flu

• Maryland

After measles case reported in Pikesville, Carroll County residents urged to be wary

A case of measles has been confirmed in Maryland, and the Maryland Department of Health has issued a warning for those who might have been exposed to the infectious respiratory disease.

• Maryland

Harford's two hospitals limiting visitors in effort to prevent spread of flu

To help limit the spread of flu this winter, Upper Chesapeake Health has placed visitor restrictions at its two Harford County hospitals.

By Erika Butler

Jan 17, 2019

• Maryland

Editorial: Flu activity picking up in Maryland, still time to get vaccinated

October is considered the sweet spot for getting a flu shot by local health officials, because the vaccine should last into the spring months, when flu season finally tapers off around Maryland. But if you haven’t received your shot yet, there is still an opportunity to do so before the virus hits

• Maryland

Carroll County health officials say 'flu is just around the corner’

Despite a lull in Maryland flu activity in the last week of 2018, Carroll County health officials suggest a severe flu season may lie ahead, note it's not too late to get a flu shot.

• Maryland

Pet Wise: The pros and cons of ferret ownership

Ferrets are comical, high-energy mammals that are related to weasels, otters and skunks. Like skunks, they produce and retain a musky odor even if their anal musk glands have been surgically removed.

• Maryland

Editorial: National Influenza Vaccination Week a reminder it's not to late to get your flu shot

Still haven’t gotten your flu shot? Consider National Influenza Vaccination Week, Dec. 2 to Dec. 8, your final warning before the flu season really picks up here in Maryland.

• Opinion

Mandate flu vaccines for children, health workers

Public health officials should support organizations that require flu vaccination among health care personnel and urge others to follow suit. Then the policy should be expanded to other vulnerable populations.

• Maryland

Health Department to host free flu vaccine clinic for children, Nov. 14

The Carroll County Health Department is hosting two free flu vaccination clinics for children, on Wednesday Nov. 14 and Wednesday Nov. 28.

• Maryland

Carroll Yesteryears: Westminster teen enlisted 100 years ago during WWI, died of pneumonia 2 1/2 weeks later

Franklin Monroe Miller, oldest son of Noah and Lizzie Miller, was born Jan. 12, 1900, in Millers, and grew up in Westminster. As a teenager, he was a Boy Scout and worked in the photographic studio of James D. Mitchell. Later he worked as a clerk for the Western Maryland Railway Company.

• Health

Drive-thru flu shots: More the 800 free vaccines administered in Essex

A total of 823 attendees — nearly 400 of them in the first half hour — pulled into one of the five lanes set up in the CCBC Essex parking lot Sunday, signed a consent form, rolled up their sleeves and received free shots.

By Colin Campbell

Nov 4, 2018

• Maryland

Baltimore County hosts 7 free flu shot clinics Saturday

The Baltimore County government is offering free flu shots at seven locations around the county on Saturday.

By Pamela Wood

Oct 12, 2018

• Maryland

Friday, Oct. 12 deadline to register for free in-school flu shot clinics

For parents of children in Carroll County Public Schools, flu season makes for another important date to put on the calendar: Friday, Oct. 12. That’s the last day to return consent forms to allow students to participate in the free flu shot clinics that will be held in schools.

• Maryland

Editorial: Parents must sign up by Friday to get children free flu vaccine in schools

Carroll County is making it easy for public school students to get their flu shots this year, but parents need to act quickly if they haven’t already.

• Opinion

Remembering Fort McHenry's soldier-artist

Baltimore should remember Fort McHenry's Joseph Lewis Weyrich.

• Features

When World War I and the Spanish flu turned Fort McHenry into one of the country's largest hospitals

A look back at Fort McHenry's days as an Army hospital during and immediately after World War I

By Chris Kaltenbach

Sep 20, 2018

• Maryland

Howard schools gearing up for flu season, offering free vaccines

Howard County schools and the Maryland Partnership for Prevention will administer free flu shots to students from Oct. 1-15.

By Jess Nocera

Sep 17, 2018

• Maryland

Editorial: Get your flu shot, but not yet

As fall inches closer, you’ve likely seen signs at your local pharmacy advertising a flu shot. And while you should definitely get a flu shot this year, Carroll County health experts say it is probably better to wait a few more weeks until October to get vaccinated.

• Maryland

Safe Kids: Fun, educational ways to prepare for emergencies

There are fun, free, and educational ways you can get your kids, grandchildren, and the whole family ready for an emergency.

• Health

With flu season on the horizon, here's what you need to know about this year's vaccine

No, you can’t get sick from a flu shot.

By Christina Tkacik

Sep 6, 2018

• Maryland

To get your flu shot, October is the sweet spot

Local data on the flu season over the past several years allows Carroll County health officials to make more specific recommendations around flu season. October is the best time to get a flu shot.

• Maryland

Retired Carroll County schoolteacher Dot Lowman just turned 105

Next to Dorothy Lowman, 105, was the latest edition of the Frederick News-Post, birthday cards and letters sent from friends and family that she had not yet opened. She just celebrated her birthday at her assisted living apartment at Homewood in Williamsport, Md.

• Business

Maryland technology development agency awards grant to study stem cells for improving flu vaccine

Longeveron, one of many companies getting state grants to study stem cells, will look into improving the flu vaccine for seniors.

By Meredith Cohn

May 22, 2018

• Time Flies

Dayhoff: A century ago, flu epidemic became history's deadliest plague

World War I claimed an estimated 16 million lives. However, the influenza epidemic that swept the world in 1918 …  attacked one-fifth of the world’s population and over 25 percent of the U.S. population and, in a few months, killed more people than any other illness in recorded history.

