INFLUENZA
Blog break
This blog is taking an extended break while I concentrate on other priorities. Blogging will resume (hopefully) at some yet-to-be-determined time in the future. In the meantime, since influenza is in...
Posted on 1/9/13 at 1:45 PM
Ah, Science: Redheads, Booze, Booms and Shots
My list of interesting links has once again swollen to monstrous proportions, so much so that my whole computer is threatening to just lie down and cry. Instead of playing a game of Klingon Monopoly ...
Posted on 9/28/12 at 10:00 AM
Kids with disabilities among flu season's most vulnerable
Another flu season is fast approaching, and there's a new caution forcertain people with disabilities -- children with disabilities, in particular. Federal health officials are using a study of the 2...
Posted on 8/29/12 at 12:45 PM
N.D. health officials encourage flu shots
BISMARCKState health officials are encouraging North Dakotans to get an influenza vaccination this fall, saying there are more than enough doses available. The North Dakota Department of Health and C...
Posted on 10/4/10 at 11:32 AM
under the radar
Just because you don't hear as much about bird flu as you did three or four years ago, doesn't mean resources are not being targeted. The work continues. Avian Influenza Surveillance Continues State...
Posted on 8/31/10 at 12:32 PM
Flu season fuels debate over paid sick time laws
NEW YORK (AP) — Sniffling, groggy and afraid she had caught the flu, Diana Zavala dragged herself in to work anyway for a day she felt she couldn't afford to miss.By Jennifer Peltz, Associated Press , January 21, 2013
Risk to all ages: 100 kids die of flu each year
NEW YORK (AP) — How bad is this flu season, exactly? Look to the children.By Mike Stobbe, AP Medical Writer , January 15, 2013
Hospitals crack down on workers refusing flu shots
CHICAGO (AP) — Patients can refuse a flu shot. Should doctors and nurses have that right, too? That is the thorny question surfacing as U.S. hospitals increasingly crack down on employees who won't get flu shots, with some workers losing their jobs over their refusal.By Lindsey Tanner, AP Medical Writer , January 13, 2013
JRMC restricting patient visitation
Jamestown Regional Medical Center is restricting patient visitations due to the increasing number of influenza cases in Jamestown and the surrounding area.By Sun Staff , January 12, 2013
Flu season hits businesses
WASHINGTON (AP) — Nearly half the 70 employees at a Ford dealership in Clarksville, Ind., have been out sick at some point in the past month. It didn’t have to be that way, the boss said.By Associated Press , January 12, 2013
Flu numbers spike; officials say to get vaccinated
Getting vaccinated remains the best way to prevent the spread of influenza, state and local health officials reminded the public after this week’s sudden uptick in flu cases in North Dakota.By Kari Lucin , January 12, 2013
CDC says US flu season starts early, could be bad
NEW YORK (AP) — Flu season in the U.S. is off to its earliest start in nearly a decade — and it could be a bad one.By Mike Stobbe, AP Medical Writer , December 04, 2012
NDDOH: N.D. child dies from flu
The North Dakota Department of Health reported Wednesday the death of a North Dakota child from influenza, according to State Epidemiologist Tracy Miller.January 12, 2011
Restrictions lifted at hospital
Visitation restrictions have been lifted at Jamestown Hospital due to a dramatic decline in influenza cases and influenza-like illness in the past week, according to a press release from Jamestown Hospital.November 20, 2009
North Dakota has second flu death
The state Health Department says North Dakota has its second flu death. Influenza surveillance coordinator Michelle Feist said the victim was a woman over 60 in the northwestern part of the state who had an underlying medical condition.November 19, 2009
Flu closes Carrington Drivers License Office Thursday
The Carrington Drivers License Office will be closed on Thursday due to employees out ill with the flu.November 02, 2009
Hospital, ACC restrict access for visitors due to flu
Two Jamestown organizations are taking stronger steps to limit influenza outbreaks in Stutsman County. Due to increasing numbers of influenza cases, Jamestown Hospital restricted visitation of patients to immediate adult family members at 10 a.m. Thursday.By Ben Rodgers , October 23, 2009
Jamestown Hospital restricts visitors
Due to increasing numbers of influenza cases, Jamestown Hospital announced today it is restricting visitation to immediate adult family.October 22, 2009
Pigs in Minn. may have tested positive for H1N1
WASHINGTON (AP) — Pigs in Minnesota may have tested positive for the H1N1 virus in a preliminary test, the first potential U.S. cases in swine, Agriculture Department officials said Friday.October 16, 2009
Toll-free hotline for H1N1 questions, influenza questions, launches Friday in N.D.
The North Dakota Department of Health encourages North Dakotans to call a new toll-free hotline with questions about H1N1 and seasonal influenza, according to State Health Officer Terry Dwelle, M.D.October 15, 2009
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