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Where to find H1N1 flu vaccines
Counties are scheduling H1N1 flu clinics, based on the vaccine's availability. Here is a county-by-county listing.
Counties are scheduling H1N1 flu clinics, based on the vaccine's availability. Here is a county-by-county listing.
Where to find seasonal flu vaccines
If you haven't received your seasonal flu shot, you may have a harder time getting one this year.
If you haven't received your seasonal flu shot, you may have a harder time getting one this year.
Tamiflu-resistant swine flu cluster reported in NC
Four North Carolina patients at a single hospital tested positive for a type of swine flu that is resistant to Tamiflu, health officials said Friday.
updated: Nov 20th - 5:18pm
Four North Carolina patients at a single hospital tested positive for a type of swine flu that is resistant to Tamiflu, health officials said Friday.
updated: Nov 20th - 5:18pm
Tamiflu-resistant swine flu cluster reported in NC
Health officials say four people in North Carolina have tested positive for a type of swine flu that's resistant to the drug Tamiflu.
updated: Nov 20th - 2:32pm
Health officials say four people in North Carolina have tested positive for a type of swine flu that's resistant to the drug Tamiflu.
updated: Nov 20th - 2:32pm
AP IMPACT: Gripes about swine flu vaccine abound
When the nation's swine flu vaccination program began in early October, health officials predicted it was going to be "messy." They were right.
updated: Nov 20th - 9:51am
When the nation's swine flu vaccination program began in early October, health officials predicted it was going to be "messy." They were right.
updated: Nov 20th - 9:51am
China to punish those concealing swine flu info
China's health ministry said it will punish officials who underreport cases of swine flu after a doctor famous for exposing the extent of the 2003 SARS epidemic said he believes the true number of swine flu deaths is being covered up.
updated: Nov 20th - 12:44am
China's health ministry said it will punish officials who underreport cases of swine flu after a doctor famous for exposing the extent of the 2003 SARS epidemic said he believes the true number of swine flu deaths is being covered up.
updated: Nov 20th - 12:44am
Va. health officials say 1.2M H1N1 doses allocated
State health officials say they've allocated a total of 1.2 million doses of the H1N1 vaccine to Virginia sites in their overall campaign to vaccinate people against the so-called swine flu.
updated: Nov 19th - 1:35pm
State health officials say they've allocated a total of 1.2 million doses of the H1N1 vaccine to Virginia sites in their overall campaign to vaccinate people against the so-called swine flu.
updated: Nov 19th - 1:35pm
Experts say radical measures won't stop swine flu
Health experts say extraordinary measures against swine flu _ most notably quarantines imposed by China, where entire planeloads of passengers were isolated if one traveler had symptoms _ have failed to contain the disease.
updated: Nov 19th - 11:25am
Health experts say extraordinary measures against swine flu _ most notably quarantines imposed by China, where entire planeloads of passengers were isolated if one traveler had symptoms _ have failed to contain the disease.
updated: Nov 19th - 11:25am
Why can't everyone get a free flu shot now?
Free swine flu shots are only being made available to people in priority groups: pregnant women, people who live with or care for children younger than 6 months old, health care workers, anyone 6 months to 24 years old, and those age 25 to 64 who have health conditions that put them at higher risk for complications from the flu.
updated: Nov 19th - 3:03am
Free swine flu shots are only being made available to people in priority groups: pregnant women, people who live with or care for children younger than 6 months old, health care workers, anyone 6 months to 24 years old, and those age 25 to 64 who have health conditions that put them at higher risk for complications from the flu.
updated: Nov 19th - 3:03am
1.5M per day getting swine flu vaccine in China
China's health minister said Wednesday his country is vaccinating 1.5 million people a day against swine flu, part of a mammoth effort to reach nearly 7 percent of inhabitants of the world's most populous country by year's end.
updated: Nov 19th - 2:14am
China's health minister said Wednesday his country is vaccinating 1.5 million people a day against swine flu, part of a mammoth effort to reach nearly 7 percent of inhabitants of the world's most populous country by year's end.
updated: Nov 19th - 2:14am
Mass H1N1 vaccination clinic set for Saturday
Fairfax County will have the capacity to vaccinate 12,000 people.
updated: Nov 18th - 8:45am
Fairfax County will have the capacity to vaccinate 12,000 people.
updated: Nov 18th - 8:45am
Price spread on Tamiflu prompts investigations
The attorneys-general of both Connecticut and Mississippi want to know why the anti-viral is being sold at such widely divergent prices.
updated: Nov 18th - 5:39am
The attorneys-general of both Connecticut and Mississippi want to know why the anti-viral is being sold at such widely divergent prices.
updated: Nov 18th - 5:39am
Swine flu fear keeps teen hospital volunteers home
Swine flu has emptied classrooms and filled vaccination clinics It has also caused Frederick Memorial Hospital to tell its high school-aged volunteer corps to stay away until they have received flu vaccinations
updated: Nov 14th - 6:18am
Swine flu has emptied classrooms and filled vaccination clinics It has also caused Frederick Memorial Hospital to tell its high school-aged volunteer corps to stay away until they have received flu vaccinations
updated: Nov 14th - 6:18am
H1n1 vaccine still in short supply in Maryland
County health departments around Maryland are receiving doses of the 2009 novel H1N1 vaccine and administering it to people in target groups, but the supply is still not what health officials would like it to be, and the reasons for the continued slow distribution pace aren't entirely clear.
updated: Nov 14th - 6:13am
County health departments around Maryland are receiving doses of the 2009 novel H1N1 vaccine and administering it to people in target groups, but the supply is still not what health officials would like it to be, and the reasons for the continued slow distribution pace aren't entirely clear.
updated: Nov 14th - 6:13am
China investigates 2 deaths after flu vaccinations
Two people in China who received swine flu vaccinations died in the past week but at least one death appears unrelated to the vaccine and the other was being investigated.
updated: Nov 14th - 1:47am
Two people in China who received swine flu vaccinations died in the past week but at least one death appears unrelated to the vaccine and the other was being investigated.
updated: Nov 14th - 1:47am
Holiday travel: Should you go if you're ill?
"Only you know whether you're sick or not. Just stay home until you're fever-free for at least 24 hours," says Fairfax County Health Director Dr. Gloria Addo-Ayensu.
updated: Nov 13th - 12:53pm
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"Only you know whether you're sick or not. Just stay home until you're fever-free for at least 24 hours," says Fairfax County Health Director Dr. Gloria Addo-Ayensu.
updated: Nov 13th - 12:53pm
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