Flu: H1N1 and Seasonal
CEDAR RAPIDS - Warmer weather could mean the end of Iowa’s unusual flu season. Or not.
Flu cases typically wane in the spring, but this season’s influenza has been anything but typical.
Iowa’s first...
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CEDAR RAPIDS - Linn County Public Health will be holding free H1N1 vaccine clinics.
The clinics will be Thursday mornings through March 25, from 8 a.m. to noon at the public health office, 501 13th...
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IOWA CITY - The Iowa Department of Public Health (IDPH) received its first confirmed seasonal influenza report on Thursday. The University Hygienic Laboratory (UHL) confirmed the influenza B positive test...
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IOWA COUNTY - More H1N1 flu vaccines are scheduled as experts warn of a third wave of cases.
In Iowa County, a walk-in clinic is set for Wednesday from 10 to 5. The Iowa County Public Health Department...
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DES MOINES (AP) - The Iowa Department of Public Health is reporting another swine flu-related death.
The health department reported Thursday an adult in Madison County with risk factors that increased...
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DES MOINES (AP) - Two major hospital groups in Des Moines are relaxing visitor guidelines enacted last fall because of the flu.
Iowa Health-Des Moines and Mercy Medical Center said Tuesday they...
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CEDAR RAPIDS - Linn County Public Health (LCPH) will be holding a free H1N1 walk-in clinic for all populations on Fri., Jan. 22 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the LCPH building located at 501 13th St NW.
This...
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MANCHESTER - Delaware County Public Health has scheduled walk-in H1N1 flu shot clinics for the public this week.
Clinics are set for 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesday at Blakesley Drug, 124 W. Main St., Manchester;...
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CEDAR RAPIDS - Linn County Public Health and the Community Health Free Clinic is holding several free H1N1 vaccination clinics this month.
All clinics are by appointment only. To schedule one just call...
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DES MOINES - The H1N1 flu claimed the lives of two more Iowans.
The Iowa Department of Public Health said on Wednesday that an adult in Cerro Gordo County and an adult in Black Hawk County have both...
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DECORAH — The Winneshiek County Public Health Department will be holding an H1N1 clinic on Wednesday as officials are urging the public to stay ahead of the possible third wave of the H1N1 influenza by...
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has announced a non-safety related voluntary recall of certain lots of H1N1 influenza intranasal vaccine.
The vaccine, manufactured by MedImmune,...
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BLACK HAWK COUNTY - A free to the public H1N1 flu vaccination clinic has been announced for Black Hawk County residents.
When: Tuesday, December 22, 2009 from 1:00-7:00pm
Where: Hawkeye Community...
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DES MOINES (AP) - The Iowa Department of Public Health is reporting the state was allocated approximately 28,600 doses of H1N1 influenza vaccine for children that has been recalled.
The U.S. Centers...
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CEDAR RAPIDS - Starting Monday, there are no more limits on who can get the H1N1 vaccine.
Until now, Iowa has only offered the vaccine to high risk groups.
The Iowa Department of Public Health predicts...
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DES MOINES - The Iowa Department of Public Health (IDPH) has announced that beginning Monday, December 14, all Iowans will be eligible to receive an H1N1 flu vaccination.
IDPH continues to encourage...
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DES MOINES (AP) - The Iowa Department of Public Health is reporting three more swine flu deaths in the state.
The department said Thursday that one of the deaths was of a child from eastern Iowa...
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CEDAR FALLS - 1,500 doses of the H1N1 flu vaccine have been made available to University of Northern Iowa faculty, staff and students age 24 and younger and students of all ages with chronic health conditions.
The...
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Cedar Rapids - Linn County Public Health will be holding a free walk-in H1N1 vaccine clinic Thurs. Dec. 3 from 1 – 4:00 p.m.at Hawkeye Downs, 4400 6th St SW. Individuals coming to this clinic will not...
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IOWA CITY - Johnson County Public Health will hold its next public clinic for H1N1 vaccine this Saturday, December 5th from 9:00a.m. – 7:00 p.m. This clinic is by appointment only...
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DES MOINES - The Iowa Department of Public Health reports three morel H1N1-related deaths:
- An adult in Fremont County with risk factors that increased the chance of complications from the H1N1 virus.
-...
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Linn County Public Health Director Curtis Dickson will take questions and talk about the tail end of the second major wave of H1N1 influenza and the third wave expected right after Christmas in a live chat from 11 a.m. to Noon today.
Dickson will also take questions regarding the remaining H1N1 vaccine clinics and the upcoming seasonal flu.
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The Iowa Department of Public Health Wednesday reported three additional H1N1-related deaths:
• An adult in Carroll County with risk factors that increased the chance of complications from the H1N1...
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DUBUQUE - Dubuque held another H1N1 vaccine clinic Monday, this time opening it up to more people.
Iowa health officials say those clinics have helped slow down the spread of the virus. But with millions...
