Flu season picking up in Michigan
Michigan is among more than 2 dozen states reporting widespread influenza outbreaks.Flu outbreaks have been reported in most regions of Michigan. Nursing home patients, college students and other...
View ArticleIt's time to get your flu shot (and your kid's too)
Michigan health officials say it’s time to get your flu shot. And they want your children vaccinated too. You might think flu season is still months away. But you’d be wrong. State health...
View ArticleFirst cases of seasonal flu reported in Michigan, heed your grandmother's advice
Flu season is officially underway.Michigan Department of Community Health officials said today that 12 influenza cases are the first seasonal flu reports they have confirmed in Michigan during the...
View Article2 Michigan children die during early flu outbreak
LANSING, Mich. (AP) - Health officials say two children have died from the flu in Michigan as statewide influenza cases rise.Angela Minicuci, public information officer for the Michigan Department of...
View ArticleStateside: Entering flu season equipped with vaccination
Flu vaccinations are invaluable for anyone aiming to stay healthy this winter.Dr. Dean Sienko, Interim Chief Medical Executive for the Michigan Department of Community Health, stressed the importance...
View ArticleConfirmed flu cases down, health officials warn people to keep guard up anyway
Maybe people are washing their hands and staying home when they’re sick. Maybe they’re not even going to the doctor’s office; toughing it out at home on the couch instead.We don’t know why exactly, but...
View ArticleState health officials report first human case this year of H3N2 flu
State health officials say Michigan has recorded its first human case this year of a potentially serious pig-borne flu virus.The child who fell ill with H3N2 is recovering. The child was showing...
View ArticleSome Michigan hospitals change visitor policy in face of 'dramatic increase'...
An increase of cases of the flu in Michigan is prompting some hospitals to limit who can visit sick patients. They hope it’ll help prevent the spread of the flu.University of Michigan’s hospitals...
View ArticleFlu season gets a grip on Michigan
It's starting to make its presence felt in empty chairs at the workplace and sad little Facebook status updates saying, "I'm sick."Flu season is upon us.Federal officials report 35 states are now...
View ArticleStateside for Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2014
There are 2,5000 dams in Michigan and more than 90% are going to hit or exceed their design life by 2020. On today's show: How concerned should we be about our aging dams, and is there the money and...
View ArticleFlu hospitalizations up this season, 190 reported so far
LANSING, Mich. (AP) - Flu hospitalizations in Michigan are way up this season because of the spread of the more serious H1N1 strain of the disease.The Michigan Department of Community Health says the...
View ArticleMichigan colleges try to beat the flu
Thirteen Michigan colleges and universities are trying to get more students to get flu shots this fall.Angela Minicuci with the Michigan Department of Community Health says college-age students tend to...
View ArticleProblems with flu vaccine may add to Michigan hospital patient load
Michigan hospitals may have to plan on receiving more flu patients this year.Centers for Disease Control officials say the vaccine does not protect well against the dominant strain (H3N2) seen most...
View ArticleNumber of reported flu cases spike in Kent County
There’s been a spike in the number of people going to the emergency room with flu like symptoms in Kent County.Brian Hartl is an epidemiologist with the Kent County Health Department.He says nearly 17%...
View ArticleFlu prompts some UP hospitals to restrict visitors
MARQUETTE, Mich. (AP) - Some hospitals in Michigan's Upper Peninsula are implementing restrictions on visitors to help prevent patients and staff from catching the flu. The Mining Journal of Marquette...
View ArticleMichigan poultry growers watching for new Avian Flu
Michigan poultry growers have so far not been affected by a dangerous new avian flu.Nearly a million turkeys in a half dozen states and Ontario have died from the bird flu.
View ArticleFlu vaccine this year is more likely to protect people than it did last year
Blame "antigenic drift" for the failure of last year's flu vaccine to offer a robust protection against the illness.The Centers for Disease Control says a series of small genetic changes in a flu virus...
View ArticleIt's time to get your flu shot (and your kid's too)
Michigan health officials say its time to get your flu shot. And they want your children vaccinated too. You might think flu season is still months away. But youd be wrong. State health officials say...
View ArticleFirst cases of seasonal flu reported in Michigan, heed your grandmother's advice
Flu season is officially underway. Michigan Department of Community Health officials said today that 12 influenza cases are the first seasonal flu reports they have confirmed in Michigan during the...
View Article2 Michigan children die during early flu outbreak
LANSING, Mich. (AP) - Health officials say two children have died from the flu in Michigan as statewide influenza cases rise. Angela Minicuci, public information officer for the Michigan Department of...
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