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Vaccination Reduced The Risk of Pregnant Women Getting The Flu by Half From 2010 to 2012
Jan 19, 2014Vaccination reduced the risk of pregnant women getting the flu by half from 2010 to 2012, federal health officials said. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends the flu shot as a priority for pregnant women because ...
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Flu Season Continues to Tighten Its Grip on The United States
Jan 13, 2014Flu season continues to tighten its grip on the United States, with 35 states now experiencing widespread influenza activity, federal officials reported Friday. The flu seems to be hitting young and middle-aged adults the hardest this ...
Tags: Flu, U.S.Flu Cases, Flu Continue
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Infection Rates of H1N1 Flu Are Spiking in The South-Central United States
Dec 26, 2013This year's flu season may be off to a slow start nationwide, but infection rates are spiking in the south-central United States, where five deaths have already been reported in Texas. And the predominant strain of flu so far has been ...
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Most Cases of Narcolepsy Are Caused by a Misguided Immune System Attack
Dec 25, 2013A new study has uncovered evidence that most cases of narcolepsy are caused by a misguided immune system attack -- something that has been long suspected but unproven. Experts said the finding, reported Dec. 18 in Science Translational ...
Tags: narcolepsy, health, sleep disorder
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Texas Was Hard Hit with More Than a Dozen Critically Ill and Six Dead
Dec 21, 2013For the week ending Dec. 14, U.S. influenza increased nationwide, but Texas was hard hit with more than a dozen critically ill and six dead, officials say. The influenza strain H1N1 -- the same strain that caused the 2009 pandemic -- ...