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DUBUQUE - Dubuque County will hold its first H1N1 vaccine clinic. The first come, first served clinic is Monday Afternoon from 3:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. at Crescent Community Health Center in Dubuque.
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DES MOINES - A Johnson County resident and an adult in Floyd County are the two latest victims of H1N1 flu in Iowa, bringing the state’s death toll to 21.
The Iowa Department of Public Health reported...
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If you're looking to get an H1N1 flu shot, Linn County Public Health has just announced upcoming clinics. The first two are for high risk groups and are by appointment only, however there will be a walk-in clinic for the general public as well. Phone lines to schedule appointments opens at Noon.
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IOWA CITY - 17 days ago, April Chohon spent her Saturday night like many of us.
"Halloween night, I was handing out candy to little kids and I kept getting feverish," said Chohon, 26, of Des Moines....
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WAUKON - A special H1N1 clinic for children ages 6 month to 35 months will be held on Thursday Nov. 19 from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. at Veterans Memorial Hospital in Waukon.
The H1N1 clinic located at 40 First...
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DES MOINES - Three more people have died from H1N1 flu. The victims are identified as two adults in Linn County and an adult in Black Hawk County. One individual from Black Hawk County and one of the Linn...
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Cedar Rapids — The H1N1 clinic to be held this Sunday November 15th from 1-5 p.m. at the Community Health Free Clinic located at 947 14th Ave SE. is now full. The clinic is not taking any more phone...
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WATERLOO - Citing a reduced prevalence of the H1N1 flu virus in youth, some local hospitals are lifting a restriction on visitors under the age of 18.
The move includes Covenant Medical Center in...
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LINN COUNTY - A second H1N1 vaccination clinic will take place this weekend in Cedar Rapids, but this time people will need to make appointments.
Last Friday, Linn County Public Health gave out nearly...
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DES MOINES - Two more people have died from the H1N1 flu virus in Iowa. The Department of Public Health says the victims are two Polk County adults with risk factors that increased the chance of complications.
“School...
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DES MOINES - The Iowa Department of Public Health Friday reported three additional H1N1-related deaths in Iowa. The victims are identified as two adults in Polk County and one adult in Woodbury County;...
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Cedar Rapids – Linn County’s first mass vaccination clinic for the H1N1 flu started off at 9:00 Friday morning at Hawkeye Downs. But oddly enough, after a big initial rush, the lines totally disappeared....
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LINN COUNTY - Linn County will hold its first H1N1 vaccine clinic on Friday.
The clinic at Hawkeye Downs starts at 9:00 a.m. and runs until 2:00 p.m., or until the doses run out.
The...
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LA CROSSE, Wis. (AP) - A Cashton mother says there were no warning signs before her 21-month-old daughter died after contracting the H1N1 flu.
Her mother, Debra Komperud, says they attended a wedding...
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DES MOINES - The Iowa Department of Public Health (IDPH) has reported four additional 2009 H1N1influenza-related deaths in Iowa. The victims are identified as an adult in Dubuque County, an adult in Polk...
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JOHNSON COUNTY - The Johnson County Health and Human Services building looked like a day care Wednesday afternoon as people waited to receive the first dose of the H1N1 influenza vaccine available to priority...
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DES MOINES (AP) - The swine flu virus has been confirmed in a cat treated at the Iowa State University College of Veterinary Medicine.
Officials said Wednesday it's the first known case of the virus...
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Cedar Rapids, IA — Linn County Public Health (LCPH) will be offering Influenza A (H1N1) 2009 Monovalent Vaccine Live, Intranasal to priority groups this Friday November 6th at Hawkeye Downs located...
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CHICAGO (AP) - As the swine flu spreads across the nation public health officials are pleading with the ill to stay home until the fever goes away.
But many American workers face tough choices about...
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DES MOINES- The Iowa Department of Public Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommend both seasonal and H1N1 vaccines for pregnant women.
Now three weeks after the H1N1 influenza...
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JOHNSON COUNTY - 900 doses of H1N1 vaccine available, without charge, for specific groups at Johnson County's first vaccine clinic this Wednesday.
Doug Beardsley is getting ready for tight space in...
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JOHNSON COUNTY - Johnson County Public Health will begin offering H1N1 influenza vaccine to priority groups identified below beginning next Wednesday, November 4. Clinics will be held at the Johnson County...
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MAQUOKETA - Dozens of families waited in line Tuesday afternoon for H1N1 flu vaccinations. Jackson County administered just 200 doses of the vaccine, however, out not all the people getting them were...
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DUBUQUE - County health officials want people to know the difference between a cold and H1N1 Flu symptoms.
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CEDAR RAPIDS - Just because President Obama signed an Emergency Declaration for H1N1 Flu on Saturday, “there is no indication that the flu is more dangerous,” said Doug Beardsley, director of Johnson County...
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DECORAH - Winneshiek Medical Center joins the list of area hospitals putting restrictions on visitors to help decrease the spread of the H1N1 flu.
Officials at the hospital are only allowing people...
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Seasonal Influenza & H1N1 (Novel Influenza A)
