10/27/2009 (12:54 pm)
H1N1 vaccine schedule announced
The Monroe County Health Department has been sending out fliers with the H1N1 vaccination clinic schedule.
– Paula Wethington
10/25/2009 (6:38 am)
Flu headlines
The Monroe Evening News has set up a special page on its web site for local links and headlines on h1n1 influenza.
In the meantime, here are some of the national and regional headlines this weekend on h1n1 influenza:
- CNN: Obama declares h1n1 emergency.
- CNN: Hand sanitizer in short supply as flu hits (hint: look around your medicine chest, disaster supplies and school supplies before you go shopping – you may already have plenty for your family).
- Detroit Free Press: Long lines await flu shots.
- Toledo Blade: Flu scare boosts calls to janitorial firms.
– Paula Wethington
10/23/2009 (10:09 pm)
JFF: Get Mommed site by Kleenex
Did you see the GetMommed.com by Kleenex advertisement in the Sunday coupon books? It’s part of the Kleenex marketing campaign during cold and flu season.
This is a fun site! Go check it out.
I got matched with Lisa as my “mom.” She’s the crafty mom.
– Paula Wethington
10/23/2009 (2:25 pm)
Seasonal flu shots hard to find in Monroe
The Monroe County Health Department currently has a notice on its web site that the agency is temporarily out of seasonal flu vaccine.
The Health Check expo that was held Wednesday at Monroe County Community College announced a couple of days in advance that the seasonal flu vaccine would not be available.
We’re also getting word of mouth reports that many of the area pharmacy and drugstore supplies are out, or nearly so.
If you are still looking for the seasonal flu vaccine, the best thing to do is watch for updated announcements from the Monroe County Health Department.
In the meantime, the first H1N1 vaccines are starting to arrive in the area, and the Monroe County Health Department is posting those clinic schedules on its web site.
– Paula Wethington
10/22/2009 (4:06 pm)
Flu expenses on a budget?
Are you wondering how to handle out-of-pocket expenses for cold and flu medications, unexpected school closings, sick leave policies and doctor visits when your family is on a budget … but someone got sick with “flu-like symptoms”?
Check out the H1N1 influenza archives at Monroe on a Budget.
– Paula Wethington
10/22/2009 (3:57 pm)
H1N1 flu clinic schedule announced for Monroe MI
The Monroe County Health Department in Monroe, Mich., has announced its flu clinic schedule for H1H1 virus.
You’ll find the pdf at the health department site.
– Paula Wethington
10/22/2009 (3:56 pm)
New Bedford Academy closed for illness
New Bedford Academy in Lambertville, Mich., has closed for the week because of high numbers of students reporting illness.
Report from The Monroe Evening News.
– Paula Wethington
10/08/2009 (9:38 am)
H1N1 flu self-assessment on the web
News media across the country are picking up on this headline – and it was reported on page 10A of Wednesday’s edition of The Monroe Evening News.
There is now an interactive web site designed to help influenza patients determine whether it is time to call your doctor or stick with home remedies.
It’s at H1N1responsecenter.com.
– Paula Wethington
10/07/2009 (6:35 am)
Freep’s H1N1 page
The Detroit Free Press has a special page on its site about H1H1 flu with national, state and Detroit news feeds.
– Paula Wethington
10/06/2009 (3:20 pm)
CNN: First doses of H1N1 vaccine arrive
Michigan isn’t on the priority list based on flu activity to date, but the H1N1 vaccine shipments are starting.
– Paula Wethington
10/01/2009 (1:48 pm)
Seasonal flu shot season has started
There’s no word yet on H1N1 flu vaccinations. But seasonal flu shot season has started.
Here’s the article in today’s Monroe Evening News explaining the details for the Monroe County Health Department program.
We’re also posting flu shot clinic dates in the newspaper as we get those notices from the sponsors.
– Paula Wethington
09/23/2009 (1:30 pm)
Flu shot or spray?
Charles Slat has a post on the Consumer Alert blog about flu shots vs. flu sprays.
– Paula Wethington
06/11/2009 (6:59 pm)
Swine flu level 6
The World Health Organization has raised the flu alert level to 6, which means pandemic.
Twitter chatter on swine flu has really picked up in the past few hours.
On a local level, the flu outbreak has forced the cancellation for 2009 of a long-standing sister city student exchange between Monroe, Mich., and Hofu, Japan.
– Paula Wethington
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06/08/2009 (2:22 pm)
La-Z-Boy’s hotseat
It’s kind of old news, but Scripps Howard News Service had an interesting report recently about an unfortunate incident involving Monroe-based La-Z-Boy.
Seems a supplier to the furniture-maker provided a steel part that came from a radioactive source. It happened more than a decade ago and the 1,000 chairs affected were recalled, but it points to the dangers of manufacturers who don’t adequately monitor the source of their raw materials.
The report can be found by clicking here.
–Charles Slat
05/11/2009 (1:19 pm)
First swine flu case confirmed in Monroe County MI
The first swine flu case has been confirmed in Monroe County MI.
– Paula Wethington