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Saturday, November 7, 2009
Flu Outbreak
Whitestown flu clinic runs out of vaccine in 30 minutes
WHITESTOWN, N.Y. (WKTV) - 30 minutes - that's how long it took Thursday to run out of the seasonal flu vaccine at a local clinic at the Whitestown Community Center. Read more » 
Tricks, treats, and H1N1
(WKTV) - It is a good idea to take along some anti-bacterial hand sanitizer with you as you take your kids trick or treating this year. Read more » 
Cleaning up after the flu
(WKTV) - Officials with the Oneida County Health Department are offering tips on how to clean house after everyone in it is getting over the flu. Read more » 
Seasonal flu or H1N1? - Parent confused over conflicting reports
ILION, N.Y. (WKTV) - For at least one local parent, the hysteria swirling around the H1N1 virus has been replaced by confusion over exactly what affliction her sick child has. Read more » 
NYS declares state of emergency over swine fluALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - New York Gov. David Paterson has declared a state of emergency because of the rise in swine flu cases. Read more »
Lewis County Public Health reports "widespread cases of flu-like illness"LEWIS COUNTY, N.Y. (WKTV) - Lewis County Public Health states that it has been actively monitoring absentee rates in all the local school districts and rates of flu-like illness being seen in doctors' offices and the local emergency room. Read more » 
MVCC Rome campus holds flu shot clinic
ROME, N.Y. (WKTV) - Students, staff and faculty at the MVCC Rome campus rolled up their sleeves and received a seasonal flu shot on Tuesday. Read more »
Obama administration declares national emergency due to Swine Flu
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama is making what administration officials are describing as a preemptive move against the swine flu. Read more » 
Hype-1N1
(WKTV) - People are wearing masks at the airport. Worried parents, children in tow, are clogging county health departments. Precautions are good. Health professionals say, though, that there is no need to panic when it comes to the swine flu season. Read more » 
Two county health departments out of flu vaccines
(WKTV) - Two area county health departments - Oneida and Otsego - say they are out of the seasonal flu vaccine. However, some are still available at private practices and pharmacies. Read more »
Second case of H1N1 confirmed at Herkimer Jr.-Sr. High School
HERKIMER, N.Y. (WKTV) - A second case of the H1N1 virus has been confirmed by school officials at the Herkimer Junior-Senior High School. Read more » 
Hundreds of doses of H1N1 vaccine in Oneida County
UTICA, N.Y. (WKTV) - 500 doses of the H1N1 vaccine are in Oneida County, but only certain people will get them. Read more » 
Oneida County devising plan of distribution for H1N1 vaccine
UTICA, N.Y. (WKTV) - The Oneida County Health Department says they're encouraging people to get the H1N1 vaccine and the seasonal flu vaccine. Read more » 
One confirmed case of H1N1 at West Canada Valley Central School
NEWPORT, NY (WKTV) - The West Canada Valley Central School District has one confirmed case of the H1N1 virus, commonly referred to as the swine flu. Read more »
Cases of Swine Flu possible in West Canada Valley school
WEST CANADA VALLEY, NY (WKTV) - 41 students at the West Canada Valley elementary school could possibly have Swine Flu. All of these students stayed home or were sent home, according to the school district. Read more » 
BOCES hosts Swine Flu briefing for businesses and schools
NEW YORK MILLS, NY (WKTV) - Area School district officials and business leaders gathered Tuesday in New York Mills for a conference ironing out a single plan for curbing the spread of Novel H1N1 or Swine flu. Read more »
Cornell University student dies of swine flu
ITHACA, N.Y. (AP) - Cornell University reports that a 20-year-old student has died of complications related to H1N1 influenza and 520 students have been diagnosed with influenza-type illness in the past three weeks. Read more » 
New guidelines issued for Swine Flu as school year begins
(NBC News) - The Centers for Disease Control has issued new guidelines aimed at preventing the spread of H1N1 swine flu among young children who might be more at risk than adults when the expected outbreak strikes in the fall. Read more » 
SUNY Oneonta campus gears up for Fall semester, and possibility of H1N1
ONEONTA, N.Y. (WKTV) - A local college is taking, small, but serious precautions to prevent the spread of swine flu as another Fall Semester gets underway. Read more » 
H1N1 101 - colleges prepare for potential swine flu outbreaks
(WKTV) - Now that most colleges have their students back on campus, officials are monitoring potential H1N1 virus outbreaks. Three area colleges said that as the students file back into the dorms and classrooms, they remain proud that they have so far had no cases of the virus. Read more » 
Area school districts gear up for Fall season...and swine flu
UTICA, N.Y. (WKTV) - Less than a month from the beginning of classes, school districts in the Mohawk Valley are preparing for the return of Novel H1N1, more commonly known as Swine Flu. Read more »
First swine flu related fatality in Oneida County
ONEIDA COUNTY, N.Y. (WKTV) - An adolescent in Oneida County being treated in Syracuse for H1N1, or swine flu, has died, health officials said. Read more »
Two more cases of swine flu in Oneida County; four cases totalONEIDA COUNTY, N.Y. (WKTV) - Oneida County Health Officials have confirmed two more cases of the H1N1 (swine) flu in the County, bringing the total number of local cases to four since the outbreak first began in April. Read more » 
Otsego County swine flu cases up to 18
COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. (WKTV) - The Department of Health in Otsego County has confirmed 18 positive cases of swine flu in the area. Read more »
Swine flu case confirmed in Oneida County; patient fully recovered
ONEIDA COUNTY, N.Y. (WKTV) - The Oneida County Health Department has confirmed the county's first H1N1 (swine) flu case. Read more »
Confirmed case of Swine Flu in Otsego County
OTSEGO COUNTY, N.Y. (WKTV) - The Otsego County Health Department was notified Thursday by the New York State Departments of Health of its first confirmed case of H1N1 virus, also known as the Swine Flu. Read more »
Suspected Otsego County Swine Flu case comes back negative
(WKTV) - Otsego County Health officials announced that a suspect case of Swine Flu (H1N1) has tested negative. Read more » 
Flu pandemic of 1918 shut down City of Utica and surrounding areas
UTICA, N.Y. (WKTV) - Flu pandemics hit every few years, but perhaps the most devastating was in 1918. Looking back with 90 plus years of hindsight, you can see this catastrophe unfold. There are some inconsequential similarities between the worldwide pandemic of 1918 and what we are experiencing today. Read more » 
Final flu test case for Oneida County comes back negative; no confirmed cases
UTICA, N.Y. (WKTV) - The fourth and final suspected case of the H1N1 virus in Oneida County has come back negative from testing Monday. This means that there are currently no confirmed cases of the H1N1 virus in Oneida County. Read more »
CDC: US swine flu cases now at 226; in 30 states
ATLANTA (AP) - U.S health officials say there are now 226 confirmed cases of swine flu in the United States. Read more » |
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