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Recalled vaccine not unsafe, merely ineffective

by WRN Contributor on December 15, 2009

in Children & Families, Health & Medicine

Despite a recall on an H1N1 vaccine, it is still safe. Approximately 14,700 doses that were distributed to providers throughout the state are included in the recall, according to Dan Hopfensperger, director of the state’s immunization program. “We are contacting them directly, to let them know if they have not administered the vaccine, they should take it . . . out of their inventory,” says Hopfensperger. [click to continue…]

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State expands H1N1 vaccine group

by Bob Hague 11/23/09 3:41 PM

The state Department of Health Services expands the H1N1 vaccination group to include healthy school age children and young adults. Seth Bofelli with DHS says that move comes after a survey of private and public health care providers. “What we found was that private health care providers – doctors’ offices, clinics and hospitals – they [...]

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H1N1 could be leveling off

by Jackie Johnson 11/18/09 11:08 PM

There have been more swine flu deaths in the past week than in the first nine months of the year.
Officials at the Wisconsin Health Department say there were 11 deaths reported in the past week, with a total of 31 deaths for the entire year.
Stephanie Marquis says although there seems to be a slight downward [...]

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Hudson woman dies from H1N1

by WRN Contributor 11/4/09 2:28 PM

The H1N1 virus has taken the life of a Hudson woman.
48-year-old Debbie Johnson Lindstrom died on Tuesday at Mayo Hospital in Rochester, Minnesota brought on by the virus.
Lindstrom became ill last week and was taken to a Hudson hospital, where she was diagnosed with the flu. She was then transferred to a hospital in the [...]

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Asthma and H1N1 under scrutiny

by Andrew Beckett 10/26/09 1:37 AM

Those with asthma are four-times more likely than those without the respiratory disease to end up hospitalized if they contract H1N1, and Dr. William Busse of the UW School of Medicine says that’s raising concerns about the effectiveness of the vaccine among that population.
Researchers at the UW School of Medicine are now looking for possible [...]

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