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Stomach flu season is here
WSBT-TV800 hundred people die from it every year in the U.S. We're talking about the stomach flu. It's sounds like a simple illness, but the Indiana Department of Health has detected a new, serious strain of it in our area. It's also known as norovirus and...Tags: Advil (drug), Gastroenteritis, Flu, Calicivirus, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Indiana dealing with deadliest flu season in years
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana, like most states, is in the midst of one of its worst flu seasons in recent years, and health officials say that it's too early to tell whether the season has peaked. The season's 40 flu deaths make it Indiana's...
Tags: Preventative Medicine, Diabetes, Disease Prevention, Viral Diseases and Infections, Pneumonia
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Indiana's flu deaths rise to 40, most victims over 65
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Flu deaths in Indiana have climbed to 40 this season and it's too soon to tell if the spread of the illness is slowing statewide, state health officials said Wednesday. Marion County health officials said visits to the...
Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Health Insurance Cost, Flu, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Preventative Medicine
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Ind. hospitals restrict visits to limit flu spread
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Hospitals across Indiana are tightening visitor restrictions in hopes of preventing the spread of flu, which has claimed the lives of 27 people in the state this season. Indianapolis health officials have asked area hospitals...
Tags: Pharmaceuticals, Preventative Medicine, Disease Prevention, Symptoms, Hospitals and Clinics
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Indiana flu deaths rise to 27 in ongoing outbreak
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana health officials say the state's ongoing flu outbreak has claimed 27 lives, with 17 of those deaths reported during the past week. Wednesday's flu update from the State Department of Health says 20 of the people who...
Tags: Flu, Preventative Medicine, Disease Prevention, Diseases and Illnesses, Long Term Care
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Flu season at its worst in years
WSBT-TVSOUTH BEND – Flu season may be taking its toll on many of you. Right now, Indiana is leading the country in cases of Influenza A, the H3N2 Virus. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports 138 cases in the state. Ohio is right behind...Tags: Common Cold, Flu, Medical Procedures and Tests, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Disease Prevention
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Parainfluenza can be dangerous to young kids
WSBT-TVDoctors are always telling people to get a flu shot, especially children and the elderly, but that vaccination, while helpful, doesn't always guarantee you'll avoid coming down with certain flu-like symptoms. “In the blink of an eye your child can...Tags: Flu, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institutes of Health, Coughing, Vaccines
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Hospitals crack down on workers refusing flu shots
CHICAGO (AP) — Patients can refuse a flu shot. Should doctors and nurses have that right, too? That is the thorny question surfacing as U.S. hospitals increasingly crack down on employees who won't get flu shots, with some workers losing their...
Tags: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Elk Grove Village (Cook, Illinois), Preventative Medicine, Allergies, Disease Prevention
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Elkhart hospital 'overwhelmed' with flu patients
WSBT-TVA doctor at Elkhart General Hospital says his staff is “overwhelmed” with flu patients in a season that’s turning out to be one of the worst he’s seen in years. “Some days are absolutely horrible, and some days are just...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Flu, Viral Diseases and Infections, Swine Flu
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There's still time to get flu shot
SOUTH BEND – Because this year's flu season began earlier than normal and is affecting people throughout the country, Dr. Thomas Felger, St. Joseph County health officer, encourages all residents who have not yet received their annual flu shot to do...
Tags: Whooping Cough, Flu, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Respiratory Disease, Preventative Medicine
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Goshen Hospital employees fired for refusing flu shot
WSBT TVGOSHEN – Sue Schrock’s personal and religious beliefs are strong. “They are biblical and they are God-led and they are who I am,” she said. Ultimately, those beliefs that she should be able to control what goes into her own...Tags: Dietary Supplements, Preventative Medicine, Allergies, Disease Prevention, Nursing
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Militia leader accused in plot to kill police talked of foreign troops in US
DETROIT (AP) — A jury Friday heard the leader of a southern Michigan Christian militia talk about attacking police officers and his fear of foreign troops on U.S. soil in conversations secretly recorded by an FBI agent who infiltrated the group....Tags: Trials, Crime, Law and Justice, Hutaree, Wars and Interventions, FBI
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