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Fewer may get flu shots

October 27, 2010
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Only a year after the swine flu pandemic led Americans to line up for flu shots, many people are now spurning vaccines, two studies suggest. Only 37% of people plan to definitely get vaccinated this year, a Consumer Reports survey shows. About 30% say they definitely won’t get a shot, while 31% of respondents...

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California Whooping Cough Epidemic

June 24, 2010
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California Whooping Cough Epidemic

California is facing what could be the state’s biggest outbreak of pertussis since 1958, according to its top public health official. Dr. Mark Horton, director of the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) said, “Whooping cough is now an epidemic in California,” “Children should be vaccinated against the disease and parents, family members and...

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Lettuce E. coli outbreak spreads

May 13, 2010
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Lettuce E. coli outbreak spreads

An outbreak of food-borne illness linked to romaine lettuce has spread to four states and sickened at least 23 people, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said. People in four states have been sickened in Tennessee,Michigan, Ohio and New York.

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Romaine Lettuce Recall

May 7, 2010
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Romaine Lettuce Recall

Multistate Outbreak of Human E. coli O145 Infections Linked to Shredded Romaine Lettuce from a Single Processing Facility. As of May 5, 2010, a total of 19 confirmed and 10 probable cases related to this outbreak have been reported from 3 states since March 1, 2010. The number of ill persons identified in each...

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Drug-Resistant Swine Flu Emerges

November 21, 2009
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Five patients diagnosed with Tamiflu-resistant swine flu at a Welsh hospital could be the world’s first cases of person-to-person transmission of the strain. A British Department of Health spokeswoman said: “Examples of Tamiflu resistance are very rare, but when this does occur it has often been among these especially vulnerable patients. In other words,...

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E. coli O157:H7 contaminated ground beef recall

November 5, 2009
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E. coli O157:H7 contaminated ground beef recall

Several state health departments, CDC, and the United States Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (USDA-FSIS) are investigating a multi-state outbreak of Escherichia coli O157:H7 infections. The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) updated the list of retail stores who may have received contaminated ground beef.

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Hand sanitizer in short supply as swine flu hits

October 23, 2009
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Hand sanitizer in short supply as swine flu hits

Demand for hand sanitizer has gone through the roof since the first cases of swine flu broke out earlier this year, and some makers of the germ-fighting gels are scrambling to keep up. read more

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H1N1 danger to healthy kids

October 16, 2009
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How good are those N95 masks anyway?

October 12, 2009
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Imagine you’re a critical care specialist, and you’ve just been paged to the hospital room of a 28-year-old patient with swine flu symptoms and shortness of breath. Donning a gown and gloves is second nature. But should you cover your nose and mouth? If so, what should you use? The best answer that public...

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Swine flu activity jumps

September 29, 2009
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Swine flu activity jumps

San Francisco Chronicle   The CDC characterized this as “very unusual” for September. In Marin, emergency room visits for the week of Sept. 13 at some area hospitals, jumped over 3% … full story  

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