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- Girl's Birthday Wish: Holds Blood Drive
A southern Colorado girl can't give blood because she's too young, so on her 12th birthday, she decided to do the next best thing: throw a blood drive.
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- CBO Numbers Give Boost To Health Bill
Senate Finance chairman Max Baucus is hailing the latest cost estimates on a health care bill making its way through his committee.
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- Little Girl Wants Blood Drive for Her Birthday
Bailey Cole will celebrate her twelfth birth with a blood drive Oct. 7 at the American Legion Post 38, 6685 Southmoor Drive, Fountain, Colo., from 3 to 7 p.m. administered by the Penrose-St. Francis Blood Bank.
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- Swine Flu Vaccine "Safe and Secure"
For those who are reluctant to the swine flu vaccine, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius says it is "safe and secure." Her message is part of a federal appeal for widespread vaccination.
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- What's Going Around - October 6th, 2009
Flu-like symptoms continue to make their way around southern Colorado. So, what's the best type of vaccine to protect yourself… the flu mist or flu shot? Here is what we’re learning from our network of healthcare providers:
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- Manufacturer Reports Heavy Demand for Swine Flu Vaccine
GlaxoSmithKline PLC says that orders for its swine flu vaccine have increased by 51 percent in two months, with total orders now standing at 440 million doses.
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- H1N1 Vaccine Heading to Southern Colorado
The H1N1 vaccine will be here in southern Colorado by the end of the week, according to health officials. But, it's coming in small doses, so many will have to wait for it.
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- Colorado Man Dies of H1N1 Virus
COMMERCE CITY, Colo. (AP) -- The Adams County coroner says swine flu caused the death of a 25-year-old Commerce City man who had sought medical treatment for an upper respiratory illness.
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- Hospitals Limit Visitors To Prevent Spread of H1N1
Hospitals in Colorado Springs are working together with El Paso County Health Department to restrict certain visitors at the hospitals.
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- Local Flu Shot Clinics Cancelled Due to Vaccine Shortage
Penrose-St. Francis Health Services in Colorado Springs says they've been forced to cancel their seasonal flu shot clinics due to a vaccine shortage.
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- FDA Panel Unanimously Backs Glaxo Cancer Drug
Federal health advisers say an experimental kidney cancer drug from GlaxoSmithKline can benefit patients by slowing the disease, despite some risk of liver damage.
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- Colorado Awaiting First Doses of Swine Flu Vaccine
The first shipment of swine flu vaccine is expected to arrive in Colorado next week.
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- Big Advance Nears in Health Care Overhaul
The Senate Finance Committee is poised to send health care reform legislation to the full Senate. It was after 2 Friday morning when Sen. Max Baucus announced the panel had finished work on all section of its version of the bill.
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- Man Talks About Surviving Breast Cancer
While breast cancer is rare among men, it can happen and it did to one Colorado Springs man. When Bruce Klug noticed something strange on his breast, he and his doctor didn't think it was anything, until a year later.
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- Drug Deaths Overtake Traffic Fatals in Colorado
New government data show drug-related deaths are outnumbering deaths from motor vehicle crashes in a growing number of states, including Colorado.
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- Colorado Inmates Could Be Sick With Swine Flu
The Colorado Department of Corrections is reporting a possible outbreak of H1N1 at their Limon facility.
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- UN: 4 Million People Now on AIDS Drugs
An annual international report estimates that about 4 million people who need AIDS drugs worldwide are now getting them, but another 5 million are still waiting.
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- Senate Panel Twice Rejects Gov't Health Insurance Option
Liberal Democrats have tried twice, and failed both times, to make a government-run insurance option part of the health care legislation coming out of the Senate Finance Committee.
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- Panel Votes to Restore Abstinence-Only Education Money
A Senate committee has voted to restore $50 million a year in federal funding for abstinence-only education that President Barack Obama had sought to eliminate.
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- Military To Get Mandatory Swine Flu Shots Soon
A top U.S. military commander says troops will begin getting required swine flu shots in the next week to 10 days. Active duty forces deploying to war zones and other critical areas at the front of the vaccine line.
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- Another Pueblo School Scraps Class Over Flu
Pueblo School District 70 officials have decided to close a middle school in Colorado City and a preschool class in Pueblo West for the week because of flu.
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- Neocate Recalls Baby Formula
Due to a blending error, a limited number of cans contain protein levels lower than that declared on the label.
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- What's Going Around - September 29, 2009
Colorado is one of 26 states dealing with widespread flu-like activity, according to the Centers for Disease Control. But why is it presumed to be H1N1? Here is what we’re learning from our network of healthcare providers:
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- Symptoms Worsen for Swine Flu Family
The symptoms of the H1N1 virus has sent an already ill 13-year-old to the hospital. 11 news first reported on the family with six of 10 children presumed to have H1N1 on Sunday.
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- Vet Worries Sickness May Be Rabies Caught From Animals
Two confirmed cases of rabies in just has many weeks has a local veterinarian on high alert. He could have possibly been exposed to the viral disease this weekend while treating a cow.
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- Bad Drug Reactions Cause More Hospitalizations in Kids
New research shows medicines cause bad reactions or side effects in more than half a million children every year. These reactions are severe enough to require medical treatment.
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- Six of 10 Children Come Down With H1N1
It can be hard enough when one or two people in your family gets sick. But, what if you have 10 kids and 6 of them are showing signs of the H1N1 virus? That's happening to a family with special needs children in Black Forest.
