Influenza update from Geisinger Health System: 900 cases - Pocono RecordWe continue to see steady increases in cases of influenza at both of our hospitals. We have seen approximately 900 cases in the last 3 weeks with about 30 hospitalizations. Nationally: 46 states are now reporting widespread incidence of Influenza
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Editorial: Now not time to panic - Quad Cities OnlinesRemember that scene from Animal House when Kevin Bacon”s ROTC officer jumps up and down screaming, “Remain calm, all is well,” as his college”s Greek parade disintegrates into Delta-House created chaos? The growing panic over the H1N1 flu reminds us
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Flu cases double at Sick Kids - CBC NewsToronto’s Sick Children’s Hospital says it’s as if the height of the influenza season has arrived months early. Over the past 24 hours the hospital has treated “double” the normal number of cases. Dr. Anne Matlow, the hospital’s director of infection
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Tuesday, October 27 - Kaiser Health NewsSenate Majority Leader Harry Reid announced yesterday that he will include a public insurance plan in the final Senate health overhaul legislation. The Washington Post : “Reid’s decision was a reversal from two weeks ago, when the Nevada Democrat
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AFP Video - Health - Yahoo NewsMusic therapy has been found to help some sufferers of Alzheimer’s disease, as well as their family and caregivers. In one home for Alzheimer’s and dementia patients, residents take up drumming and singing as a means of connecting to others in the
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Parents infuriated over wait for swine flu vaccine - Palm Beach PostWhen pediatrician Tommy Schechtman ran a weekend swine flu vaccination clinic recently, he was forced to deliver bad news to many parents. Children who got the seasonal flu nasal mist at schools and in his office had to wait another 28 days before [...]
UC Davis’ international effort to prevent new pandemics - News-Medical.NetIn hopes of preventing the next global pandemic and a possible death toll into the millions, UC Davis today launches an unprecedented international effort to find and control diseases that move between wildlife and people. The global early warning
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Businessman ordered jailed in dumping case - Milwaukee Journal SentinelWashington County Circuit Judge David Resheske on Tuesday ordered the company, CAAP Inc. based in Menomonee Falls, to pay a fine of $30,000 for illegally storing hazardous waste between October 2004 and October 2005. Resheske sentenced Knutson to
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Swine flu vaccine delays prompt worries as flu cases spike - San Jose Mercury NewsWith swine flu spreading through Santa Clara County and the vaccine’s distribution being delayed, there’s growing concern among some that once the H1N1 vaccine is widely distributed, it will be too little too late. Ever since the swine flu outbreak [...]
FDA tells retailers to stop selling flu remedies - Pioneer PressFORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — An ultraviolet light that its sellers promise will “destroy swine flu virus.” A dietary supplement claiming to be “more effective than the swine flu shot.” Pills, hand sanitizers and air filters galore. These products were
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