N.J. unveils campaign about flu pandemic
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Average citizens need to prepare for the influenza pandemic that public health officials have been warning is overdue, New Jersey's top health officials said Tuesday in announcing a public awareness campaign.
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Closing schools, restricting travel and rationing scarce medications may be the nation's first protections if a powerful new flu strain spurs a worldwide outbreak because it will take months to brew a vaccine, say government preparations for the next pandemic.
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A group of doctors and hospital officials is asking the Minnesota Health Department to allow some health-care workers to get vaccinated for influenza.
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Government health officials tried to build their case for school closings and similar steps during a flu pandemic by showcasing new research Monday that suggests such measures seemed to work during the deadly Spanish flu of 1918.
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The U.S. government urged employers on Tuesday to develop plans to cope with a possible flu pandemic, suggesting letting employees work from home and encouraging sick workers to stay home without reprisals.
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U.S. officials asked business, health and religious groups on Wednesday to urge Americans to prepare for a possible flu pandemic with steps like storing food and supplies and staying home if ill.
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The World Health Organization, fearing a killer flu pandemic may be on the way, is stepping up efforts to ensure governments around the globe are ready to fight it, a top official said on Wednesday.
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Livingston County health officials have pulled together enough doses of flu vaccine to offer a public clinic Nov. 4 for high-risk adults.
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August and September mark the peak season for West Nile virus in humans and New Jersey health officials are urging residents to remain vigilant in guarding against mosquitoes carrying the deadly disease.
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TRENTON, NJ -- New Jersey officials now have some muscle to control the flu vaccine shortage. Gov. James McGreevey has signed into law emergency legislation that would fine doctors $500 who inoculate low-risk people.
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NEW YORK -- Mayor Michael Bloomberg said Wednesday that the city has joined an effort led by Illinois to obtain additional doses of flu vaccine from Europe to ease the nationwide shortage.
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The Onondaga County Health Department will start taking calls today so those considered high-risk can get a flu shot. Health officials announced last week, the county had received 2,100 more doses of the vaccine from the health department.
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Up to 132 million doses of influenza vaccine, a record, should be available in the United States for the flu season, health officials said on Wednesday as they encouraged Americans to get their shots.
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Officials from Virginia and the District said yesterday they need better cooperation from federal agencies to ensure that medicine is rushed to key government employees during a pandemic flu outbreak.
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Nine people have contracted the flu at a Manhattan nursing home in the city&#39;s first outbreak since the national vaccine shortage was announced, health officials said.
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The United States may have to close schools, restrict travel and ration scarce medications if a powerful new flu strain spurs a worldwide outbreak, according to federal plans for the next pandemic, obtained Wednesday by The Associated Press.
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Flu season is in full swing, with wide outbreaks in 11 states Â and a new strain is starting to emerge that this year's vaccine doesn't specifically target, the government's public health chief said Friday.