Articles filed under Influenza
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Flu reports down in Illinois amid warm DecemberJan 07, 2016 6:00 am - CHICAGO - Health officials say reports of influenza are down this winter in Illinois compared with recent years. Data from the Illinois Department of Public Health show ...
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Health insurer apologizes for early morning robocallsDec 30, 2015 6:00 am - QUINCY, Mass. (AP) - A Massachusetts health insurer is apologizing after sending automated phone calls to as many as 10,000 senior citizens in the wee hours of the morni...
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Flu-stricken pope issues 'catalog of virtues' to CuriaDec 21, 2015 6:00 am - VATICAN CITY (AP) - Pope Francis urged Vatican bureaucrats on Monday to show more honesty, humility and sobriety as he issued a Christmas-time "catalog of virtues" for t...
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Flu season off to slower start this year; might be milderDec 18, 2015 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - This year's flu season seems like old times. There's not much flu going around so far - unlike the last three seasons when doctors' offices were filled w...
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Minnesota lifts final remaining bird flu quarantinesDec 15, 2015 6:00 am - ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - Minnesota has lifted the last remaining quarantines on poultry farms that were infected with a deadly form of bird flu, officials announced Tuesda...
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Iran's health minister: Swine flu kills 42 across countryDec 10, 2015 6:00 am - TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Iran's healthy minister says an outbreak of swine flu has killed at least 42 people in the country over the past month. Hassan Ghazizadeh Hashemi say...
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FDA approves booster-enhanced flu vaccine for seniorsNov 25, 2015 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Federal health officials have approved a first-of-a-kind flu vaccine that contains a booster to help protect seniors vulnerable to the virus. The Food ...
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Most chicken, turkey farms affected by bird flu can restockNov 06, 2015 6:00 am - DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Most commercial chicken and turkey farms that were infected by the bird flu have been cleared to restock, agriculture officials said Friday, but ...
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Health commissioner urges Indiana residents to get flu shotsOct 05, 2015 7:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - State health officials are urging Indiana residents to get their flu vaccinations, saying it prevents many from becoming ill. State Health Commission...
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Arkansas poultry officials say avian flu found in turkeysMar 10, 2015 11:00 pm - LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - Arkansas poultry officials say a strain of avian flu has been detected in a commercial turkey flock in the northern part of the state and that t...