Adults and children 6 months or older with chronic heart or lung conditions, metabolic diseases such as diabetes, chronic kidney disease or a weakened immune system. Although most cases of influenza can be treated safely at home, CDC officials said it's important to know when to seek a doctor's care. The CDC encourages vaccinations for people who come in close contact with a high-risk group, including all health care workers, as well as household members and caregivers of babies, toddlers,...

regulators have tightened restrictions on meat and poultry products from Canada because of concerns about testing practices at a Canadian firm that was the likely source of bacteria-contaminated meat that sickened 40 people in eight states. We do look in all directions to ensure that products that could be contaminated are not available to consumers, Eamich said. Their 18-month-old son, Carson, also became ill and is still recovering, the lawsuit said. Thorough cooking, to at least 160...

The Last Lear is a celluloid statement on the confrontation between the artifices of theatre and the artifices of cinema as seen through the eyes of a retired Shakespearean theatre actor who is brought out of retirement to act in his first and perhaps, last film. The Last Lear is a celluloid statement on the confrontation between the artifices of theatre and the artifices of cinema as seen through the eyes of a retired Shakespearean theatre actor who is brought out of retirement to act in...

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Those are the three dominant strains of influenza incorporated into this year s flu vaccine, which unlike years past, is in plentiful supply. Health professionals are hoping the ample availability of vaccine and the absence of any identifiable hyper-strains of flu virus make this a mild, manageable flu season. Those are the three dominant strains of influenza incorporated into this year s flu vaccine, which unlike years past, is in plentiful supply. Health professionals are hoping the...