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Report: South epicenter for H1N1 flu

Wally Northway — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 13:27:14 +0000

More than 99 percent of specimens tested for influenza were positive for H1N1 over approximately the past 11 months, according to a report released from Quest Diagnostics Inc. And, it finds that the South is the epicenter for the disease. The Quest Diagnostics Health Trends Report suggests that H1N1 “crowded out” other influenza viruses to [...]

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State scores high in emergency preparedness

Wally Northway — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 12:57:25 +0000

The seventh-annual “Ready or Not? Protecting the Public’s Health from Diseases, Disasters, and Bioterrorism” report, released by the Trust for America’s Health (TFAH) and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF), found that the H1N1 flu outbreak has exposed serious underlying gaps in the nation’s ability to respond to public health emergencies and that the economic [...]

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Swine flu vaccine now available to all

Wally Northway — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 12:35:09 +0000

JACKSON — The 2009 H1N1 (swine flu) injectable and nasal mist vaccine is now available to the general public, according to the Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH). Both the injectable vaccine and the nasal mist vaccine are free at all county health departments. Some private providers and pharmacies also have the 2009 H1N1 (swine [...]

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H1N1 flu vaccine available to priority groups

Wally Northway — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:19:03 +0000

ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — The Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH) announces the availability of the 2009 H1N1 (swine flu) injectable vaccine to all designated priority groups. The groups are pregnant women, children six months through 24 years of age, those living with or caring for an infant less than six months of age, healthcare and [...]

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USDA confirms flu in state fair pig

Wally Northway — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 15:38:22 +0000

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA’s) National Veterinary Services Laboratories (NVSL) has confirmed the presence of 2009 pandemic H1N1 influenza virus in a pig sample collected at the Minnesota State Fair submitted by the University of Minnesota. Additional samples are being tested. “We have fully engaged our trading partners to remind them that [...]

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Senators: Pork producers need help

Wally Northway — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 16:57:53 +0000

WASHINGTON — Sen. Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) has joined a bipartisan effort to encourage Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack to take action to support the U.S. pork industry that has been hit hard by declining sales due, in part, to being wrongly associated with the H1N1 influenza virus. Cochran, a member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, has [...]

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Swine flu count nears 900

Wally Northway — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 13:38:00 +0000

ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — The Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH) reports the latest number of confirmed cases of Novel H1N1 (swine) flu at 898 in Mississippi with seven deaths, the most recent a Jones County adult female. Previous deaths were a male child in Jackson County reported July 25; a female child in Hancock County [...]

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H1N1 swine flu guide released

Wally Northway — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 11:32:18 +0000

WASHINGTON — U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) administrator Karen Mills and Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano announce the availability of a preparedness guide designed to assist small businesses in planning for the possibility of an H1N1 flu outbreak this fall. Outbreaks of H1N1 flu are occurring now across the country and will likely [...]

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Swine flu vaccine coming

Wally Northway — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 16:44:59 +0000

ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — The Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH) reports the latest number of confirmed cases of Novel H1N1 (swine) flu at 723 in Mississippi with three deaths. Nationally, there have been 9,079 hospitalizations and 593 deaths, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). MSDH said it expects swine flu vaccine [...]

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WNV claims first life; swine flu cases rising

Wally Northway — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 11:50:50 +0000

ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — The Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH) reports the first death of the 2009 West Nile virus (WNV) season, has identified two new WNV cases and has identified dozens of new cases of H1N1 swine flu. The first victim of WNV was a Washington County resident. In 2008, there were three deaths [...]

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