Articles tagged:H1N1

Posted: Wed Feb 16 5:59 a.m. by Juliana Keeping AnnArbor.com Health & Environment Reporter
H1N1 flu virus 'alive and well' in Washtenaw County, public health officials say

University of Michigan student Frederick Dunbar isn’t just happy to be out of the hospital after a two-week stay due to the swine flu — he’s happy he’s alive. Dunbar, 25, said Tuesday a bad case of the H1N1 virus left him almost completely incapacitated in an intensive care unit ...

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Posted: Mon Sep 6 6 a.m. by Juliana Keeping AnnArbor.com Health & Environment Reporter
Swine flu covered by regular flu shot; CDC recommends those 6 months and older get the vaccine

Last year, the swine flu sparked the first global flu pandemic in more than 40 years, prompting cattle-call style vaccinations in Washtenaw County. Protection from that particular flu strain shouldn’t warrant the same kind of mass organization during the 2010-2011 flu season.

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Posted: Tue Dec 8 9 a.m. by A2 Admin
Posted: Tue Nov 3 4 p.m. by Tina Reed

Huron Valley Catholic School in Ypsilanti will be closed until next Monday due to large numbers of staff and student out sick, likely because of swine flu. It is the first school in Washtenaw County to close due to widespread illness. The school had an absenteeism rate of more than ...

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Posted: Thu Oct 29 8:30 p.m. by Dell Deaton

Late Monday evening, my cell phone rang. It was a client from a divorce I’d mediated two years ago. The parenting schedule alternates weeks between households, with the switch at 8 p.m. This call came about half an hour after that, from the mother. Speaking loudly, at a fast pace, ...

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Posted: Mon Oct 26 5:48 p.m. by A2 Admin
Posted: Fri Jul 31 1 p.m. by Jen Eyer Director of Audience Engagement

Coming shortly on the heels of news that the CDC will recommend pregnant women be among the first to get the swine flu vaccine, The Mercury News today says two new moms in the San Francisco area have died from the virus.

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