New Yorkers Reminded It’s not too late to Vaccinate for Influenza (New York...
(Source: New York State Department of Health) ALBANY, N.Y. (January 27, 2016) - With peak flu season right around the corner, and an increase in the number of flu cases reported statewide, the New York...
View ArticleSpike in flu cases hits Hong Kong as cold snap bites
Delayed but never missed, the winter peak for flu infections has finally hit Hong Kong, although it appears to be much milder than the outbreak last year which claimed 496 lives in four months. The...
View ArticleOutbreak of chicken pox feared in city
Mumbai: Winter has brought in an unusual deluge of chicken pox cases and hospital admissions in the city over the past few weeks. Kasturba Hospital for Infectious Diseases at Chinchpokli has admitted...
View ArticleSwine flu kills woman in Noida
Noida:A 30-year-old woman, who had been suffering from swine flu, has died in a private hospital in Sector 12 here. This is the first swine flu death reported in the district this year. The patient, a...
View ArticleNew flu vaccine campaign aims to ease hospital overcrowding
A new flu vaccination campaign is to be launched by the HSE and additional palliative care beds are to be opened in the west and south-east in an attempt to ease pressure on acute hospitals. New...
View ArticleNew Study Reveals Who Uses Community Pharmacy for Flu Vaccinations (The...
(Source: The University of Nottingham) PA 25/16 he Influenza (flu) vaccination can help to prevent ill health and reduce hospital admissions with research already showing that there is a need to...
View ArticleMono-Gram - Flu Update 01/27/2016 (Mono County, CA)
(Source: Mono County, CA) Weekly Flu Update Key Points: Evidence shows that influenza activity is still low, but is increasing both locally and nationally. Further increases in flu activity are...
View ArticleChicken pox cases dip, more adult patients
Cases of chicken pox, which witnessed an unusual spurt earlier this month, may be on the decline with fewer hospital admissions, but adults continue to contract the disease. At Kasturba Hospital for...
View ArticleFluView - Weekly Influenza Surveillance Report (CDC - Centers for Disease...
(Source: CDC - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) All data are preliminary and may change as more reports are received. During week 2 (January 10-16, 2016), influenza activity increased...
View ArticleFlu Vaccine Effectiveness: Questions and Answers for Health Professionals...
(Source: CDC - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) How do we measure how well influenza vaccines work? Two general types of studies are used to determine how well influenza vaccines work:...
View ArticleThree in hospital with influenza strain responsible for swine flu
Wexford General Hospital is treating five confirmed or suspected cases of the strain of influenza responsible for the 2009 swine flu outbreak, it has said. Three patients have been confirmed as having...
View ArticleResidents should prepare for flu, health commissioner says
The influenza virus has yet to fully arrive in Clark County, but health officials here are recommending people receive flu shots before a national strain is reported locally. Clark County and Ohio are...
View ArticleInfluenza Activity Beginning to Pick Up in Wyoming (State of Wyoming)
(Source: State of Wyoming) With flu activity reports beginning to increase, the Wyoming Department of Health (WDH) wants residents to know they should take common-sense steps to avoid spreading...
View ArticleSurprise spike in flu seen in southwest Florida
Influenza has suddenly hit southwest Florida with a vengeance. According to Lee Memorial Health Systems, the number of confirmed cases has tripled in the past two weeks. Usually in February flu...
View ArticleAmerican Family Care Reaffirms CDC Flu Warning Health care leader urges...
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Feb. 2, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- American Family Care (AFC), the nation's leading provider of urgent care and accessible primary care, is reaffirming the new health advisory by the...
View ArticleSituation Update: Summary of Weekly FluView Report (CDC - Centers for Disease...
(Source: CDC - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) Key Flu Indicators According to this week's Fluview report, flu activity continues to increase slowly; however there are localized pockets of...
View ArticleCDC urges rapid antiviral use for all hospitalized patients with suspected...
(Source: AHA - American Hospital Association) AHA News Now Feb 1, 2016 Health care providers should initiate antiviral treatment as soon as possible for all patients hospitalized with confirmed or...
View ArticleTwo cases of H1N1 flu detected in Jammu and Kashmir; measures put in place
The Jammu and Kashmir Health department collected 43 samples of suspected H1N1 patients on Friday, out of which two turned out to be positive. (Source: PTI file photo) Two cases of H1N1 Influenza have...
View ArticleFlight H1N1: Swine flu checking in!
It is that time of the year when with every passing day one gets to learn about the gradually increasing number of people being reported with or even succumbing to the complications of Swine flu....
View ArticleSuccess for schools flu vaccination programme Fri 15 Jan 2016 (Wirral...
(Source: Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council) Wirral's Director of Public Health has praised efforts to ensure school children in the borough are protected from flu this winter, but says there is more...
View Article
