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What's Going Around: Flu numbers continue to rise across the Ozarks
lmatter@kspr.com, tnguyen@kspr.comSPRINGFIELD, Mo. - The flu epidemic continues across the country and across the Ozarks. Health departments release new numbers every week on confirmed cases of the flu and here's a breakdown of the numbers. Greene County: For the seventh week in a...Tags: Flu Vaccine, Flu, Disease Prevention, Medical Procedures and Tests, Preventative Medicine
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Flu becomes epidemic laced with shortages
ReporterSPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- The Centers for Disease Control now calls it an epidemic and the Ozarks is no exception. Influenza numbers continue to climb across the country as we deal with vaccine and treatment shortages. On average, February tends to be when...Tags: Chemical Industry, Flu Vaccine, Flu, Disease Prevention, Preventative Medicine
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Springfield, Greene County hit hard again by flu bug
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- The flu bug is spreading throughout Greene County. Cases throughout the county rose to 390 through the first five weeks of reporting. County health leaders report an increase by 34 cases compared to a week ago. The Springfield-...
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What's Going Around: Flu prevention
lmatter@kspr.com, tnguyen@kspr.comSPRINGFIELD, Mo. - It's back to work and back to reality. The holidays are over which means we are going back to work and school where germs will take over and could be passed on to you. Now that we're in a new year, the official peak of flu season is...Tags: Flu, Disease Prevention, Preventative Medicine, Drugs and Medicines, Viral Diseases and Infections
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Nurse from Springfield says she was fired for refusal to wear mask
Reporter and PhotographerSPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- A nurse says her firing from Cox Hospital was unjustified. Carla Brock refused to get a flu vaccine and then to wear a surgical mask at work. This is the first year that CoxHealth has made flu vaccinations mandatory for all...Tags: Chemical Industry, Flu Vaccine, Flu, Disease Prevention, Preventative Medicine
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Justin Bieber's pet monkey becomes property of Germany after singer misses deadline
BERLIN (AP) — Justin Bieber's pet monkey is no longer his. The capuchin monkey named Mally was seized by German customs on March 28 when the 19-year-old Canadian pop star failed to produce the required vaccination and import papers after landing in...Tags: Arts and Culture, Justin Bieber, Customs and Tradition, Munich (Germany), Germany
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Intercell vaccine gets U.S. pediatric approval
ReutersVIENNA (Reuters) - Austria's Intercell said on Tuesday it has won U.S. regulatory approval for pediatric use of its Ixiaro vaccine to protect against Japanese Encephalitis (JE), a step it had achieved in Europe in February. "For the first time in...Tags: Disease Prevention, Preventative Medicine, Austria, Drugs and Medicines
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Supreme Court will hear church-state case over prayers at public meetings
Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court said Monday it will hear a new case on the intersection of religion and government in a dispute over prayers used to open public meetings. The justices said they will review an appeals court ruling that held that...Tags: Delta Air Lines, Religion and Belief, Separation of Church and State, 2010 Census, Church and State Relations
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Swine virus confirmed in Iowa, Indiana hog herds
ReutersBy P.J. Huffstutter May 20 (Reuters) - Farms in two of the nation's leading pork producing states have tested positive for the potentially fatal porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV), U.S. pork industry veterinarian official said Monday. Three farms in...Tags: Diarrhea, Viral Diseases and Infections, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Gastroenteritis, Diseases and Illnesses
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Over 57-year career, pediatrician says, vaccines changed everything
The Orange County RegisterSANTA ANA, Calif. If you think today's world can be a perilous place for children, imagine life in the 1950s. Seat belts in cars were not widely used, much less required. A kid wearing a bike helmet would have been mocked mercilessly. The child-resistant...Tags: University of California, Los Angeles, Human papillomavirus, Viral Diseases and Infections, Health and Medical Professionals, Chemical Industry
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UK first in EU to get Merck's new Schmallenberg vaccine
ReutersLONDON, May 21 (Reuters) - British farmers will be the first in Europe to get a vaccine against Schmallenberg virus, a new livestock disease that hit the continent in 2011. Britain's Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs said on Tuesday that...Tags: Merck & Company Incorporated, United Kingdom, Disease Prevention, Preventative Medicine, Drugs and Medicines
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Pointing to threat, pulling in profit
Tribune Washington BureauWASHINGTON -- Over the last decade, former Navy Secretary Richard J. Danzig, a prominent lawyer, presidential advisor and biowarfare consultant to the Pentagon and the Department of Homeland Security, has urged the government to counter what he called a...Tags: Terrorism, U.S. Congress, Politics, Biological and Chemical Weapons, Rockville (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania)
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