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Flu season expected to be rough this year
2015-01-03 07:07:59| Biotech - Topix.net
Flu season expected to be rough this year Check out this story on thetowntalk.com: http://www.thetowntalk.com/story/news/local/2015/01/03/flu-season-expected-rough-year/21221905/ Flu season is expected to hit people hard - a large number of flu viruses are circulating and vaccines don't match several - but local and state health officials say vaccinations are the best chance to prevent the flu and decrease complications associated with it.
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Advice to avoid colds and flu
2015-01-02 23:30:22| Biotech - Topix.net
Viral infections can happen at any time, but they're more common during winter when people spend more time in close contact with others indoors. Viral infections can happen at any time, but they're more common during winter when people spend more time in close contact with others indoors.
U.S. Flu Hits Epidemic Levela Get Your Flu Shot
2014-12-31 20:52:47| Biotech - Topix.net
Monica Knight the Director of the Bureau of Disease Control & Environmental Health for the Mobile County Health Department joined us on Studio10 to discuss the current state of the flu. While the 2014-15 influenza vaccine may not be as effective in preventing the flu as hoped, local health care providers and their patients should continue vaccination efforts, health officials said.
Flu now epidemic in U.S., with 15 child deaths reported
2014-12-31 18:53:46| Biotech - Topix.net
The flu has reached epidemic levels in the United States, with 15 children dead so far this season, the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Tuesday. The flu has reached epidemic levels in the United States, with 15 children dead so far this season, the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Tuesday.
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Exclusive: CDC to hire lab safety chief after Ebola, bird flu mishaps
2014-12-31 09:49:00| Biotech - Topix.net
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention plans to hire a chief of laboratory safety, a new post that has taken on more urgency after a CDC scientist was possibly exposed to Ebola in a laboratory last week. Creating a new high-level safety position was a key recommendation of a months-long internal investigation into the mishandling of anthrax and bird flu in CDC labs this past summer, according to an internal CDC memo obtained by Reuters.
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