Kansas reports brain-eating amoeba death (CBS News, September 11 2011)

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[Source: CBS News, full text: (LINK).]

Kansas reports brain-eating amoeba death



11 September 2011

Rare amoeba found in warm, stagnant, fresh water - Naegleria fowleri - claims fourth

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[Source: Emerg Infect Dis., full text: (LINK). Extract, edited.]


Volume 17, Number 6?June 2011
Letter

Swine Influenza Virus A (H3N2) Infection in Human, Kansas, USA, 2009



Chad M. Cox, Daniel

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The Kansas Department of Health and Environment announced the deaths of two people who were infected with the pandemic H1N1 influenza virus Thursday.

Sixteen people in Kansas have now reportedly died after being infected with H1N1....

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Kansas Reports Additional H1N1 Deaths

November 2, 2009

The Kansas Department of Health and Environment today confirmed the deaths of two people who were infected with the pandemic H1N1 influenza virus. Fourteen people in...

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http://www.wibw.com/home/headlines/67261377.html

EXPOCENTRE -- For five hours, they stood in the rain. People living in Shawnee County, some with existing health conditions, stood in a long line for the county's first doses of the H1N1...

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The Kansas Department of Health and Environment has confirmed three additional deaths in relation to the 2009 H1N1 flu virus outbreak.

http://www.kansascitykansan.com/blog...n1-deaths/4459
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http://www.emporiagazette.com/news/2...st_h1n1_death/

Emporia Gazette

County records first H1N1 death
By Bobbi Mlynar (Contact)
Saturday, October 24, 2009

A Lyon County...

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http://www.themercury.com/News/artic...39ef61fdfc5348

Manhattan Mercury
October 23, 2009 12:00 AM
H1N1 ? A New Kind of Flu ? What You Need to Know!Courtesy Riley County-Manhattan Health Department...

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21 Confirmed Cases of H1N1 in County

PITTSBURG ? .New figures from the state show that H1N1 has hit the state particularly hard.
A weekly report from the Kansas Department of Health and Environment shows that influenza-like illnesses...

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H1N1 vaccine arrives in Marion County

But will anybody want it?

By SUSAN BERG

Managing editor

There are some residents who are more afraid of the H1N1 vaccine than the virus itself.
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Obituary in this morning's Topeka Capital Journal looks like a possible H1N1 death.

"July 18, 1968-October 8, 2009. After a courageous battle with pneumonia and acute respiratory distress syndrome, ---- passed way at St Anthony's...

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Hospital places restrictions on visitation due to influenza

Newman Regional Health has implemented new visitation restrictions because of the increase of influenza in the area. The restrictions are temporary and are as follows:
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Students hit with flu-like illnesses


10/7/2009
GARY DEMUTH
Nearly 10 percent of the student body at Ell-Saline Junior-Senior High School stayed home with flu-like symptoms Wednesday, prompting a concerned call from...

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Schools Hit Hard by Flu Bug

OVERLAND PARK, Kan. -- In at least one metro school, 30 percent of the students are out ill -- some with the H1N1 virus and others who are just sick.

School officials remind students to cough...

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Sickness Forces Ness City Schools to Cancel Classes


Udate:

There will be no school for the Ness City district tomorrow and Thursday. The superintendent blames sickness making its way throughout the area. Tuesday...