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Military delivers seasonal flu shots
Filed under: Influenza, Medicine, Military, Our Best: Military Women
Marines prepared for flu assault
When Marines and Sailors are in poor health, it can take away from mission. With flu season around the corner, medical personnel in the Tri-Command area are working hard to ensure service members remain mission ready. “The local county flu season runs from November until March,” said Lt. j.g. Eva Reed, the head of Preventive Medicine. “For North America in general, the season runs around early October through April.” Though people in the Low Country are lucky to live in a geographic area with a short flu season, everyone still needs to take their precautions. The Department of Defense and Navy have issued their goal – that 90 percent of Marines and Sailors receive the influenza immunization (flu shot) by Dec. 1. “For active duty, the flu shots will be available this month,” said Reed … Read entire article »
Influenza Activity for Week 1 2009
We tolerate the “flu season” just as we once tolerated the annual “yellow fever season”. The CDC is making every effort to change our perception so that we no longer see the flu as routine. As always, the caveat that the CDC information is up to two weeks behind when released publicly. CDC: CDC has antigenically characterized 158 influenza viruses [93 influenza A (H1), 13 influenza A (H3) and 52 influenza B viruses] collected by U.S. laboratories since … Read entire article »
Time to Think About Influenza
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Filed under: Influenza, Medicine, Original writing
Two Children Dead of Flu
We’re just above the epidemic threshold for influenza, according to the CDC. These might be the first pediatric deaths this flu season. It’s not too late to get the vaccine. I noted at the hospital today that the place was packed with respiratory patients. All the hospitals are packed. R News The New York State Health Department reports two child deaths linked to the flu. A seven-month-old infant in Monroe County and a seven-year-old in Orange County both tested positive for influenza A and influenza B, respectively. The deaths prompted the health department to once again urge parents to get their children the flu shot. Doctors say it is especially important for children ages six months to five years. Immunization against the flu develops approximately two weeks after the vaccination. Last year, there … Read entire article »
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