The Spokesman-Review Newspaper
The Spokesman-Review Newspaper The Spokesman-Review
Spokane, Washington  Est. May 19, 1883
Current Temperature
36°F
Current Conditions
Overcast clouds
View complete weather report
Subscribe now

Swine flu update

The latest news and information about the fast-spreading influenza virus.

‹ Newer Older ›

Search

News >  Spokane

H1N1 flu death is county’s sixth

A woman in her 20s died of swine flu Tuesday at a local hospital, the Spokane Regional Health District said Wednesday. She is the sixth Spokane County resident to die of the virulent strain of influenza, also called H1N1.
News >  Spokane

Saturday’s H1N1 clinic filled; others offered, though

All appointments have been filled for a free swine flu vaccination clinic Saturday at the Spokane Valley YMCA, the Spokane Regional Health District announced Tuesday. Several hundred appointments are still available for the Nov. 14 free clinic at the North Spokane YMCA. The clinic is only giving the nasal mist form of the vaccine – which means the only people eligible include healthy people ages 2 to 24 who are not pregnant and healthy adults up to age 49 who are health care workers or care for an infant younger than 6 months.
News >  Nation/World

Obesity increases H1N1 flu risks

Obesity appears to be a risk factor on a par with pregnancy for developing complications from an infection with pandemic H1N1 influenza, according to the most comprehensive look yet at swine flu hospitalizations. About a quarter of those hospitalizations complications have been in people who were morbidly obese, even though such people make up less than 5 percent of the population. That fivefold increase in risk is nearly the same as the sixfold increase observed in pregnant women, according to the report published today in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
News >  Idaho

New H1N1 clinics scheduled in North Idaho

The Panhandle Health District will provide H1N1 vaccinations Saturday by appointment to preschool children, starting at 6 months of age, in clinics in Idaho’s five northern counties.
News >  Spokane

Spokane woman’s death believed due to swine flu

Swine flu is suspected of killing an otherwise healthy Spokane woman in her 50s. Her death, announced Monday by the Spokane Regional Health District, is the fourth of a Spokane County resident connected to the aggressive virus also known as H1N1 influenza.
News >  Spokane

Last walk-in flu clinic held

Parents and children stood in a chilly mix of rain and snow Thursday afternoon outside of Shiloh Hills Elementary School for the last walk-in swine flu vaccination clinic. Though there are two more scheduled clinics – Nov. 7 at the Spokane Valley YMCA and Nov. 14 at the north Spokane YMCA – appointments are required.
News >  Idaho

Idaho schools plan waiver requests

BOISE – Idaho education officials are bracing for a raft of waiver requests from school districts that have seen student attendance suffer from the flu and don’t want the drop to hurt their state funding. Idaho bases its school funding for the first half of the year on average daily attendance for the first seven weeks of school – when the H1N1 flu has dramatically reduced attendance in many districts.
‹ Newer Older ›

Search

Blog Posts