines — and if they become infected
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Council Urges Faster Availability of H1N1 Vaccine - WHSVPresident Barack Obama’s scientific advisers are recommending that the government should speed availability of at least a little H1N1 influenza, also known as swine flu, vaccine. They’d like to see it released next month rather than in October. It’s
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UN health agency braces for new wave of swine flu - Hong Kong StandardI cannot help feeling that our government is very slow to act. Take even a simple thing like putting simple governors on minibuses to limit their speed. Our government needs until 2011 to implement adequate regulations and make things happen
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Dallas-area health officials double their efforts to keep flu at bay - Dallas Morning NewsThe public health officials guiding North Texas through the flu season are like meteorologists tracking a hurricane in the Atlantic. A cone of uncertainty makes it difficult for them to predict where it will hit, and how hard. Hospitals, clinics [...]