Nursing - News January 3, 2014

State fines borough nursing home - Naugatuck Daily News

The state Department of Public Health has fined a local nursing home for two separate violations of the state Public Health Code.

Flu cases rising in Oklahoma; Local clinics see the impact - Fox 23

The flu is in Oklahoma and the number of cases is rising. FOX23 found out that the Oklahoma State Department of Health has reported 63 people have been hospitalized with influenza since Dec. 23. FOX23 found out that local clinics in Green Country have been filled with patients who are attempting to ward off the sickness.

OBE delight for North-East biotechnology firm founder - The Advertiser

The Queen, pictured giving Jarrow Paralympian swimmer Josef Craig his MBE in a previous ceremony, has recognised Elaine Warburton in her New Year Honours list Mrs Warburton was celebrated for her work in driving forward the Newcastle-based firm's work on DNA diagnosis to detect infectious diseases and cancer within minutes.

Feedback fuels change in East Lancs nursing strategy - Blackburn Citizen

The new document details priorities for the next three years to continue to support the delivery of safe, personal, and effective care.

Jahi McMath: 2 years ago, a girl wound up severely brain damaged following similar surgery - The Campbell Reporter

Two years before Jahi McMath's tonsillectomy went tragically awry, another Bay Area girl went to Children's Hospital Oakland for tonsil surgery to treat her sleep apnea and left with catastrophic brain damage.

Flu-related death, respiratory outbreaks in Bell County - KXXV-TV Waco

"We have seen a large increase of RSV as well as influenza so that's the big issues that we've seen," said Lacy Sanders, disease surveillance coordinator, Bell County health department.

Flu on rise locally - Marietta Times

Flu season is here, and the number of cases are increasing, according to the Ohio Department of Health, which reported 338 cases of flu-related hospitalizations so far this year.

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