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UW-Madison preps for another flu outbreak

by WRN Contributor on January 11, 2010

in Education, Health & Medicine

Health officials at UW-Madison are preparing for what could be another wave of swine flu cases. The school was one of a handful of campuses nationwide that dealt with a large outbreak of the H1N1 flu virus from the first day of classes back in the fall, and there are concerns of another wave of cases as students return for the spring semester.

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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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Officials gear limited vaccine to at-risk folks

by Jackie Johnson 10/27/09 8:00 PM

State health officials are responding to a nationwide shortage of the H1N1 vaccine.
Wisconsin Health and Family Services Secretary Karen Timberlake says, as of Tuesday, Wisconsin has been allocated a total of 407,000 doses of the vaccine.
“And while that may sound like a large number of doses … nevertheless we don’t have it in the quantities [...]

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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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Delays expected for H1N1 vaccine

by Andrew Beckett 10/22/09 1:15 AM

Getting vaccinated against the H1N1 flu virus could take some time.
Counties across the state have started giving doses of the vaccine to protect against the flu strain. However, Stephanie Marquis with the state Health Department says the supply chain is a little choked up right now, with the CDC reporting production of the vaccine is [...]

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