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At least two Pikes Peak area health care providers have suspended their seasonal-flu shot clinics after running out of the vaccine, and there’s a chance others may have to do the same. The shortages, which are occurring nationwide, have hit because of an early rush for the vaccine, increased demand and delays in shipments from…

Colorado’s first shipment of the H1N1 vaccine — albeit a small one — is scheduled to arrive next week. The state will receive 53,800 doses of the FluMist nasal spray vaccine out of 2 million being distributed nationally. Most of the vaccine will go to health care workers in the Denver area, according to the Colorado…

Sometime in the next few weeks, the El Paso County Department of Health and Environment will receive and dispense the vaccine to protect against the swine flu, but beyond that, the plan of attack is unclear. Local health officials don’t know how much of the vaccine they’ll get from the federal government, and until they…

Bold flavors and healthy whole-grains combine in Whole-grain Pasta with Shrimp, Tomatoes and Feta Cheese. Once shunned, the flavor of whole-grain pasta has come a long way and choices can now occupy a good portion of the pasta isle. Photo by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The El Paso County Department of Health and Environment is suspending two programs to free up people to handle its H1N1 response, and more temporary cuts are almost certain. The health department is the lead agency for overseeing H1N1 immunizations when a vaccine arrives later this fall, and its preparations come amid an increase in…

Whether it’s swine flu or something else, a nasty bug is continuing to take its toll on students at Cañon City Middle School. On Thursday, 75 students were out with flu-like symptoms. By Friday, the number had climbed to 105 — 20 percent of the student body. Immunologists from the Fremont County Health Department took…

Memorial Health System will resume treating severe head injuries at its emergency department Sept. 1 after contracting with a Denver-based neurosurgeon to provide on-call services at the state’s busiest ER. Memorial lost its ability to treat adults with severe head inuries when its neurosurgeons — five members of Colorado Springs Neurological Associates — abruptly canceled…