Health

County jails’ precautions keep swine flu at bay

Though crowded living conditions make correctional facilities a potential breeding ground for contagious illnesses, Kansas prisons and local county jails have so far been spared a widespread outbreak of H1N1 flu cases. Officials at the Douglas, Shawnee and Johnson County ...

In Europe, most swine flu shots by invitation only
In Britain, there are no long lines of people seeking swine flu vaccine. Doctor’s offices aren’t swamped with desperate calls. And there are no cries of injustice that the vaccine is going to wealthy corporations or healthy people who don’t really need it.
17th Kansan dies from swine flu
A 53-year-old south central Kansas woman has died from the H1N1 influenza virus, commonly called swine flu.
2 more state deaths linked to swine flu
Two more Kansans infected with the swine flu virus have died, bringing the number of people in the state who died to 16, according to state health officials.
Doctors warn about game-day stress, as intrastate rivalry approaches
“He was out of bounds. Come on!” “Are you kidding me? A fumble?!” Welcome to Game Day, when fans tend to get a little — OK, very — fired up as they root for their team.

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