Archive - Sep 2009

Stephen D. Cannerelli / The Post-StandardChris Nicita, a cashier at Price Chopper in the Western Lights Plaza, signs in people for get their flu shot. Pharmacists are now allowed in New York State to give flu shots. There was a steady flow of people from 10am until noon to get the flu shot. Price Chopper will be offering the flu shots again on Monday October 5th from 10 am until noon. The cost is $30.

By Jim Mulder

Flu may be more prevalent this year, but there’s still time to mount our defenses. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention provides this advice:

*Get vaccinated. The vaccine to protect against seasonal flu is available now. The H1N1, or swine flu, vaccine is expected to be available by late October.

*Wash your hands. Do this frequently, especially after you cough or sneeze. Wash with soap and water or clean with alcohol-based hand cleaner. When you wash your hands, do it for 15 to 20 seconds.

When soap and water are not available, alcohol-based disposable hand wipes or gel sanitizers may be used. If using gel, rub your hands until the gel is dry. The gel doesn’t need water to work.

By Jim Mulder Flu may be more prevalent this year, but there’s still time to mount our defenses. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention provides this advice: *Get vaccinated. The vaccine to protect against seasonal flu is available now. The H1N1, or swine flu, vaccine is expected to be available by late October. *Wash your hands. Do this frequently,...

(AP Photo/Yanina Manolova)Radha Chatterjee, right, Walgreens pharmacist, injects a flu shot into customer Michael Sokoll in New York, Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2009. Drugstore operators are beginning their seasonal flu shot campaigns several weeks early this year, saying they expect greater demand for the vaccine in a year when the swine flu strain has dominated the news. The vaccine is intended to prevent the seasonal flu and is separate from vaccines for swine flu.

This comes to us from the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology. It's important reading if you have a compromised immune system, or if anyone in your family does. And it applies to seasonal flu as well as H1N1 "swine" flu vaccinations....

MILWAUKEE - While vaccinations for both the seasonal flu and H1N1 are among the best prevention tools available to prevent complications from the flu, should patients with immune deficiency be given the vaccines?

In general, there are two different types of vaccines. These are usually referred to as live or killed vaccines. Live vaccines contain live bacteria or a virus that has been modified. This means they've lost their disease-causing ability or are administered by a route that prevents them from causing clinical disease. Killed vaccines are just what the name says--the bacteria or virus in the vaccine is dead.

This comes to us from the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology. It's important reading if you have a compromised immune system, or if anyone in your family does. And it applies to seasonal flu as well as H1N1 "swine" flu vaccinations.... MILWAUKEE - While vaccinations for both the seasonal flu and H1N1 are among the best prevention...