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Healthcare Providers Stock Up for Flu Season
The peak of flu season is still weeks away, though the latest vaccines are already being distributed. This year’s vaccination also aims to protect patients from H1N1. Dr. Paul Glezen of Houston’s...
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Bay Area Health Officials Call Flu Season Unpredictable
SANTA CLARA (KCBS) – If you haven’t already done so, county health officials around the Bay Area say now is the time to get your flu shot. Last year at this time, people stood in line for hours to get...
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HealthWatch: New Evidence Of Swine Flu Threat Surfaces
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS 5) – Scientists now have a better picture of how dangerous, even deadly the H1N1 virus can be, especially for pregnant women. The Centers for Disease Control has just released new...
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UC Davis Researchers Find Swine Flu In Elephant Seals Off California Coast
DAVIS (CBS/AP) — Swine flu has been detected in elephant seals off the Central California coast. The Contra Costa Times cited a University of California, Davis study that finds the seals contracted the...
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Marin County Swine Flu Cases Prompt Push For Vaccinations
MARIN COUNTY (KCBS) — Health officials in Marin County report they are seeing an increase in the number of people contracting the swine flu virus which killed thousands of people worldwide in 2009. The...
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Contra Costa County Woman Dies From H1N1 Flu
CONTRA COSTA COUNTY (KPIX 5) – A woman in Contra Costa County has died from the H1N1 influenza virus, a health official told KPIX 5 on Tuesday. According to Kate Fowlie of Contra Costa Health Services,...
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More Bay Area Flu Deaths Reported, Hospital Prepares Tent For Spike
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — Two recent deaths in Marin County have been linked to the flu and another two in Santa Cruz County are suspected of being flu-related, public health officials said Wednesday....
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San Mateo, Sonoma Counties See 1st Flu-Related Deaths Of Season
SAN MATEO (CBS SF) — Two more Bay Area counties reported their first flu-related deaths of the season on Thursday. A woman in her 40s died in San Mateo County, and a 23-year-old in Sonoma County also...
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Bay Area Flu Deaths Increase; 28 Deaths Investigated Statewide
SACRAMENTO (CBS SF) — Two more influenza-related deaths were reported in Alameda County on Friday after the state Department of Public health announced fatal infections of the virus from throughout the...
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Bay Area Flu Deaths Reach 15; Pharmacies Get Vaccines Replenished
SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS) — The number of flu-related deaths in the Bay Area increased again on Monday, with four more deaths reported, according to health officials. Two more deaths were reported in Santa...
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Bay Area Flu-Related Death Toll Rises To 18
SOLANO COUNTY (CBS SF) — More flu deaths were reported throughout the Bay Area Tuesday, with 18 residents fatally contracting the virus so far this winter season, according to health officials. There...
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Bay Area Flu Deaths Reach 23; Statewide Deaths Up To 45
SACRAMENTO (CBS SF) - As flu season continues this winter, Santa Clara County reported two more flu-related deaths Friday, bringing the Bay Area total to 23. Two women, ages 52 and 62, passed away this...
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2nd Flu Death Of Season Recorded In San Francisco
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — The second flu-related death of the season has been recorded in San Francisco, city health officials said Wednesday. The victim, a man who was not elderly but who had an...
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Bay Area Health Officials Report 6 More Flu Deaths
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — Six more flu-related deaths have been recorded in San Mateo, San Francisco, Sonoma and Contra Costa counties, health officials said Wednesday. Three additional deaths in Contra...
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2 More Flu Deaths Reported In Santa Clara County, 50 More Statewide
SAN JOSE (CBS SF) — Two more flu-related deaths were recorded in Santa Clara County on Friday as state Department of Public Health officials confirmed there have been 50 more influenza deaths...
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2 More Flu Deaths In Santa Clara County; Statewide Flu Deaths Climb To 149
SACRAMENTO (CBS SF) – The number of people who died in Santa Clara County during the current flu season has increased by two to 10, the most of any Bay Area county, public health officials reported...
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2 More Flu Deaths Reported In Santa Cruz
SANTA CRUZ (CBS SF) — Two more flu deaths were recorded in Santa Cruz County this week, county health officials said Thursday. The victims were two men, one between 20 and 30 years old, and the other...
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243 Deaths From Flu This Season In California; Health Officials Say Numbers...
SACRAMENTO (CBS/AP) — California health officials say that 243 people in the state have died from the flu this season, and authorities are investigating an additional 41 deaths this year as possibly...
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SFO Assures Passengers Airport Ready If Ebola Screenings Become Necessary
SAN FRANCISCO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (KCBS) — San Francisco International Airport officials asserted Thursday they stand ready to implement enhanced screening measures to deal with the Ebola outbreak if...
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