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Chicago H1N1

City of Chicago offers free flu shots

The City of Chicago is offering free flu shots and encouraging everybody to get a flu shot, in an effort to prevent contagious illness. On October...
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University of Chicago developing the 'Holy Grail' of flu vaccines

A study published in the Journal of Experimental Medicineindicates that researchers at University of Chicago are developing a single vaccine that...
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Expecting? Flu shot, or not?

  • pregnancy flu shot
  • October 30, 2010
You're pregnant. It's flu season again. You know pregnant women are supposed to be extra-careful about what they take into their bodies....
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New H1N1 strain may require yet another vaccine update

  • H1N1
  • October 23, 2010
Researchers have announced the presence of new variants of the H1N1 virus. First detected in Singapore in early 2010, the new strains have now...
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Chicago area parents urge others to get the H1N1 vaccine

A Chicago area 10-year-old girl had a bad reaction to the H1N1 virus, and her parents are urging other parents to get their children vaccinated....
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2 Chinese dogs caught H1N1

  • Pets
  • December 1, 2009
My thanks to Rochester Dogs Examiner Karen Mellott for her report alerting her readers that H1N1 infection has been confirmed in at least two dogs...
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H1N1 cat death

  • Pets
  • November 24, 2009
Just a few words following up on my earlier post, H1N1 and our pets: According to the Veterinary Voice (AnnArbor.com), the first pet death due to...
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H1N1: what it is and its effect on obesity

With the constant news coverage and countless U.S. citizens hearing of germ warfare, not many Chicagoans expected to deal with their own. H1N1 is...
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Angry at Wall Street bankers who got vaccine? Look closer to home, Chicago

Cook County parents are justifiably angry that bankers at well-known New York firms like Goldman Sachs and Citigroup received thousands of doses of...
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H1N1 and our pets

  • Pets
  • November 6, 2009
Well, color me embarrassed. Not even a week ago, I wrote that cats and dogs rarely contract human influenza viruses, but H1N1 has proved me overly...
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