Porter Hospital Blog

H1N1 Flu is Here – Catching up on the latest news

The CDC released new information yesterday on who with H1N1 is most likely to end up in the hospital.  Last week, the shipments of nasal flu vaccine started arriving and being distributed, and this week the first doses of injectable H1N1 vaccine should arrive. We’ve been hearing a number of questions from both our staff and [...]

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Seasonal colds and H1N1 – how can you tell?

It’s fall, and the signs of its arrival including the kids back in school, the cold weather we’ve seen this week and the changing leaves. Another, less welcome part of this is the beginning of cold and flu season. This year, with the H1N1 flu in the area, how to take care of our family [...]

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H1N1 Flu Virus Update

As discussed on Channel 7, we are once again hearing a great deal of news about the H1N1 flu virus in the past weeks.  Locally, dozens of freshman cadets at the Air Force Academy were quarantined after being diagnosed with the virus.  Nationally, we are hearing news of a new vaccine, as well as research on [...]

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