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Summer is winding down, which means pumpkin spice lattes are popping up in coffee shops and Halloween decorations are appearing on store shelves.It also…
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So far this flu season, one Allegheny County resident has died from a flu-related illness. Last season, there were 31 fatalities, including a woman in her…
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Pennsylvania health officials have confirmed the first child flu-related death of this year's flu season.The Morning Call reports the state Department of…
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UPMC patients can get their flu vaccines starting this week, but unlike previous years, these immunizations were not manufactured with chicken eggs.Last…
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For a long time, scientists thought that the flu virus degraded in humid conditions and that was the reason most people don’t catch it in the…
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Preliminary results from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show what everyone had suspected, this year’s flu vaccine isn’t very…
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Gov. Tom Wolf drew support from both environmentalists and energy insiders when he promised to ease the state's permit application backlog and better…
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A Roman Catholic bishop has issued some guidelines on how his 78 parishes in four southwestern Pennsylvania counties should deal with flu and the…
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This flu season has been particularly severe, with the Allegheny County Health Department reporting that last week three people died from flu…
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The influenza virus spreads one person at at time.According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, an infected individual coughs, sneezes or…