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Pharmacies in Roanoke, New River Valley, Martinsville, Lynchburg either out of or low on flu vaccine
ReporterThis flu season will be one for the record books. Some locations in our area have run out of the vaccine and those that still have a supply can barely keep it in stock. At the Downhome Pharmacy in Botetourt County, business is booming. The owner...Tags: Preventative Medicine, Flu, Diseases and Illnesses, Drugs and Medicines, Lynchburg (Lynchburg, Virginia)
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Early outbreak has officials bracing for worst flu season in years
An early outbreak threatens to makes this year’s influenza season one of the most difficult in recent years as public health officials brace for the worst. Hospitals in the Northeast, from New Jersey to Massachusetts, are reporting record...Tags: Preventative Medicine, Flu, Coughing, Diseases and Illnesses, Symptoms
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Flu off to early start in SD, West River hit hard
Flu season has come early for South Dakotans: 156 cases so far, according to the state Department of Health. The number of cases confirmed this season has outstripped the cases from the previous flu season, said Lon Kightlinger, state epidimeologist....Tags: Preventative Medicine, Flu, Vaccines, Viral Diseases and Infections
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Frequent illness not necessarily worrisome
Q: My daughter is 2 years and 5 months old and keeps getting sick! This is the fifth time in less than a month. I took her to the pulmonologist, and she was prescribed Xopenex. She got better for almost a week, [then] got a 103 fever from out of the...Tags: American Academy of Pediatrics, Urinary Tract Infection, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Diseases and Illnesses, Tylenol (drug)
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What's going around
lmatter@kspr.comSPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- We are getting closer to a new year which means the actual flu season is right around the corner. The peak of flu season is January or February. But this year, the illness has made an earlier appearance -. One that is spreading...Tags: Fever, Flu, Symptoms, Chills
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Nurse from Springfield says she was fired for refusal to wear mask
Reporter and PhotographerSPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- A nurse says her firing from Cox Hospital was unjustified. Carla Brock refused to get a flu vaccine and then to wear a surgical mask at work. This is the first year that CoxHealth has made flu vaccinations mandatory for all...Tags: Disease Prevention, Preventative Medicine, Flu, Health and Medical Professionals, Pharmaceuticals
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Flu cases on the rise in Greene County
mpettit@kspr.comThis year is shaping up to be the worst flu season in ten years. If you haven't gotten your flu shot, Missouri health officials say now is the time. For the fifth week in a row there has been a spike in flu numbers in Greene County. In the past...Tags: Flu, Drugs and Medicines
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Flu cases on the rise across Kentucky
mmoore@jessaminejournal.comWhile health departments across the state have amped up their efforts regarding influenza, the Jessamine County Health Department hasn’t had a confirmed case during this flu season. “There haven’t been any cases reported to us, but...Tags: Preventative Medicine, Flu, Long Term Care, Diseases and Illnesses, Family
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Health leaders, schools keep eye on norovirus, influenza
mlandis@ky3.comSPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- The season for sniffling, sneezing, and stomach ailments is just now starting. From schools to workplaces,the flu bug is already making its rounds in the Ozarks. Nine cases of influenze (flu) have been confirmed this week in...Tags: Preventative Medicine, Flu, Education, Diseases and Illnesses, Drugs and Medicines
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Imperial County Public Health Department still has flu shots, urges public get them
The Imperial County Public Health Department is reminding individuals this week that it is not too late to get a flu shot. This week is National Influenza Vaccination Week, an observance established to highlight the importance of continuing influenza...Tags: Disease Prevention, Preventative Medicine, Flu, Health, Diseases and Illnesses
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Local doctors seeing early flu cases
reporterAt Doctors Express in Roanoke, it has already started. "We had a couple cases of the flu about a month ago. And in the past week, actually just yesterday, we had 3-more cases," says Dr Serge Depret-Guillaume. The flu virus is alive and well, and this...Tags: Disease Prevention, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Flu, Coughing, Diseases and Illnesses
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Numbers of flu cases rise throughout Arkansas
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. -- The Arkansas Department of Health (ADH) is currently receiving large numbers of reports of flu infections and hospitalizations from all regions of the state and is aware of seven deaths from the flu. ADH encourages everyone six...
Tags: COPD, Preventative Medicine, Flu, Coughing, Heart Disease
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