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Retail chains offering vaccines ahead of flu season's start
Health care workers are still finishing up rounds of back to school immunizations but for everyone else, it's already time to start thinking about flu vaccinations.
"Does it seem a little early to be talking about it? Yes it does, but I understand it,...Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Chemicals, Human Interest, Immune System, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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CDC upgrades Indiana's flu status to widespread
Fox59The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention raised Indiana's flu status from regional to widespread Monday. Epidemiologist Shawn Richards said that means more than half of the regions in the state have reported flu cases. She said it's not unusual for...Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Hospitals and Clinics, Flu Vaccine, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Indiana
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Flu shots being offered earlier
Fox59Get ready to roll up your sleeves. Summer's not even over but the campaign is already underway to protect you for flu season and there are changes to the flu vaccine. Last year's H1N1 scare created a major bugaboo, with sporadic availability and the need...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Marketing, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Vaccines, Medical Services
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H1N1 virus claims life of teen
Fox59.com14 year old Lauren Merklein of Kiowa, Kansas was in Indianapolis with The FFA Convention when she fell ill Friday evening and collapsed in her hotel room. She passed away on Sunday at Riley Hospital for Children. Officials say she had a pre-existing...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Kansas, Health, Health and Safety at School
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Brownsburg Cross Country: Defeating the odds
Fox59.comThe story of the Brownsburg Bulldogs girl's cross country team won't be written into a movie script produced by Disney World. Brownsburg's season won't end with a parade through town on top of fire trucks, their athletic feats will probably be...Tags: Feet, Ice Hockey, Teaching and Learning, Diseases and Illnesses, Human Interest
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Precautions Against Swine Flu
Fox59.comFarmers and school administrators across Indiana are ramping up precautions against the swine flu by keeping clean. In Washington Township school children appear to be prepping their hands for surgery, but instead they are just doing their part to stop...Tags: Consumers, Washington (U.S. state), Indiana, Indianapolis
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Samples From Indiana Being Tested for Swine Flu
Fox59.comTwo samples of Indiana flu, which state health commissioner Dr. Judy Monroe expects to come back positive, are being tested by the Centers for Disease Control for evidence of swine flu. "What we're watching for with this virus are a couple things,"...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Death, Indiana Hoosiers, Emergency Planning, Emergency Incidents
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State Health Officials Ready for Swine Flu
Fox59.comThere are no confirmed cases of swine flu so far Indiana. But state health officials are putting plans in place to keep Hoosiers safe -- just in case. "We are in what's considered a pandemic alert phase. We don't have a pandemic at this point in time,"...Tags: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Indiana, Politics, Health, Epidemics and Plagues
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Indiana State Health Commissioner promoted to CDC
Fox59.comState Health Commissioner Dr. Judy Monroe receives a big promotion: she'll become deputy director of the CDC and director of the CDC's newly formed Office of State, Tribal, Local, and Territorial Support. The move means she'll be leaving Indiana. Indiana...Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Regional Authority, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Vaccines, Health
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Free H1N1 vaccines offered at airport
Fox59.comTuesday, free H1N1 flu shots will be offered to travelers and anyone else who wants one at the Indianapolis International Airport. The clinic will be held in the baggage claim area from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Friday. Officials say the...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Vaccines, Preventative Medicine, Health
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H1N1 concerns for Santa
Fox59.comThis time of year, he's the man on a mission. He sees the toys get made and then delivered. But first he has to take the order. That puts Santa right on the front line. "Santas are in a bit of risky business this year." That's because this year, the...Tags: Vaccines, Preventative Medicine, Health
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H1N1 acting like 1950's flu and may come back
Fox59.comIndiana Health Commissioner Dr. Judy Monroe said H1N1, "is not going away anytime soon. And, this virus is behaving a lot like the 1957-58 Asian flu pandemic." Monroe said that strain seemed to die out only to return with a vengence and attack the...Tags: Indiana, Health, H1N1 Swine Flu Vaccine, Flu, Epidemics and Plagues
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