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practice good hand washing minute thumbnail 12:01 pm after the state confirmed a five year-old girl died of the h1n1 virus. valerie castro spoke with parents today at rio rancho elementary where the girl attended school. she's in the newsroom with our top story. trinity olivares is the name of the 5 year old who died -- now that the virus has hit close to home parents in rio rancho say they're being even more watchful for flu-like symptoms in their children. "its really been scaring a lot of our local neighborhood kids and i know that one of my coworkers was just so worried she had nervous knots and everything last night at work." we caught up with parents at this morning's albuquerque aloft at rio ranch elementary who are wondering what to do if their child gets sick. today the state health department and homeland security held a press conference hoping to emphasize that most children who get sick don't need to go to the doctor. "anybody, bucertainly minute thumbnail 12:02 pm any child who gets basically just a fever, typical symptoms should stay home, they don't need to go to the doctor, they don't need to go to the emergency room." parents at the school say they're reminding their kids about steps they can take to stay healthy. "now i just keep telling my girls wash your hands and be proactive instead of later on down the line be concerned about that." "i think it's really worrying everybody but as long as you know we keep on top of it and wash our hands and teach the kids how to stay clean and stuff, hopefully it will stay out of our school more." the department of health says if your child develops serious symptoms -- for instan they start thinking strangely and can't keep down liquids, along with a very high fever -- take them to the doctor immediately.
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Businessman Stewart Grill, 75, believes there's waste in Medicare. He's just skeptical Congress can find and eliminate it without touching what he likes about his government health care plan.
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... small shipments to more states later in the week. "We're moving this out as quickly as we can," said Oregon's public health director, Dr. Mel Kohn, who hopes shipments arrive in time to begin some vaccinations on Monday. "This doesn't do any good ...
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Iowa public health officials have ordered 18,000 doses of the swine flu vaccine and they say it will be shipped to county health agencies next week.
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... to receive the vaccine. Adams - Friendship School based clinics will begin soon after. According to Linda McFarlin, Health Officer we are still uncertain as to the number of doses that will arrive. 'We know that we have ordered enough for those who ...
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... flu vaccine as early as possible. These groups include: Pregnant women Caregivers to children younger than 6 months Health care workers Healthy people ages 6 months to 24 years People ages 25-64 with underlying medical conditions Remember: The ...
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... to be available, not to mention, cost or any side-effects. Action News Anchor, Tiffani Sargent spoke with some local health experts and has some answers. The good news is, the H1N1 vaccine is voluntary and free to everyone who wants it. The bad news ...
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The first batch of swine flu vaccine should arrive at hospitals, doctor's offices and county health departments throughout Missouri next week.
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... for "overweight" to include people considered "normal" a generation ago. And we have deemed fat the major public health risk in our world and fat people the cause of a range of social problems, from placing stress on health-care systems to posing a ...
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Businessman Stewart Grill, 75, believes there's waste in Medicare. He's just skeptical Congress can find and eliminate it without touching what he likes about his government health care plan.
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Adults aren't the only ones affected by the often disabling pain of a migraine. Many children and teens also are prone to the intense pounding, occasional nausea and "aura" that warns some migraine sufferers.
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State Health Secretary Alberto Vigil opened a conference on planning for swine flu by reminding attendees it was not an empty academic exercise.
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