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Kansas: 60-year-old man with H1N1 dies(0)
Topeka KS–A 60-year-old man from the Topeka metropolitan area has died from infection with the 2009 H1N1 influenza virus, the Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) announced today. This death brings the total number of confirmed deaths from the pandemic strain statewide to 28.
The man’s infection was confirmed in the KDHE laboratory on February [...]
Kansas: Voices – What I learned first-hand about seatbelts
An op-ed column by Jason Eberhart-Phillips, MD
Kansas State Health Officer
Ten years ago this month a seat belt saved my life.
I was driving on a gravel road near my farm when I lost control on a curve and slammed my family sedan directly into an oncoming truck. The force of the collision instantly crushed the front [...]
Kansas: Blue Ribbon Panel on Infant Mortality announces interim recommendations
Topeka KS–The Kansas Blue Ribbon Panel on Infant Mortality announced interim recommendations for addressing Kansas’ high infant mortality rate today, a rate which is exceeding the rates of most other states.
“The Blue Ribbon Panel on Infant Mortality has issued several recommendations with one of the most important ones being to expand surveillance and research,” [...]
Kansas: 78-year-old female with H1N1 dies
Wichita KS–A 78 year-old woman from the Wichita metropolitan area* has died from infection with the 2009 H1N1 influenza virus, the Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) announced today. This death brings the total number of confirmed deaths from the pandemic strain statewide to 27.
The woman’s infection was confirmed in the KDHE laboratory, and [...]
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