Flu threat abating, state believes (Post-Tribune)

The H1N1 virus pandemic appears to be winding down, state health officials said Thursday, pointing to decreased incidence of disease and the absence of a confirmed death for more than one month. However, the State Department of Health still recommends Hoosiers get vaccinated against the virus, which has killed 39 since June 2009. Department of Health Assistant Commissioner James Howell, said …

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Dont delay, get swine flu shots now, officials warn (The High Springs Herald)

With indicators detecting that the H1N1 Swine Flu could see an increase locally, the Alachua County Health Department is encouraging residents to get vaccinated for free.

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Officials: Next wave of H1N1 on its way

Individuals with preexisting health conditions, including asthma and diabetes, are at greater risk for infection, and those diseases are more prevalent in African Americans, Mike said. Montgomery County residents interested in making an appointment to receive the H1N1 vaccination (nasal spray or injection) throughout March and April can visit the Department of Health and Human Services Web site at. www.montgomerycountymd.gov/. hhstmpl.asp?url=/content/hhs/. index.asp. …

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H1N1 vaccine still available in Newington (The New Britain Herald)

NEWINGTON — It’s not too late for people to get the H1N1 flu vaccine or the seasonal flu vaccine, but you might have trouble locating a clinic that still has the seasonal version, according to Paul Hutcheon, director of health for the Central Connecticut Health District.

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25% of Sedgwick County Residents Vaccinated for H1N1 – KWCH …

If you still want a vaccination, the H1N1 flu shot clinic will run through March 12th at the Harry Street Mall. After the clinic closes, the vaccine will still be available at the health department. Health officials say the H1N1 …

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Still time to get H1N1 flu vaccine (The News Herald) | H1N1 Alliance

PANAMA CITY – It isn’t too late to protect against the H1N1 Flu by getting a vaccination, Health Department officials said. An H1N1 vaccination clinic will…

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SCOTUS agrees to take vaccines case « The LABVIRUS.COM Blog

It also ruled the parents hadn’t demonstrated that Wyeth failed to adequately warn them about the risks associated with the vaccine . As BNet notes, any allegation of injury or death associated with a vaccine gets heard by a federal vaccine court, … The Dutch government wants to sell 21 million unused H1N1 flu vaccine doses back to their manufacturers after they proved unnecessary and no other country wanted to buy them, the Health Ministry said on Saturday. …

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Flu Shots in Children Can Help Community | Chen Qi-The World of …

The pandemic H1N1 virus, better known as swine flu, no longer poses a risk in Turkey, but may return next winter, physicians from the Turkish Medical Association, or TTB, said Tuesday at an Istanbul press conference. No patients with swine flu have turned up at … Kalaça also said there have been misrepresentations about the swine-flu vaccines in the press and the Health Ministry was not completely able to handle the false information spreading in Turkish society. …

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Supreme Court (SCOTUS) to Rule on Vaccine Suit « The LABVIRUS.COM Blog

The justices agreed to hear an appeal from parents in Pittsburgh who want to sue Wyeth over the serious side effects their daughter, six months old at the time, allegedly suffered as a result of the company’s diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis vaccine . …. The Dutch government wants to sell 21 million unused H1N1 flu vaccine doses back to their manufacturers after they proved unnecessary and no other country wanted to buy them, the Health Ministry said on Saturday. …

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Swine flu was a wimper, but is a third round still ahead?

Ultimately, 500 people contracted Guillain-Barre syndrome from the shot and more than 25 died but the swine flu epidemic never reached epic mass deaths. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration plans to include the 2009 H1N1 vaccine in the 2010-2011 … H1N1 vaccinations, in both forms. an H1N1 vaccination clinic is held every Wednesday from 9 a.m

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