The single biggest item in the Alaska state budget is experiencing a costly growth spurt. It’s Medicaid — the state-federal insurance program for poor and low-income people. The cost is sure to top $1.2 billion this budget year. About 11,000 more children enrolled in the last 18 months.
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Jurin said delayed treatment was the main cause of the deaths, and has instructed doctors nationwide to administer antiviral drugs as soon as patients appear to have flu-like symptoms. …. Although large numbers of cases aren’t being seen like in the fall, when there were 14 deaths from the “swine flu” in Alabama, H1N1 cases are still being treated across the state, said Dr. Jim McVay, director of health promotion and chronic disease for the public health department. …
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A Haitian nurse volunteering on the U.S. naval hospital ship in Port-au-Prince Bay, Philistin was tending to a 6-year-old boy named Kenzie, who was getting emergency treatment for a fractured leg. …. Although large numbers of cases aren’t being seen like in the fall, when there were 14 deaths from the “swine flu” in Alabama, H1N1 cases are still being treated across the state, said Dr. Jim McVay, director of health promotion and chronic disease for the public health …
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Swine flu, a surge of patients with respiratory illnesses and people needing treatment for fractures are being blamed for the 359 operations called off at short notice by Leicester’s hospitals between October and December. …. Before H1N1 spread last year, the average absenteeism rate in schools was around 5 percent. About half the schools in the state still have a higher percentage of students absent from class, which indicates the flu is still circulating, McVay said. …
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Here are the prepared remarks by Robert Ficano, Wayne County executive, in his State of the County address Tuesday evening at the Gem Theatre:
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Latinos, blacks and Native Americans in the state have been more likely to die from swine flu than whites, data show. California Latinos have been nearly twice as likely as whites to die of H1N1 flu since the pandemic began last spring, according to statewide figures released Thursday by the California Department of Public Health.
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Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital staff were forced to treat the 38-year-old kidney transplant patient in August with a special intravenous form of Relenza and though he died from complications, they believe the treatment helped him. … Ahmedabad: Swine flu claimed seven more lives in Gujarat over the last few days, taking the death toll due to the deadly virus in the State to 155, while 20 others, including two infants, tested positive for the H1N1 virus, health officials …
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No comparable statistics were available for Ghana, though malaria and diarrhea treatment dropped significantly after the UNICEF program started. The study was paid for by UNICEF, the Canadian government, which funded more than half of UNICEF’s West … Ahmedabad: Swine flu claimed seven more lives in Gujarat over the last few days, taking the death toll due to the deadly virus in the State to 155, while 20 others, including two infants, tested positive for the H1N1 virus , …
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No comparable statistics were available for Ghana, though malaria and diarrhea treatment dropped significantly after the UNICEF program started. The study was paid for by UNICEF, the Canadian government, which funded more than half of UNICEF’s West … Ahmedabad: Swine flu claimed seven more lives in Gujarat over the last few days, taking the death toll due to the deadly virus in the State to 155, while 20 others, including two infants, tested positive for the H1N1 virus , …
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Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital staff were forced to treat the 38-year-old kidney transplant patient in August with a special intravenous form of Relenza and though he died from complications, they believe the treatment helped him. … Ahmedabad: Swine flu claimed seven more lives in Gujarat over the last few days, taking the death toll due to the deadly virus in the State to 155, while 20 others, including two infants, tested positive for the H1N1 virus, health officials …
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