Influenza
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Swine flu vaccine available for everyone by January, state says...a Twitter feed, FightTheFluLa, and a Facebook page with the same name. The state has confirmed 1,789 cases of swine flu and logged 35 deaths, Smith said. Within the past week, two men - one around Monroe, another in the Lake Charles... In this article: FLU, Louisiana, Department of Health, H1N1, Twitter, Facebook, and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
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washingtonpost.com | November 03, 2009
College students shunning swine flu vaccine, poll shows
...vested interest.' " Despite the resistance, GWU officials are pushing. They requested more than 14,000 swine flu vaccine doses that they hope to receive by mid-November. They've posted ads in newspapers, made announcements on Twitter and...
In this article: Dictum, George Washington University, Commonwealth Fund, and University of Virginia
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NPR | October 25, 2009
Invited To A Swine Flu Party? CDC Says Don't Go
...warning against such events. Aside from fielding direct inquiries, Skinner says the CDC have also been seeing questions about swine flu parties fly around social media like Twitter and Facebook. The questions seem to be coming mostly...
In this article: Asthma, Twitter, Facebook, and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Newsweek Health Headlines | October 27, 2009
Waging the Swine-Flu PR War
...by a CDC medical epidemiologist. Since April, the CDC has signed up 30,000 fans and friends on Facebook and 1 million followers on Twitter, and it has sent out 244,000 flu updates to H1N1 e-mail subscribers. CDC's social-media group sprang up...
In this article: HHS, Twitter, Facebook, Peanut butter, Fatigue, Ebola virus, and Harvard
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Fairfax cancels two swine flu vaccine distributions
...groups at Fairfax health department offices. Officials have promised to keep residents aware of vaccine availability through the county's flu Web site and on its Twitter and Facebook accounts. Fred Ellis, director of the Office of Safety...
In this article: FLU, H1N1, Fairfax, Twitter, Facebook, and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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washingtonpost.com | October 30, 2009
Flu flack
Flu flack Wow, did I set off a fury on my Facebook page last week when I posted my piece on why I'm not getting the swine flu vaccine. One acquaintance asked, "What are you doing?" And then tartly wagged his finger at me by saying that I...
In this article: FLU, Facebook, HIV, Kathleen Sebelius, Health and Human Services, and Nairobi
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The Oklahoman | September 18, 2009
Swine flu turns Oklahoman writer Michael Kimball into story
Swine flu turns Oklahoman writer Michael Kimball into story Reactions to Facebook post range from humor to grave concern The biggest difference between having swine flu and having a bad cold is how interesting you become to other people.
In this article: FLU, Fever, Oklahoma, Facebook, Michael Kimball, Tulsa University, Cough, University of Oklahoma, and World Health Organization
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Influenza, commonly referred to as the flu, is an infectious disease caused by RNA viruses of the family Orthomyxoviridae (the influenza viruses), that affects birds and mammals. The name influenza comes from the Italian influenza, meaning "influence" (influentia). The most common symptoms of the disease are chills, fever, sore throat, muscle pains, severe headache, coughing, weakness and general discomfort. Fever and coughs are the most frequent symptoms. In more serious cases, influenza causes pneumonia, which can be fatal, particularly for the young and the elderly. Although it is often confused with other influenza-like illnesses, especially the common cold, influenza is a much more severe disease than the common cold and is caused by a different type of virus. Influenza may produce nausea and vomiting, particularly in children, but these symptoms are more common in the unrelated gastroenteritis, which is sometimes called "stomach flu" or "24-hour flu".
Typically, influenza is transmitted through the air by coughs or sneezes, creating aerosols containing the virus. Influenza can also be transmitted by bird droppings, saliva, nasal secretions, feces and blood. Infections also occur through contact with these body fluids or with contaminated surfaces. Airborne aerosols have been thought to cause most infections, although which means of transmission is most important is not absolutely clear. Influenza viruses can be inactivated by sunlight, disinfectants and detergents. As the virus can be inactivated by soap, frequent hand washing reduces the risk of infection.
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