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flu
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Fresh sources for a potentially severe flu season
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases launched their annual influenza vaccine campaign…
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Increasing infectious disease outbreaks highlight need for public health reporting
Deadly infectious disease outbreaks are occurring more often around the world. Influenza virus circulated in the southern hemisphere and then…
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Last year’s flu season death toll and 2018-19 flu coverage
In last year’s flu season, 80,000 people died, including 180 children, and 900,000 people were hospitalized, making it the worst…
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Get ready for the flu season with some new angles for coverage
As summer ebbs, influenza season is around the corner. Public health officials are beginning their annual campaign to urge people…
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Loss of local newspapers worries infectious disease trackers
In February 1918, a Haskell County, Kan., paper, the Santa Fe Monitor, reported almost a dozen people were “quite sick”…
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Covering U.S. efforts to create a universal flu vaccine
This year’s severe flu season has increased the spotlight on the development of a “universal” influenza vaccine – a vaccine…
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#AHCJ18 to explore what this flu season says about U.S. pandemic preparedness
Reporters covering the flu season know it has been one of the most severe in the past decade. As of…
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AHCJ fellows attend briefing at CDC about ongoing public health emergencies
Fellows in two of AHCJ’s health journalism fellowship programs attended today’s press briefing about ongoing public health emergencies with Health…
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Officials air concerns about potential for worse flu season
Public health officials have warned over the past several weeks the U.S. flu season this year may be worse than…
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Confusion persists over timing of flu shots for older adults
Fall has arrived so it’s time for older adults to get their flu shots. Or is it? Older adults are…
