Wednesday, December 5, 2012
Flu season hits early and hard in the United States, says CDC.
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Wednesday, December 5, 2012
According to the most recent data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) FluView flu activity tracker, the influenza virus has “increased substantially” in the south central and Southeast regions of the country, and has come the earliest since the 2003-2004: While influenza vaccines have been around since 1945, the type that contains a live virus have only been used since 2003, and many people still wonder if they should get a flu vaccine shot. Today, there are two basic types of flu vaccines – traditional needle injection and a nasal spray. Who should get a flu shot? The CDC believes that all persons aged 6 months and older should be vaccinated on a yearly basis, but especially urges the shot for children under 5 and …
Tuesday, October 9, 2012
Steroids shipped to at least 23 states have been linked to at least eight meningitis deaths across the country, according to the CDC.
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Tuesday, October 9, 2012
One Maryland resident has died from a rare form of fungal meningitis after receiving a treatment that has been linked to a meningitis outbreak, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Five non-fatal cases of related meningitis have been reported in the state, according to the CDC. According to the CDC, those who have recently received epidural steroid injections (injections in the spine) may be at risk for this rare form of fungal meningitis. As of Monday, the illness has killed at least eight people in the United States, according to the CDC. One person has died in Virginia and there are 23 reported cases of this fungal meningitis in that state. Nationwide, there have been eight reported deaths and 105 reported cases …
Thursday, August 30, 2012
Maryland reports 13 cases of the mosquito-borne virus so far in 2012.
One Maryland resident has died as a result of West Nile Virus, according to state health department officials. Dori Henry, a spokeswoman for the state Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Thursday confirmed the death of one adult. The age, gender and county where the victim lived are not being released because of privacy reasons, Henry said. So far, Maryland has reported 13 cases of the virus this year. Nearly 1,600 cases have been reported in 48 states. About 70 percent of those cases come from Texas, South Dakota, Mississippi, Oklahoma, Louisiana, and Michigan—45 percent along were in Texas, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Of those cases, 66 people have died as of Aug. 28. It is not clear if the Maryland …
Kim Dixon
5:59 pm on Tuesday, September 4, 2012
Hmmm I noticed that Howard county is not listed as one of the countys that are up for spraying, Here's a little fact for you my mother passed away from Encephalitis, according to the State she had the highest levels they had seen, yet somhow this information dissapered, of course this was like 8 years ago but nothing was done. I remember years ago they would spray the community a few times a week… more ›