Whooping Cough Spreads In Chicago Area
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CHICAGO -- State health officials say an outbreak of whooping cough is sweeping through the Chicago area. Doctor Eric Whitaker of the Illinois Department of Public Health said more than 500 cases of whooping
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The city is reaching overseas to get 200,000 more flu vaccines, officials said yesterday as they revealed there already have been at least four flu-related deaths in New York this season.
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Stephenson County, Illinois- Stateline residents, who are considered high risk for contracting the flu, will now have their chance to get vaccinated.
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Two clinics set in Roseburg Wednesday gave locals a chance to get the flu vaccine - maybe their only chance this year. Even with cold weather and the possibility of rain, hundreds of people lined up and
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Rochelle, Illinois- A local county is holding flu shot clinics despite the shortage in vaccinations. The Ogle County Health Department has received a limited amount of the vaccine for high risk residents.
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NEW YORK  - The Society for Adolescent  Medicine is urging parents to be aware that their teen's runny  nose, watery eyes, and nagging cough may signal whooping cough,  or pertussis.
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NORTH COUNTY ---- San Diego County health officials sought to reassure the public Thursday that flu vaccine would be available to local seniors, small children and others at high risk after reports of a national flu vaccine shortage earlier this week.
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Chicago -- Citing &quot;an urgent need&quot; at a time of flu vaccine shortages, Illinois asked for federal permission Monday to buy at least 62,000 vaccine doses from Europe for the state&#39;s nursing home residents.
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After several years under the public health radar, whooping cough is making a comeback in New York. The number of New Yorkers affected by the highly contagious respiratory illness
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NEW YORK  - In a 2003-2004 outbreak of whooping cough in Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin, most cases were diagnosed in adolescents, although adults had more severe disease, public health officials report in the Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine for January.
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Good news for people still in need of flu shots this season, the Onondaga County Health Department has scheduled a public clinic for next week.
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( KIRKSVILLE ) On Wednesday, KTVO told you about five confirmed cases of whooping cough in the Ottumwa Community School District. And now, we&#39;ve learned there is also a confirmed case in Adair County .
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Whooping cough has been diagnosed in more than two dozen medical workers at the same hospital in the past three weeks, and 55 others who have shown symptoms are being tested, a spokesman said Saturday.
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Approximately 10,000 cases of whooping cough, or pertussis, were reported to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in 2003.
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Seasonal influenza is spreading widely throughout the United States, with nearly half the cases caused by strains of the virus that are not directly covered by this year's flu vaccine.
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Jefferson County residents who qualify for flu shots will have at least one more opportunity to get vaccinated, with shots being given Sunday afternoon at Sixteenth Street Baptist Church.
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com. As many as 1,500 flu shots will be available to at-risk residents next Tuesday in the first general public vaccine clinic since October.