Some reader survey answers raise eyebrows

Published Dec. 16, 2009 at 1:11 p.m.


Sometimes, surveys provide some surprising results. Recent BizTimes Milwaukee polls provide an interesting glimpse into what area residents are thinking about these days.

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H1N1 vaccination available on Friday

Published Oct. 22, 2009 at 11:35 a.m.


City of Milwaukee residents can attempt to get an H1N1 vaccination on Friday, Oct. 23, from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. at Sarah Scott Complex, 1017 N. 12th St.

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Bell Ambulance employees get H1N1 vaccinations

Published Oct. 16, 2009 at 4:21 p.m.


More than 200 Bell Ambulance employees have received or are receiving H1N1 flu vaccinations this week. "When you do rescue work, the thing they always talk about is 'scene safety'," said Jim Lombardo, the co-owner of Bell Ambulance.

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Five questions regarding the flu and flu shot

Published Oct. 2, 2009 at 11:00 a.m.


Flu season is here, and with the relative uncertainty of H1N1 many have questions regarding the flu's pending impact and the state of vaccinations. So, I asked the City's Director of Disease Control & Environmental Health a few.

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Three Amigos Talks Swine Flu, Drug Violence

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Published Aug. 10, 2009 at 12:36 p.m.

Launching coordinated attacks against a swine flu epidemic and halting the violent drug war along the U.S. and Mexican border topped President Obama’s agenda at talks in Guadalajara with the leaders of Mexico and Canada, aides said ... “Everybody recognizes that H1N1 is going to be a challenge for all of us, and there are people who are going to be getting sick in the fall and die,” deputy White House national security adviser John Brennan said ahead of the North American Summit ... Obama

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Swine flu scare lessens as area schools reopen

Published May 6, 2009 at 10:28 a.m.


Late yesterday afternoon, the swine flu scare officially ended at my house. Not that we were all that scared to begin with, but the "pandemic" hit home for us -- specifically my 8 1/2-year old bundle of joy -- in the form of an unscheduled two-day spring break.

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Packers warned us about swine flu 30 years ago

Published May 5, 2009 at 7:44 p.m.


Green Bay Packers players Steve Luke and Johnnie Gray cut a public service spot about swine flu in 1976.

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Alma Guillermoprieto: The flu below the border.

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Published May 3, 2009 at 11:00 p.m.

One of the larger consequences of the government’s efforts to contain the spread of the swine-influenza virus here in Mexico City is tedium. Mexicans are generally festive people, and now that the city government has closed down restaurants, bars, and night clubs there is no place to share a . .  ...

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Border closings futile in stopping spread of swine flu, experts say

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Published May 1, 2009 at 9:10 p.m.
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Travel restrictions don't work, disease experts say. By the time a virus has been identified as a threat, it's too late: the bug has likely traveled far beyond its source ... In recent days, U.S. security officials have been urged, vehemently at times, to close the border with Mexico. Cruise lines have canceled stops along that country's coast. France asked the European Union to halt flights there. And one European health official even suggested that travel to the United States be avoided ...

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Chantal Sicile-Kira: Swine Flu and Paranoia, North of the Border

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Published May 1, 2009 at 12:18 p.m.

There were reports of local San Diego residents acting pig-headed and hogging the road more than usual, but so far any connection to the swine flu outbreak has yet to be established ...

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