Washtenaw County has already submitted its order for flu shots for the beginning of the next flu season. Every year, those orders go out around February or March. Such was the case when scientists began receiving reports in Mexico last April about a strain of swine flu, or H1N1 flu, ...
ATLANTA - Health officials are renewing their push for Americans to get swine flu vaccinations following a recent uptick in hospital cases in Georgia. No other state has had such an increase in hospitalizations, and overall swine flu illnesses and deaths have been down for months. But in the past ...
While supply for the swine flu vaccine has largely caught up to demand within Michigan, thousands of kids who received the first dosage of the vaccine still need a second dose. So the state health department is planning to mail out more than 175,000 letters to parents reminding them it's ...
A University of Michigan survey showed that people put a lot of stock in their doctor's advice when deciding whether to get the H1N1 vaccine for themselves or their children poll by twiigs.com
Vaccine for the swine flu virus will be available to the general public for the first time today. The vaccine clinic will be held today at the Eastern Michigan University Convocation Center, 799 N. Hewitt Road in Ypsilanti running 1 - 7 p.m., or until the last person with a ...
Wristbands for the swine flu vaccine will be available to members of the general public for the first time today. Those wristbands correspond with tomorrow's vaccine clinic. They'll be distributed today at the Eastern Michigan University Convocation Center and at the Washtenaw County Western Service Center, 705 N. Zeeb Road, ...
Swine flu vaccine will be available to the general public for the first time this week in Washtenaw County, health officials announced today. The vaccine clinic will be held at Eastern Michigan University's Convocation Center, 799 N. Hewitt Road in Ypsilanti, on Friday starting at 1 p.m. Wristbands for the ...
If it were up to Washtenaw County health officials, there’d be enough H1N1 flu vaccine to go around. But there isn’t - here or anywhere else, for that matter. Still, as serious and frustrating as the shortage of vaccine is, local health officials and the public both deserve credit for ...
Federal and state health officials are warning residents to beware of online swine flu scams that have been circulating the Internet. Today, officials warned about a particular fraudulent e-mail referencing a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention-sponsored H1N1 vaccine program that doesn't exist.
Five additional H1N1 or swine flu virus-related deaths were reported in the state this past week, officials said Monday. That brings the total number of deaths from the virus statewide to 59 since April, when the flu virus was first identified, officials said. There were 25,074 reported cases of flu-like ...
Still trying to get a seasonal flu shot with the limited supply available this season? The Michigan Visiting Nurses have begun offering seasonal flu shots again locally, starting with a clinic planned in Dexter this weekend. On Saturday, Dec. 5, a walk-in clinic will be held at the original location ...
The next mass H1N1 vaccination clinic for Washtenaw County residents in the priority groups will take place at Manchester High School on Dec. 5, the county public health department announced today. Vaccinations will begin at 10 a.m. and continue until 3 p.m., or until the last person with a wristband ...
H1N1: a cat out of the bag? An Oregon cat died from a presumed H1N1 infection on Nov. 7, approximately one week after a child in the household tested positive for the virus. The cat developed labored breathing, and died three days later from pneumonia complications. The cat tested positive ...
As holiday travelers gear up for Thanksgiving festivities that may include crowding in airplanes or around the table, Michigan health officials are urging individuals to show extra caution in preventing the spread of the H1N1 or swine flu virus. “It is the basics we’re talking about, but it’s amazing how ...
Concerns about the swine flu will result in the region's largest mall installing hand sanitizing stations before shoppers turn the coming weeks into the busiest shopping days of the year. Briarwood Mall will install the stations - featuring waterless hand sanitizer - before Black Friday to accommodate the public's concerns ...
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