Nearly 5,500 calls came in to the Towson office of Dr. Sarah F. Whiteford in the month of October - more than twice the usual number. And even with extra staff manning the phones, about 1,000 patients grew tired of waiting and hung up.
Disney World Adds H1N1 Safety MeasuresHand sanitizer dispensers added in Florida, California parks. |
Tracking and Fighting Swine FluThe H1N1 virus, or swine flu, has much of America--and the rest of the world--worried about their health this winter. Even experts like... |
Flaws in the Swine Flu CampaignATLANTA (AP) — When the nation's swine flu vaccination program began in early October, health officials predicted it was going to be... |
H1N1: Your Flu Questions AnsweredNow that more H1N1 flu vaccine is available and more families have had their children inoculated, a new concern is worrying parents: whether... |
Half Dose H1N1 Vaccine SufficientDrug maker Novartis says lower dose of swine flu vaccine sufficient to guarantee immunity. |
Half of Americans Reject H1N1 VaccinePoll: Only 52 percent of Americans are likely to get the swine flu vaccine. |
Women giving birth at home without midwivesWhen Jennifer Margulis went into labor with her fourth child, she sent her husband off to take the kids to school, then waited at home for... |
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Senator sees more ties between Hasan, clericThe government intercepted at least 18 e-mails between the man accused in the Fort Hood shootings and a radical Muslim cleric, and a key... |
Group recommends less-frequent Pap testsOnly days after a federal panel scaled back on breast cancer screening recommendations for many women, another organization -- the... |
Guidelines against self-exams for breast cancer ignite firestormMary Ivey didn't have a family history of breast cancer or a genetic mutation putting her at high... |
Different groups sometimes come up with different advice on cancer screeningSeveral doctors groups and advocacy groups set guidelines for cancer screening, and they update that advice periodically as new... |
State reports 11 more deaths from H1N1; total is now 30Maryland health officials reported 11 more swine flu deaths Friday, including three children - bringing the state's total to 30 deaths and... |
Mikulski: Measure would give mammogram access at age 40U.S. Sen. Barbara A. Mikulski said Thursday that she will introduce an amendment to the Senate health reform bill guaranteeing women... |
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