Flu is on the rise in Washtenaw County this month, although overall it’s been a mild influenza season, Washtenaw County health officials said. Four people were hospitalized for influenza last week and at least one this week, said Laura Bauman, epidemiologist for the Washtenaw County Public Health Department. Twenty people ...
Public Health Nurse, Judy Gwozdek, giving a flu shot What happened to summer? Can it be true, it's flu vaccine time again? Did you know that this year the predicted most common strains of influenza are the same as last year? However, that doesn't mean you shouldn't receive a vaccination if ...
In the winter of 2003, two previously healthy children in Washtenaw County died suddenly from an unknown respiratory infection. We also were hearing about other children with severe respiratory illness and deaths in nearby counties. This was very troubling to me as the epidemiologist for the Washtenaw County Public Health ...
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 ...
The Washtenaw County Public Health Department says lab-confirmed cases of influenza are increasing rapidly among local residents as peak flu season hits. A total of eight people were hospitalized due to the flu during the week of Jan. 30 to Feb. 5, the department said. The highest rates of the ...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) produces a weekly FluView influenza surveillance report designed for health professionals and compiled from reporting information collected from hospitals, laboratories and state health departments. The report details seasonal flu trends, as well as calling out any novel strains of the flu that ...
The first case of influenza has been confirmed in Washtenaw County, the county Public Health Department announced today. “The individual had traveled over Thanksgiving and returned home,” said Susan Cerniglia, public information officer for the Health Department. “Around the state, multiple cases have been confirmed. We’re definitely starting to see ...
The Washtenaw County Public Health Department will host its third annual drive-through flu shot clinic for area residents who want the vaccine in a hurry. The all-in-one flu shot will be administered to people in their own vehicles from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Oct. 30 in a drive-through garage ...
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.
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 ...
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.
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