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CDC Lab results to ID deadly respiratory illness
As state and federal officials continue to investigate a cluster of serious respiratory illnesses in Alabama, one person remained hospitalized Wednesday in critical condition in the southeastern part of the state battling an unknown strain of influenza-like illness complicated by pneumonia. Two others were in other hospitals in less-dire circumstances ...
Giants' Pagan leaves game with flu-like symptoms
San Francisco Giants outfielder Angel Pagan left Sunday's game at Colorado in the fifth inning because of flu-like symptoms. Pagan was replaced in center field by Andres Torres. Pagan was hitless in his only two at-bats. He has struggled with just 10 hits in his past 52 at-bats.
Wisconsin bill would ban mandatory flu shots
Wisconsin employers, including hospitals, nursing homes and other health care agencies, could no longer require workers to get flu shots under a bill pending in the Legislature. Rep. Jeremy Thiesfeldt, R-Fond du Lac, said he began drafting the legislation after several hospital workers and health care contractors in his district ...
Swine flu found in elephant seals off California
Researchers have detected swine flu in elephant seals off the Central California coast, saying it was the first time a human pandemic strain has been found in marine mammals. However, none of the animals showed clinical signs of the illness. A University of California, Davis study found the seals contracted ...
2 new diseases could both spark global outbreaks
Two respiratory viruses in different parts of the world have captured the attention of global health officials — a novel coronavirus in the Middle East and a new bird flu spreading in China. Last week, the coronavirus related to SARS spread to France, where one patient who probably caught the ...
2 new viruses could both spark global outbreaks
Two respiratory viruses in different parts of the world have captured the attention of global health officials — a novel coronavirus in the Middle East and a new bird flu spreading in China. Last week, the coronavirus related to SARS spread to France, where one patient who probably caught the ...
Moses Lake school closed for illness outbreak
A Moses Lake school is closed Friday due to an outbreak of a stomach flu virus that has sickened nearly a quarter of the students at Longview Elementary. The Grant County Health District wants sick students and staff to stay home at least 48 hours after the nausea and diarrhea ...
Minnesota reports 3 more flu deaths
Minnesota has recorded three more flu-related deaths as the influenza season continues to wind down. The Minnesota Department of Health says the three deaths confirmed last week bring Minnesota's influenza death toll to 197 since the start of the season. Only one person was hospitalized with laboratory-confirmed influenza last week. ...
McDonald's sales hit by weakness in Asia, Europe
McDonald's says a key sales figure slipped again in April, with the world's biggest hamburger chain citing fears over a new strain of avian flu for weakness in China. The Oak Brook, Illinois-based chain, which had warned of a decline last month, says the figure fell 0.6 percent globally. That ...
WHITE HOUSE NOTEBOOK: 'Ticos,' songs and cheese
It was a party atmosphere along Barack Obama's motorcade route from the airport after he arrived in this Central American country for his first visit as president. Thousands of locals, who are known as "Ticos," lined the road to welcome their fourth visiting American president. The most recent one to ...
Deng says illness more serious than flu
Chicago Bulls forward Luol Deng made it clear Friday on Twitter that the illness that kept him out of a playoff game against the Brooklyn Nets was far more serious than the flu. He missed the Bulls' loss in Game 6 on Thursday with what coach Tom Thibodeau said were ...
Deng, Hinrich out for Bulls in Game 6
Chicago Bulls forward Luol Deng and guard Kirk Hinrich will miss Thursday's playoff game against the Brooklyn Nets. Deng has flu-like symptoms and was a late scratch from the lineup. Hinrich is missing his second straight game because of a bruised left calf, another big blow for a team trying ...
4-yr-old whose father has bird flu also infected
Chinese health officials say the 4-year-old son of a man infected with a new strain of bird flu has also caught the virus. Shandong province's health department says there is no evidence of human-to-human transmission, and that the boy is in stable condition at a hospital. The Jinan Times newspaper ...
Minnesota confirms 4 more flu deaths
Minnesota is inching closer to 200 flu deaths this season. The state Department of Health says four more influenza-related deaths were confirmed last week. That brings Minnesota's influenza death toll to 194 since the season started in October. The number of people hospitalized with laboratory-confirmed influenza was down to four ...
Study: New bird flu jumped directly from chickens
Chinese scientists have for the first time found strong evidence of how humans became infected with a new strain of bird flu: from chickens at a live market. Chinese scientists compared swabs from birds at markets in eastern China to virus samples from four patients who caught the new H7N9 ...
Taiwan watching travelers after H7N9 bird flu case
Taiwan heightened surveillance of travelers from China on Thursday after authorities confirmed the island's first case of a new deadly strain of bird flu. The 53-year-old man became ill with fever after returning from a visit to the eastern Chinese province of Jiangsu on April 9, the Centers for Disease ...
State high number of gastroenteritis outbreaks
State health officials say there have been an unusually high number of outbreaks of gastroenteritis in Montana this year. The Department of Public Health & Human Services says 20 outbreaks have sickened nearly 500 people throughout the state, most in assisted living and nursing homes. The 20 outbreaks is more ...
Yum beats expectations, warns of bird flu impact
A new strain of bird flu in China is sabotaging Yum's efforts to rebuild trust with KFC customers following an earlier controversy over its chicken supply. Yum Brands Inc., which owns KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell, on Tuesday reported a steep decline in its net income as sales in ...
Do you really need to get a travel vaccine?
You've just told a friend about your upcoming trip to a once-in-a-lifetime locale like Machu Picchu or an African game park and he turns your wanderlust to whaa-waa with a simple question: "Have you gotten your shots?" The question is not as bratty as it sounds. There are a handful ...
Hand sanitizers: Do they help stop all germs?
With winter cold and flu season in full swing -- and a new strain of norovirus circulating -- everyone's trying to dodge the bugs. Norovirus causes intestinal illness, and it's often the root of outbreaks at schools and in nursing homes. The question is: How best to avoid infection? Thorough ...
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