|
Health
|
|
October 26, 2009
The H1N1 virus could make travel complicated during the holidays, especially if you get sick and have to cancel your travel plans. Each airline has different policies on refunds. While most travelers agree that you should stay... October 22, 2009
If you are battling a bad heart, a new procedure using stem cells might be able to help. A breakthrough in stem cell research has suggested a simple procedure to regenerate the heart. Doctors across the nation are performing open heart... October 13, 2009
The Metro Health Department is offering free H1N1 vaccines to the general public this week. Healthcare workers were first priority, but a surplus of doses are available. The nasal spray clinic will open Tuesday at 7 a.m. at the Lentz Public Health center... October 5, 2009
Tennessee and Indiana healthcare workers are the first in the nation to receive the H1N1 vaccine, according to federal health authorities. LeBonheur Children's Medical Center in Memphis got a shipment of the nasal spray vaccine... September 24, 2009
We don't often quote columnists here at 24/7. Lord knows we throw out enough opinions so who needs to lasso in more.
But in this case, Gail Kerr of The Tennessean is spot on. We need to "gain a little Zen" about this whole flu... September 16, 2009
Several schools in East Tennessee are shutting down for the remainder of the week because of flu outbreaks. Some schools have been reporting up to 30 percent abesentee rates in recent weeks.
News like that causes other institutions and... September 6, 2009
Right behind the challenge of dealing with the H1N1 virus is the challenge public health officials face in getting out the facts about the virus, and trying to reassure citizens against a flood of misinformation.
An op-ed piece in this morning's... September 3, 2009
The death of a five-year-old Metro school student has put school officials and the public on alert, watching carefully for any signs of illness that might be caused by the H1N1 virus..
The child became sick on Friday, was admitted to the hospital Monday... August 31, 2009
As the number of people with symptoms of the H1N1 virus, or swine flu, increases, so do attempts to raise awareness that this particular strain of flu - or any strain of flu for that matter - is a public health problem.
For instance, for about $20,... August 27, 2009
School's in, and with it, new fears about the possible spread of the H1N1 virus, once inelegantly known as swine flu until the National Pork Producers got huffy.
We're already hearing about cases and rumors of cases on college campuses throughout... August 18, 2009
With 600 volunteers participating in the adult testing of an H1N1 vaccine at Vanderbilt Medical Center, the program can be said to be right on track.
But while Vanderbilt has recruited some children to test the pediatric version of the vaccine beginning... August 13, 2009
As the school year gets underway and parents share information - and fears - about a possible H1N1 outbreak, Vanderbilt Medical Center is prepping for the next phase of its testing of an H1N1 vaccine. That's testing a pediatric version of the... August 10, 2009
After a townhall meeting last Saturday in Memphis turned ugly, Tennessee's congressional delegation may be re-thinking the notion.
In Saturday's case, hundreds of people jammed a meeting organized by Rep. Steve Cohen that was supposed to address... August 7, 2009
New cases of the H1N1 virus are popping up in local schools. Poplar Grove Elementary in Franklin has 2 children out sick, and McClain Christian Academy in Lebanon shut down Friday because of one suspected case, plus several kids with... August 4, 2009
Flu experts are predicting the flu season will hit early and hard, with a resurgence of the H1N1 swine flu virus this fall. News 2 talks with infectious disease expert Dr. William Schaffner of Vanderbilt. He says there will be two... July 31, 2009
For all of the gas expended on TV and radio, and all of the trees that died to provide newsprint, people still seem a bit in the woods about what health care reform really means.
The issue has been swamped by charges and counter-charges,...
|