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- Colorado Bus System Fights Flu with Spray, Shots
A transit system serving a busy western Colorado ski valley is fighting the flu in a different way. Officials are spraying their buses with a virus-killing spray, among other things.
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- H1N1 Vaccines coming to Southern Colorado
Top government leaders are concerned in the rise of H1N1 cases. Now, local health leaders are gearing up for the H1N1 vaccines coming to our state.
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- Health Department Closing Clinics To Better Prepare For Swine Flu
The El Paso County Department of Health and Environment says the closures will allow them to focus on the distribution and administration of the H1N1 vaccine in our community.
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- Certain Tylenol Infants' and Children's Products Recalled
Parents, you may need to check your medicine cabinet. Certain Tylenol Children's and Infants' Products made between April, 2008 and June, 2008 are being voluntarily recalled.
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- Obesity Could Become Top Cancer Cause
New research in Europe shows the number of cancer cases could rise as the obesity problem grows. This new information has researchers warning western women about their lifestyles.
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- A World First: Vaccine Helps Prevent HIV Infection
An experimental vaccine has cut the risk of HIV infection.
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- Swine Flu Suspected in CO Teen's Death
Swine flu is being investigated in the death of a teenager in Breckenridge.
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- Flu-Related Hospitalizations Up in Colorado
The number of flu-related hospitalizations is on the rise and the official flu season is just beginning. Hospitalizations are the state's main indicator of the flu's occurrence, but they represent a small fraction of actual cases because most people don't seek treatment.
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- What's Going Around - September 22, 2009
Cesar Chavez Academy is expected to reopen Wednesday in Colorado Springs, after 40% of the students were absent... many because of swine flu. And this virus is really starting to make its way around town. Here’s “What’s Going Around” in Southern Colorado from our network of health care providers:
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- City of Colorado Springs Working to Lower Diabetes Risk in Employees
Diabetes affects more than 23-million people in the United States. And according to the American Diabetes Association... 57-million *more* have pre-diabetes. But the city of Colorado Springs is working to fight those statistics in its employees and its working.
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- CSU Has Spike in Swine Flu Cases on Campus
Colorado State University is dealing with a spike in swine flu cases that has school officials urging students with symptoms to stay home.
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- 1 In 3 Teen Girls Got Cervical Cancer Vaccine
A new government report shows one in three teenage girls have rolled up their sleeves for a relatively new vaccine against cervical cancer, but vaccination rates vary dramatically between states.
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- Former Vice President Dick Cheney Undergoing Surgery
Former Vice President Dick Cheney is having elective back surgery to cure a common cause of lower back pain in older adults.
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- President Obama Makes Impassioned Plea for Health Care Plan
President Barack Obama is making another impassioned plea for passage of his health care plan, calling it a "defining struggle of this generation."
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- 1 Person, 3 Horses Contract West Nile in Pueblo
The Pueblo City-County Health Department has reported the season's first cases of West Nile in Pueblo County. - Free Surgeries Being Offered in Pueblo to the Uninsured
They've made dozens of trips to third world countries to help those in need get medical care. Now for the second year in a row a group of health care professionals from southern Colorado will be giving back to their own community. They're offering free surgeries to the uninsured.
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- Cesar Chavez Academy Closes Due To Flu Absences
A school official says almost 40 percent of the students at Cesar Chavez Academy in Colorado Springs are sick with what is presumed to be swine flu. It was open Thursday for school but Thursday afternoon, a note on the school's front door says due to absences, the school will be closed until next Wednesday.
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- What's Going Around - September 16, 2009
If you've been sniffling and coughing, you might think you have a cold. But that may not be the case. Here’s “What’s Going Around” in Southern Colorado from our network of health care providers:
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- Gov't Approves New Swine Flu Vaccine
The Food and Drug Administration approved the new swine flu vaccine Tuesday, a long-anticipated step as the government works to get vaccinations under way next month.
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- Gov't Hands Down H1N1 Guidelines for Small Businesses
There are new recommendations on H1N1 prevention, this time for small businesses. The CDC and Homeland Security teamed up to figure out ways that small businesses can keep their workers from getting sick and forcing them to close up shop.
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- Thousands of "Tea Party Patriots" Protest Obama's Health Care Reform
Tens of thousands of people packed the nation's capitol to protest what they call out-of-control government spending.
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- CU Flu Cases Seem To Be Leveling Off
Doctors at the University of Colorado in Boulder say the number of students they've been treating for swine flu seems to have leveled off.
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- Managing H1N1 in the Home
A mother in Monument recently found out her oldest son has the H1N1 virus. And she's worried about it spreading to the rest of her family.
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Arthritis Foundation The Arthritis Foundation helps people take control of arthritis by providing public health education; pursuing public policy and legislation; and conducting evidence-based programs to improve the quality of life for those living with arthritis. |
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American Diabetes Association The mission of the American Diabetes Association is to prevent and cure diabetes and to improve the lives of all people affected by diabetes. |
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Peak Vista Community Health Centers Peak Vista is a nonprofit health center dedicated to medical and dental service of persons of all ages, cultures and economic backgrounds in the Pikes Peak region through eleven outpatient primary medical clinics and a dental clinic. |
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March of Dimes The March of Dimes is dedicated to improving the health of babies by preventing birth defects, premature birth and infant mortality. |
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El Paso County Health Department Log onto the El Paso County Department of Health & Environment Web Site to get information on programs and services. Watch KKTV 11 News This Morning on Tuesdays for important health news and information. |
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American Heart Association The American Heart Association supports research, education, and community programs leading the fight against America’s No. 1 killer, cardiovascular disease. |
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