Buyer Beware - There's no cure for H1N1 despite what scammers say
Con artists playing on the fears of the flu pandemic have the federal government putting out a list of 139 fraudulent products boasting cures or treatments for the H1N1 flu. That's not unusual. Mike Simonson reports that the 1918 Spanish Flu pandemic had lots of quack remedies...
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First responders administered H1N1 flu vaccine
Some Wisconsin nurses, firefighters and emergency response personnel are starting to get a whiff of the H1N1 flu vaccine. Chuck Quirmbach reports...
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H1N1 closes school in Wisconsin Dells
Oct 8: Two thirds of the counties in Wisconsin are reporting elevated flu activity. State health officials say nearly all of that is H1N1, which shut down 5 schools in the Wisconsin Dells area. Shamane Mills reports…
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Pandemic Flu: 1918 and Now - Part 5
Sep 25: The state's largest outbreak of the H-1-N-1 virus last spring and summer was in Milwaukee. Several people died. About two-thousand got sick. Some schools shut down for days. As our series on H1N1 concludes, Chuck Quirmbach has details on how the city hopes to PREVENT a major outbreak this fall…
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Pandemic Flu: 1918 and Now - Part 4
Sep 24: State health officials say the H1N1 virus is acting more like seasonal flu this fall. However, state, county, and local reps have been planning for the worst if the virus should mutate. Danielle Kaeding reports in our fourth installment about pandemic planning and those preparing in La Crosse County…
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