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Volunteers get first swine flu test shots
Kevin Stranen left his home in Philadelphia at 5 a.m. Monday eager to make it to Baltimore to roll up his sleeve for the University of Maryland's swine flu vaccine trial. The biochemist and seasoned vaccine volunteer jumped at the chance to participate...Tags: Adults, Drugs and Medicines, H1N1 Swine Flu Vaccine, Diseases and Illnesses, Trials
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First shot at swine flu vaccine
Baltimore Sun reporterThe first shipments of swine flu vaccine should start arriving in Maryland by Tuesday, but the initial batch will be so limited that the doses will be offered mainly to health care workers in hospitals and clinics, state health officials say. The state...Tags: Adults, Health and Safety at School, Harford County, H1N1 Swine Flu Vaccine, Diseases and Illnesses
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Parents uneasy about swine flu vaccine
Alexandra McKinty will not be putting her 13-month-old in line for the swine flu vaccine. Madelyn, she says, has already had too many shots in her short life. And Loretta Jergensen of Parkville is worried that the vaccine wasn't adequately tested, so...Tags: Health and Safety at School, Drugs and Medicines, Diseases and Illnesses, H1N1 Swine Flu Vaccine, Medicines
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Swine flu claims the life of a child
Baltimore Sun reportersDestinee Alicia Parker was an aspiring artist who loved animals, Lil Wayne and scary movies. She and her two sisters were known as the "Parker Posse" at Montebello Elementary/Middle School. And although she was healthy, she died of swine flu Tuesday...Tags: Health and Safety at School, Drugs and Medicines, Diseases and Illnesses, Medical Services, Preventative Medicine
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Maryland reports sixth death from swine flu
Maryland health officials reported Thursday a sixth death associated with swine flu. Officials would not release details about the death, except to say it was an adult from the Washington suburbs with an underlying medical condition. As of last Friday,...Tags: Health and Safety at School, Vaccines, Preventative Medicine, University of Maryland, College Park, Death
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Flu hits hospital visitor policies
Baltimore Sun reportersAs Maryland's hospitals brace for the worst that the swine flu pandemic could offer, they are making big changes in the way they handle visitors - restricting children, limiting certain adult visitors and issuing face masks at entrances - in an effort...Tags: H1N1 Swine Flu Vaccine, Preventative Medicine, Medical Services, Vaccines, Maryland
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Prepping for the flu
Tracey Haldeman is not taking any chances with her business being disrupted this flu season. So the president of Baltimore's Pinnacle Communications is providing an attractive incentive for her eight employees to get vaccinated for both the seasonal and...Tags: Health and Safety at School, Unions, Diseases and Illnesses, H1N1 Swine Flu Vaccine, Preventative Medicine
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H1N1 fears lead to worldwide garlic shortage
Dining@LargeOK, this is big news. Normally I wouldn't use the Gilroy Dispatch as my primary source, but as we all know, Gilroy, Calif. bills itself as the Garlic Capital of the World. It turns out it's the Garlic Capital of......Tags: Gilroy (Santa Clara, California), Super Bowl, Garlic, Lady Gaga, Family
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Flu spread raises alarm
Officials advised Monday against most travel to Mexico, the center of an outbreak of swine flu suspected of killing almost 150 people there and sickening at least 50 through its spread to the United States.
The acting director of the Centers for...Tags: Health and Safety at School, Drugs and Medicines, Local Government, Diseases and Illnesses, Preventative Medicine
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Baltimore has 3 cases of swine flu
Baltimore has its first three confirmed cases of H1N1 virus, also known as swine flu, the city health department said Sunday. All of the three people infected with the virus are adults, but not elderly, according to health officials. One of the people...Tags: Health and Safety at School, Symptoms, John F. Williams, Sheila Dixon, Hospitals and Clinics
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Six Maryland schools set to reopen
Baltimore Sun reportersSix Maryland schools were scheduled to reopen Wednesday morning after state health officials, relying on advice from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, decided the severity of the swine flu outbreak did not warrant keeping students at home....Tags: Health and Safety at School, Montpelier, Montgomery County (Maryland), Prince George's County, Death
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Mild flu could hit harder in the fall
The number of swine flu cases in Mexico is stabilizing. In the U.S., though more people are being diagnosed with the virus, cases have been mostly mild, claiming two lives. And health officials have backed off on closing schools where students are sick....Tags: Drugs and Medicines, H1N1 Swine Flu Vaccine, Diseases and Illnesses, Preventative Medicine, Death
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