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Ark. officials confirm avian flu in Scott Co. bird
A chicken in Scott County is confirmed with avian influenza and state officials have quarantined poultry within a 6.2-mile radius around the infected bird's farm. The Arkansas Livestock and Poultry Commission said Wednesday that the chicken tested positive for H7N7 low pathogenic avian influenza. The agency is coordinating its response ...
Dominican merchants close border market over ban
Merchants in the Dominican Republic have shuttered a large border market in protest over neighboring Haiti's ban on poultry and egg imports. The Dajabon market was closed Monday seeking to pressure Haiti to drop the ban. A Dominican board says the country sells about 25 million eggs and 8 million ...
Some Charlotte area hospitals to require flu shots
A company that runs four hospitals in The Charlotte area says it will require health care workers to get flu shots. The Charlotte Observer reported (http://bit.ly/14d6zQq) that Novant Health of Winston-Salem says all employees, doctors, volunteers and vendors must get flu shots unless they get an exemption for medical or ...
Flu cases in Ohio make huge jump over past years
The number of Ohioans hospitalized with the flu since last September jumped dramatically over the previous year, but health officials say there isn't an easy explanation for the increase. Health officials say that 5,200 Ohioans were hospitalized with the flu from September last year through mid-May 18. That's up from ...
Haiti paper says authorities note human flu in DR
A Haitian newspaper reported Saturday that a government official acknowledged authorities erred when they said the neighboring Dominican Republic had an outbreak of avian flu. The daily Le Nouvelliste reported that Public Health Minister Florence Duperval Guillaume said the presence of human flu was confirmed in a meeting with authorities ...
Venezuela docs push gov on swine flu reporting
Venezuela's doctors' union is warning of a possible resurgence of swine flu in the country and is reporting at least four new deaths this week. Douglas Leon Natera is head of the Venezuelan Medical Federation. He accuses authorities of withholding information about how many have died from the virus. The ...
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Yum says KFC's sales decline in China is easing
Yum Brands says a key sales figure for China dropped 19 percent in May, as the parent company of KFC began to see signs of recovery from the double whammy of a bird flu scare and an earlier controversy over its chicken supply. The drop is an improvement from the ...
Dominican official denies report of bird flu
A Dominican official says Haiti erroneously reported that his country has an outbreak of avian flu when it cited the disease as a reason for imposing a ban this week on the import of Dominican meats, chicken, eggs and other goods. Dominican Ambassador in Haiti Ruben Silie said in a ...
Haiti bans Dominican meats, other goods due to flu
The Haitian government is banning the sale and importation of meat and other goods from the neighboring Dominican Republic following reports of cases of avian flu in that country. The advisory prohibits until further notice the importing of meat products, poultry, eggs and animals that may be carrying the avian ...
N. Ky. experiences record harsh flu season
The Northern Kentucky Independent District Health Department says the region has experienced a record "harsh" flu season. The agency says it recorded the highest number of flu cases in its history over the past season with 3,492. Eight people died. During the previous season of 2011-2012, the department recorded 284 ...
NEW TOOLS TO HUNT NEW VIRUSES
c.2013 New York Times News Service A new flu, H7N9, has killed 36 people since it was first found in China two months ago. A new virus from the SARS family has killed 22 people since it was found on the Arabian Peninsula last summer. In past years, this might ...
HEALTH AND FITNESS NEWS AND NOTES
c.2013 New York Times News Service FLU PROTECTION FOR OLDER ADULTS Age has its privileges, and a new study suggests that one of them may be immunity to some flu pandemics. In ordinary seasonal flu, people older than 65 are generally at higher risk for death. But in each of ...
WHO: Scientific red tape mars efforts vs. virus
International efforts to combat a new pneumonia-like virus that has now killed 22 people are being slowed by unclear rules and competition for the potentially profitable rights to disease samples, the head of the World Health Organization warned Thursday. Dr. Margaret Chan, in a blunt warning to the U.N. agency's ...
Alabama mystery illness solved: it's common flu
Health officials investigating a cluster of mysterious illnesses in Alabama closed their investigation Thursday after determining the illnesses were unrelated and no new bacteria or viruses were involved. The investigation involved 10 people who became sick and were admitted to hospitals in Dothan and Luverne in southeast Alabama. Two died, ...
Minn. records more than 200 flu deaths this season
Health officials say Minnesota topped 200 influenza-related deaths this flu season. In its final weekly report until next fall, the Minnesota Department of Health said Thursday there were 201 flu-related deaths during the 2012-13 influenza season. The St. Paul Pioneer Press (http://bit.ly/14DSn45) reports that's the highest annual tally in the ...
Alabama closes mystery illness probe
Alabama health officials investigating a cluster of respiratory illnesses say the total has increased to 10, but they are closing the investigation. State Health Officer Don Williamson said Thursday the cases are unrelated and all have reasonable explanations. He said health officials took extraordinary caution because of two new viruses ...
SC hospital worker rejected flu shot, gets benefit
A former South Carolina hospital worker who refused a required flu shot is entitled to receive unemployment benefits thanks to a state appeals court. The South Carolina Court of Appeals ruled Wednesday that Pamela Crowe's refusal to get a flu shot was reasonable under her circumstances. The court says her ...
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 ...
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 ...
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