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Latest news on the discovery of swine flu near Huntsville, Alabama

SWINE FLU IN ALABAMA
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    H1N1 not going away: Pensacola-area 34-year-old dies from the swine flu

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    By Press-Register staff

    February 10, 2010, 5:55PM
    PENSACOLA, Fla. -- A 34-year-old man in Santa Rosa County, Fla. -- just east of Alabama and bordering Alabama to the north -- has died from the H1N1 flu, the Santa Rosa health department reported. Full story »

    Swine flu vaccination schedules for Madison, Madison County schools

    By Steve Campbell

    January 27, 2010, 7:00AM
    Swine flu vaccinations at schools are almost complete for students in Madison County. Full story »

    State health officer says swine flu easing off

    By Bob Lowry

    January 15, 2010, 10:49AM
    MONTGOMERY -- The state health officer said Friday the swine flu has claimed the lives of at least 40 Alabamians, but it's no longer considered a statewide infection. Full story »
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    Free flu shots to be given in Jefferson County Wednesday

    By Anna Velasco -- The Birmingham News

    January 12, 2010, 4:18PM
    Both types of flu shots, regular seasonal flu and H1N1, will be offered. Full story »

    Swine flu vaccinations set to resume in Baldwin County schools today

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    By Casandra Andrews

    January 07, 2010, 6:01AM
    Mobile County will begin second vaccination round Monday. Full story »

    Alabama swine flu cases appear to be tailing off, health department says

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    By Press-Register staff

    January 04, 2010, 7:25AM
    MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- Cases of the swine flu appear to be tailing off in Alabama, though state health officials say there is still widespread H1N1 activity in the state and that residents need to be cautious. Full story »

    Swine flu vaccines in Madison County now available to everyone

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    By Steve Campbell

    December 22, 2009, 4:49PM
    The vaccine was previously restricted to groups such as pregnant women and the elderly, groups at higher risk of getting H1N1, also called swine flu. Full story »

    Swine flu takes life of Mobile County woman; statewide toll at 37

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    By Casandra Andrews

    December 15, 2009, 7:31AM
    The woman, who was not identified, had been hospitalized in Pensacola since Dec. 1 and died there Monday, according to David Mann, a spokesman for the Mobile County Health Department. She had underlying medical conditions, health officials said.  Full story »

    Few Mobile County students sign up for swine flu vaccine

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    By Casandra Andrews

    December 08, 2009, 8:30AM
    Wanda Hannon, supervisor of health and social services for Mobile's 63,000-student system, said she was surprised that more parents didn't sign up their children for the free vaccine. "I think because the cases have fallen off here people aren't taking it as seriously," Hannon said. "They are seeing this as something we are doing after the fact." Full story »

    Swine flu vaccine brings no tears to Mobile County students (with photo gallery)

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    By Casandra Andrews

    December 02, 2009, 6:32AM
    There were wary eyes but no tears Tuesday as 11 pupils at the Southwest Alabama Regional School for the Deaf and Blind received a nasal mist form of the swine flu vaccine. The vaccines there were among the first to be given at schools in the Mobile area. Full story »

    Swine flu vaccine given to Mobile County students (with photo gallery)

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    By Casandra Andrews

    December 01, 2009, 12:02PM
    Students at four Mobile public schools received the vaccine, which guards against the H1N1 strain of flu. About 65 students had permission from their parents to be inoculated Tuesday, school officials said. More school-based clinics begin Friday in Mobile. Students at public elementary schools in Baldwin County will get the flu mist Thursday and Friday. Full story »

    Swine flu vaccine distribution delayed by language barriers at six Mobile schools

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    By Casandra Andrews

    December 01, 2009, 7:30AM
    Six school clinics in Mobile County were postponed because the Alabama Department of Public Health sent out permission paperwork in only two languages: English and Spanish. The six schools "had too many different languages," said Wanda Hannon, supervisor of health and human services for the school system, which is Alabama's largest. Full story »
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