Articles filed under Influenza
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Indiana records unusual early-season influenza deathNov 02, 2018 7:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Indiana health officials say the state has recorded its first influenza-related death of the 2018-19 season at an unusually early time. State Health ...
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US approves first new type of flu drug in 2 decadesOct 24, 2018 7:00 am - TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - U.S. health regulators have approved the first new type of flu drug in two decades. Wednesday's approval of Xofluza for people age 12 and older come...
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CDC: Death toll from flu last winter highest in at least 40 yearsSep 27, 2018 1:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - An estimated 80,000 Americans died of flu and its complications last winter - the disease's highest death toll in at least four decades. The director of ...
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APNewsBreak: 80,000 people died of flu last winter in USSep 26, 2018 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - An estimated 80,000 Americans died of flu and its complications last winter - the disease's highest death toll in at least four decades. The director of ...
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NYC mayor's office: People from quarantined jet have the fluSep 06, 2018 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - The New York City mayor's office says 10 people hospitalized after a large commercial jet arrived from Dubai have tested positive for influenza. Mayoral ...
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The Latest: Sick plane passengers appear to have the fluSep 05, 2018 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - The Latest on the emergency response around a plane carrying sick passengers (all times local): 6:41 p.m. The 10 passengers and crewmembers who were hosp...
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Passengers on quarantined jet appear to have the fluSep 05, 2018 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - A large commercial jet from Dubai caused a scare on Wednesday after a pilot radioed that it would be landing at New York's Kennedy Airport carrying sever...
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Flu likely passed to fair visitor from pig, officials sayJul 02, 2018 7:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Officials say a visitor at an Indiana county fair caught the flu from an animal, probably a pig. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention say i...
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Bird flu hot spot: Scientists track virus in huge migrationJun 28, 2018 7:00 am - MIDDLE TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) - Huge flocks of famished birds scour the sands of Delaware Bay for the tiny greenish eggs an army of horseshoe crabs lays every spring. It's ...
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New flu vaccine only a little better than traditional shotJun 20, 2018 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - A newer kind of flu vaccine only worked a little bit better in seniors this past winter than traditional shots, the government reported Wednesday. Overal...