• Maryland

Curiosity drives greater understanding of The Great War

Columbia Pro Cantare members had weekly quizzes about WWI before rehearsals in preparation of their upcoming concert on May 5.

By Katie V. Jones

May 3, 2018

• Maryland

Remembering Camp Purnell on the Severn for wounded WWI soldiers to convalesce

One-hundred years ago this weekend, the U.S. Army formally established in Anne Arundel County a convalescent camp for recovering soldiers wounded in World War I.

By Allan Vought

Apr 14, 2018

• Health

Nasal spray flu vaccine may be back next season

The nasal spray version of the flu vaccine popular with kids but largely unavailable during the flu season could return next year.

By Meredith Cohn

Feb 22, 2018

• Podcast

Why some people die from the flu; a doctor explains

The current flu season is the worst in a decade, overwhelming emergency rooms and causing one in 10 American deaths in recent weeks.

By Dan Rodricks

Feb 15, 2018

• Health

Maryland reports first child death from flu

The state's first child of the season has died from flu.

By Andrea K. McDaniels

Feb 6, 2018

• Health

Amid worst flu season in years, Maryland hospitals seek to limit visits to emergency rooms

More than 3,000 people visited Maryland emergency rooms in the past week with influenza-like illnesses amid what state and federal health officials are calling the worst flu season in years. The flu is so bad that many local hospitals are asking most sick people to avoid the emergency room.

By Meredith Cohn

Feb 2, 2018

• Maryland

Vaccines, other measures recommended to interrupt flu 'epidemic'

“This is a serious flu, but it is actually a typical H3N2 epidemic,” Taylor said, noting the particular strain of the flu virus predominate at the moment. “Flu every year kills people.”

• Harford

Take the flu seriously [Editorial]

The flu is nothing to mess with. Take it seriously.

• Maryland

New flu rules at hospital, clinics at health department

Due to the severity of the flu season, Carroll Hospital is instigating new visiting rules effective Thursday, according to a media release. The Carroll County Health Department, meanwhile, is responding by offering additional, previously unscheduled flu clinics for children.

• Harford

Harford hospitals limit patient visitation to prevent spread of the flu

As flu season hits in Harford, its two hospitals are implementing a limited visitor policy to help prevent the spread of the illness, University of Maryland Upper Chesapeake Health announced Monday.

• Howard County

Flu cases in 'normal' range in Howard this season

Hospital spokeswoman Susan Case said the hospital has seen less than 90 adult flu patients per week recently, which is in the hospital’s “normal” range for flu season. The hospital has not admitted any pediatric patients for serious flu complications.

By Kate Magill

Jan 29, 2018

• Maryland

Editorial: Steps to stave off flu

Maryland hasn’t been immune to the country’s struggle with the flu this winter. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, influenza is widespread in every state in the continental U.S.

• Health

Maryland among states with high number of flu cases

Maryland is among 26 states reporting high levels of flu, the miserable virus that is easily spread.

By Meredith Cohn

Jan 10, 2018

• Maryland

Editorial: Still time to get flu shot, protect against spread of virus

Haven’t gotten your flu shot yet? Now might be a good time. While health experts generally recommend getting a flu shot in October, Maryland’s flu season tends to ramp up after the holidays in January and February and often stretches late into spring.

• Maryland

Carroll commissioners get flu briefing: Still time to get a shot

At their Thursday meeting, the Carroll County Board of Commissioners received a briefing on the state of the 2017-2018 flu season from Deputy Health Officer Dr. Henry Taylor. The gist? The flu is coming soon, but it’s not too late to do something about it.

• Health

Pregnant women need a flu shot to stave off serious illness

Complications from the flu can be serious for pregnant women, but there are precautions that can help stave off the virus.

By Meredith Cohn

Nov 30, 2017

• Health

Johns Hopkins researchers discover mutation that may be key to return of popular nasal spray version of flu vaccine

A Johns Hopkins researcher may have discovered a way to fix the nasal spray version of the flu vaccine, popular with the needle-adverse but dropped after the CDC said it performed poorly.

By Meredith Cohn

Nov 29, 2017

• Health

What you need to know about this year's flu vaccine

Here are some things to know about the once-a-year rite of flu vaccination.

• Maryland

Keeping colds and flus from the holidays

The holidays: That cozy time of year when friends and family gather under one roof to ward off the cold, indulge in food and drink and share each others company. And each other’s germs.

• Harford

Harford Health Department offers flu shot clinics for school-aged children

Harford Health Department providing free flu vaccinations for children ages K-12 on Nov. 4 and Nov. 9.

• Maryland

As Maryland's flu season begins, there's still time to get protected

In the wake of the first laboratory-confirmed cases of seasonal influenza in Maryland, local public health officials are reminding people that October is an excellent time to get a flu shot.

• Health

Maryland health department reports first flu cases of the season

The Maryland Department of Health said the state has seen its first three flu cases of the season.

By Andrea K. McDaniels

Oct 19, 2017

• Diseases and Illnesses

Md. is developing the next generation of life-saving vaccines

It’s imperative that our leaders and communities encourage people to take vaccines and support policies that encourage innovation.

• Health

University of Maryland researchers work on flu treatment

Maryland team hopes to save lives and lesson illness with new flu treatments

By Meredith Cohn

Oct 10, 2017

• Maryland

Editorial: October perfect time for flu shot

Our View: Maryland health officials say that flu season is lasting later and later into the spring the past few years in our state, making this month the ideal time to get vaccinated.

• Maryland

Health experts: October is the time to get a flu shot

The Health Department recommends October as the prime time to get a flu shot in Carroll County

• Health

Officials encourage vaccination ahead of flu season

The rate of vaccination against the flu has stagnated in recent years, worrying authorities.

By Meredith Cohn

Sep 28, 2017