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News briefs for Jan. 27
Boyle Health Department offers kids' flu vaccinations
The Boyle County Health Department has free flu mist vaccinations available for children from 2 to 18 years old. No appointment is needed.
Health department hours are 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Mondays,...Tags: Sports, Health, Marathon, Charity, Social Issues
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Jessamine S.A.V.E. Center receives grant to vaccinate dogs for influenza
news@jessaminejournal.comJessamine County S.A.V.E. Center in Nicholasville now has help in protecting dogs against canine influenza virus (CIV), a highly contagious disease that spreads easily from dog to dog, especially those in close proximity. The shelter received a grant...Tags: Preventative Medicine, Viral Diseases and Infections, Pharmaceuticals, Flu Vaccine, Health
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County seeing a surge in flu
The Winchester SunAfter a relatively light flu season last year, health officials are reporting an increase of flu activity across Kentucky in the past few weeks. The Kentucky Department for Public Health reported there were 94 new cases of flu last week, with much of...Tags: Preventative Medicine, Health, Flu Vaccine, Vaccines, Symptoms
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Bluegrass influenza levels 'widespread'
lbutler@jessaminejournal.comInfluenza activity increased across the country during the last week of January, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. And levels in Kentucky are no exception to the national trend. For the past few weeks, doctors’ offices,...Tags: Preventative Medicine, Medical Procedures and Tests, Health, Flu Vaccine, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Local news briefs for Feb. 2, 2011
Free flu clinic offered Friday
The Clark County Health Department will conduct a flu clinic Friday from 8 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Two hundred doses of flu vaccine are available at no cost and will be given on a first come, first served basis at the Health...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Career and Workplace, Health, Flu Vaccine, Lifestyle and Leisure
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New laws go into effect Wednesday
mmoore@jessaminejournal.comSenate Bill 110, which would allow optometrists to perform some uncomplicated medical procedures currently reserved for ophthalmologists, officially becomes law on Wednesday, June 8. The new law will allow optometrists to perform a variety of simple...Tags: Health, Health Treatments, Politics, Surgery, Private Health Care
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Hopkins epidemiologist tracing outbreak of SARS-like disease
Johns Hopkins epidemiologist Dr. Trish Perl traveled halfway around the world last month to trace the outbreak of a deadly SARS-like disease in Saudi Arabia that's spreading. She and two colleagues pored over hospital records, tracking the spread of...
Tags: Science and Technology, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, Disease Prevention, Common Cold, University of Maryland, College Park
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Fairbanks Snowshoe Hare Death Prompts Tularemia Warning
Channel 2 NewsAlaska Department of Fish and Game officials are asking people to watch for signs of a bacterial disease that can be transferred to pets and humans, after it killed a snowshoe hare near Fairbanks last week. In a Wednesday statement, Fish and Game says...Tags: Labor Day, Pets, Memorial Day, Tularemia , Wildlife
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Tune-Up Tuesday, early summer edition, opened window on original music scene
"Give it away, give it away, give it away, now," Anthony Kiedis of the Red Hot Chili Peppers once rapped. In that spirit, I hosted my second Tune-Up Tuesday listening party last night at Goody's Deli & Pub in downtown Hampton. Giveaways were a newly...
Tags: Music Industry, Entertainment, Virginia Cavaliers, Hampton (Hampton, Virginia), Music
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Some L.A. County bus drivers say pesticides are making them ill
Los Angeles County bus drivers say they are regularly becoming ill — sometimes while behind the wheel — from pesticides sprayed inside their vehicles by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority. At least 14 Metro drivers are pursuing...
Tags: Car Safety Tips and Advice, Environmental Issues, Health and Safety at Work, Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Social Security
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Don't let the sun catch you tanning
I am a member of the baby oil generation. Half a century ago, we spent our summers at the pool, slick with a kind of fluid magnifying glass that turned our skin red, then brown. You wouldn't have been caught dead without a suntan back in the day. And...
Tags: Sunburn, Internal Medicine, Dermatology, Skin Cancer, Dermatologists
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Catherine Bach among stars to appear at Hagerstown Speedway's Dukes Family Fest
crystal.schelle@herald-mail.comIt’s been more than 25 years since Catherine Bach had to don the jean cut-off short-shorts now famously called “Daisy Dukes.” Some would argue that next to Michael Jackson’s glittery glove, no other piece of clothing has...Tags: CBS Corp., Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc., ABC (tv network), Catherine Bach, Auto Racing
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