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Vaccination is still the best way to avoid getting sick, but it's not 100 percent protective. Some people may get infected with a strain of flu that isn't covered by this year's vaccine. For others, the shots just don't work.
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As many as a quarter of EMTs and other emergency medical personnel in the St. Louis area may not be getting annual flu vaccinations, according to a new…
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St. Louis County to test new warning system on Mon.The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports the county will test the new $7 million warning siren system at 11…
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A new study out of Saint Louis University suggests that a child’s first doses of flu vaccine can be given as either two shots or two nasal sprays, but…
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This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, June 20, 2011 - SSM Health Care employs nearly 30,000 health-care workers in Missouri, Illinois,…
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This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Jan. 17, 2011 - When Tom Wombacher first heard media reports about vaccines being potentially harmful…
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This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Jan. 7, 2010 - In late October, the Parkway School District was being hit hard by the H1N1 virus.…
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This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Nov. 13, 2009 - Students at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville say they are using hand…
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This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Oct. 19, 2009 - Given their proximity to people with illnesses, health-care workers are often the…
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This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Oct. 14, 2009 - During her brief stop in St. Louis last week to promote the H1N1 vaccine, U.S.…