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WHO: Scientific red tape mars efforts vs. virus
International efforts to combat a new pneumonia-like virus that has now killed 22 people are being slowed by unclear rules and competition for the potentially profitable rights to disease samples, the head of the World Health Organization warned Thursday. Dr. Margaret Chan, in a blunt warning to the U.N. agency's ...
Mystery illness baffling health officials
Federal and state officials in Alabama are attempting to find the cause of two deaths and multiple hospitalizations. Five people are currently hospitalized in southeast Alabama with a mystery illness. Those hospitalized say they have flu-like symptoms with fever, coughing and shortness of breath. It all started on April 19, ...
2 new viruses could both spark global outbreaks
Two respiratory viruses in different parts of the world have captured the attention of global health officials — a novel coronavirus in the Middle East and a new bird flu spreading in China. Last week, the coronavirus related to SARS spread to France, where one patient who probably caught the ...
2 new diseases could both spark global outbreaks
Two respiratory viruses in different parts of the world have captured the attention of global health officials — a novel coronavirus in the Middle East and a new bird flu spreading in China. Last week, the coronavirus related to SARS spread to France, where one patient who probably caught the ...
McDonald's sales hit by weakness in Asia, Europe
McDonald's says a key sales figure slipped again in April, with the world's biggest hamburger chain citing fears over a new strain of avian flu for weakness in China. The Oak Brook, Ill.-based chain, which had warned of a decline last month, says the figure fell 0.6 percent globally. That ...
WHITE HOUSE NOTEBOOK: 'Ticos,' songs and cheese
It was a party atmosphere along Barack Obama's motorcade route from the airport after he arrived in this Central American country for his first visit as president. Thousands of locals, who are known as "Ticos," lined the road to welcome their fourth visiting American president. The most recent one to ...
Study: New bird flu jumped directly from chickens
Chinese scientists have for the first time found strong evidence of how humans became infected with a new strain of bird flu: from chickens at a live market. Chinese scientists compared swabs from birds at markets in eastern China to virus samples from four patients who caught the new H7N9 ...
Do you really need to get a travel vaccine?
You've just told a friend about your upcoming trip to a once-in-a-lifetime locale like Machu Picchu or an African game park and he turns your wanderlust to whaa-waa with a simple question: "Have you gotten your shots?" The question is not as bratty as it sounds. There are a handful ...
Flu takes the lives of two more Oklahomans
The Oklahoma State Department of Health released its weekly flu numbers report Thursday morning. New statistics show two more people have died because of the flu. The health department says both victims were over the age of 65. One person lived in Washington County and the other in Nowata County. ...
Hand sanitizers: Do they help stop all germs?
With winter cold and flu season in full swing -- and a new strain of norovirus circulating -- everyone's trying to dodge the bugs. Norovirus causes intestinal illness, and it's often the root of outbreaks at schools and in nursing homes. The question is: How best to avoid infection? Thorough ...
Health department extends flu shot hours Friday
Fear of the flu has driven more and more Tulsans to get the flu shot even though the season is nearly half over. In order to accommodate larger numbers, the Tulsa Health Department is extending their clinic hours on Fridays. While doctors and the health department say hand washing and ...
Oklahoma flu patients continue to keep hospitals busy
No new deaths were reported today when the Oklahoma State Department of Health released the latest flu numbers. Kendra Dougherty is with the agency and says numbers can be deceiving. "There could be some that are being investigated," Dougherty says. "They may have not been reported yet." So far this ...
Broken Arrow schools take offensive on flu virus
Broken Arrow schools are stepping up their flu prevention efforts. Clorox wipes, frequent hand washing and hand sanitizer are just some of the efforts schools are using to prevent the virus from spreading. Kelly Zilmer is a 3rd grade teacher at Broken Arrow's Highland Park Elementary. She attacks the flu ...
No shortage of flu vaccine in Tulsa
This year’s version of the flu bug has been particularly nasty “there are a lot more folks that are really laid up over this particular flu virus than what you may normally see” Todd Pendergraft told KRMG news. Todd is the pharmacist at Broken Arrow Family drug, he told us ...
Many Tulsa pharmacies busy with flu patients
If you have to go to the pharmacy this time of year, be prepared to wait. The worse than usual flu season has sent plenty of flu patients to their pharmacies. John Muilenburg is a pharmacist at Walgreens in Tulsa. He tells KRMG that it is busy this time of ...
Flu deaths up sharply, Kiefer schools closed
New flu number released by the Oklahoma Health Department indicate 345 people hospitalized because of the flu since September and eight deaths. That number's up sharply from just a week ago and all the deaths are in the northeast Oklahoma region. The state says three fatalities occurred in Tulsa County ...
Flu shots in short supply across Tulsa area
New flu numbers are expected to be released later this morning. So far, two people have died in Tulsa County. Dozens more have been hospitalized. Those numbers convinced Ginny Morgan to seek a flu shot. Morgan says, "I started hearing all of the reports of the 18 children that have ...
Tulsa urgent care clinics treating numerous flu patients
The spike in flu cases has doctors offices across Tulsa packed with patients. Dr. Todd Hoffman with St. John Urgent Care says flu season started early this year. Hoffman says, "What we're seeing right now is a huge increase in the volume of flu-type symptoms. This is one of the ...
Mandatory flu shots for healthcare workers increasingly common
Recently, eight workers at the IU Health Goshen Hospital in Indiana were fired for refusing to submit to flu vaccinations. That has sparked debate nationally over whether such shots should be required and whether religious or other objections should outweigh the argument in favor of vaccinating healthcare workers. Joyce Gingerich ...
Flu cases still low in Oklahoma, but that could change quickly
While flu season is off to an early start in many places around the country, most notably in Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee and Texas, it's still relatively quiet here in Oklahoma. But health officials caution that could change in a hurry. "We're kind of where we've always been ...
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