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.
Everybody knows that the airlines have not been doing that well lately. Between the rising cost of fuel and the ongoing hassles of cleaning up after young Nigerian millionaires with exploding underpants, the industry has been faced with a series of unprecedented challenges. To add insult to injury, a certain ...
H1N1 flu vaccine will be available by appointment at the Washtenaw County health department this week.Swine flu vaccines will be available by appointment at the Washtenaw County health department's Ypsilanti office starting Wednesday, it was announced today. There are about 1,400 appointments for swine flu, or H1N1 flu vaccines, available ...
Still looking to get the swine flu vaccine? There's no wait at the Washtenaw County vaccine clinic being held this afternoon at the Eastern Michigan University Convocation Center. Officials announced earlier this week the swine flu, or H1N1 flu, vaccine would become available to the general public. They estimated they'd ...
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 ...
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 ...
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.
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 ...
The Washtenaw County H1N1 or swine flu vaccine clinic has been running smoothly and still had about a third of its remaining wristbands available hours after it began distributing them this morning. Health workers said about 2,000 people had already received their wristbands or were standing in line at the ...
Dexter area residents Sandy and Jim Darrow aren’t sure what they'll be doing for Thanksgiving dinner this year. They always spent it at their son Rob Darrow’s house in Chelsea, where he’d cook a few different kinds of turkey and all the fixings. “He had the best dressing that he ...
The first death of a Washtenaw County resident with the H1N1 or swine flu virus was confirmed by county health officials Thursday afternoon.Despite the news, local officials say there seems to have been a slight drop in flu activity in recent weeks.Officials would not release any further information, other than to say the ...
National Public Radio posted a light-hearted video about how viruses work. With all the talk of H1N1 or swine flu, do you ever wonder what's going on when your body gets the flu virus? National Public Radio produced a light-hearted video looking at how viruses spread so easily and successfully ...
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