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Vaccination for whooping cough urged for adults
Virginia's health department wants all adults to be vaccinated against pertussis, or "whooping cough." Though outbreaks of the respiratory tract infection have been stable in Eastern Virginia, cases have doubled statewide in the past few years.
"Locally,...Tags: Disease Prevention, Pharmaceuticals, Newport News (Newport News, Virginia), Diseases and Illnesses, Whooping Cough
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Eleven cases of whooping cough confirmed in Berkeley County since Nov.
Health officials in Berkeley and Morgan counties in the Eastern Panhandle and Hancock County in the state's Northern Panhandle are investigating outbreaks of whooping cough.
Berkeley County Health Officer Diana Gaviria told the Berkeley County Council...Tags: Disease Prevention, Diseases and Illnesses, Hospitals and Clinics, Hospitals and Clinics, Whooping Cough
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Longtime Yup'ik Leader Leaves Many Legacies
Communities across the Yukon Kuskokwim Delta are mourning the loss of a longtime Alaska Native leader.
Joe Lomack of Akiachak died on Saturday at the age of 87. He was the traditional chief of the Association of Village Council Presidents, which...Tags: Customs and Tradition, Game Playing, Arts and Culture, Dog (animal), Customs and Tradition
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Proposal would add more exemptions for childhood immunizations
KWCH 12 Eyewitness NewsA committee in the Kansas legislature is now looking at a bill on whether immunizations should be required for children in Kansas. House Bill 2094 would add a parent's personal beliefs to the list of childhood immunization exemptions. The current list of...Tags: Disease Prevention, Pharmaceuticals, Diseases and Illnesses, Hepatitis B , Whooping Cough
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Looking Back: KSD students learned printing trade from its own newspaper
In 1874, Kentucky School for the Deaf began publishing a weekly in-house newspaper, The Kentucky Deaf-Mute, to give the male students an opportunity to learn the printing trade. KSD published the newspaper continuously from 1874 to 2004, with only a...Tags: Government, Potatoes, Anglicanism, Whooping Cough, Students
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News briefs: Congress grills government official over lavish Las Vegas event
Norway killer Breivik defends massacre: 'I would have done it again' OSLO, Norway (AP) — Anders Behring Breivik on Tuesday defended his massacre of 77 people, insisting he would do it again and calling the bomb-and-shooting rampage the most...
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State helping at child immunization deadline
HealthParents that have, for whatever reason, put off getting their school-age children to the doctor for the mandatory immunizations are getting a last-minute chance to catch up from the state Department of Health. The state will open health centers the week... -
Part 2: Hell on a ship, freezing in Manchuria
Of The Morning CallArmy Air Corps Cpl. Joseph T. Poster had survived the Bataan Death March and four months of slave labor on Luzon island in the Philippines. It was still the early stage of U.S. invovlement in World War II. in August 1942, Poster's Japanese captors sent...Tags: Allentown, Philippines, Chills, Hospitals and Clinics, Entertainment
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