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Charlotte Observer: Breaking News (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
(By Karen Garloch, kgarloch@charlotteobserver.com) After receiving a shipment this week of 1,400 doses of H1N1 vaccine, the Mecklenburg County Health Department is taking appointments to vaccinate people at high risk for complications from the swine flu. Flu clinics start today at two health department offices, 249 Billingsley Road and 2845 Beatties Ford Road. Nurses will distribute about...
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Charlotte Observer: Breaking News (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
(By Karen Garloch, kgarloch@charlotteobserver.com) If you're lucky, you may have found an H1N1 flu shot. But for most people, the message is: Be patient. Federal health officials promised the country would have 120 million doses of swine flu vaccine by now. Those predictions haven't held true.
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Charlotte Observer: Breaking News (Free subscription) | 10/23/2009
Speakers will be Ann Newman, associate professor at UNC Charlotte School of Nursing, and Martha Ann McConnell, vice president for government relations at Carolinas HealthCare System. Karen Garloch, medical reporter at The Charlotte Observer, will be the moderator. Details: . -- Staff reports
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Charlotte Observer: Breaking News (Free subscription) | 10/02/2009
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Charlotte Observer: Breaking News (Free subscription) | 10/02/2009
(By Karen Garloch, kgarloch@charlotteobserver.com) Charlotte physician Epifanio Rivera-Ortiz has voluntarily surrendered his license to the N.C. Medical Board in connection with allegations that he had inappropriate sexual conduct with two patients. A public hearing is scheduled Feb. 17.
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Charlotte Observer: Breaking News (Free subscription) | 10/01/2009
(By Karen Garloch, kgarloch@charlotteobserver.com) Huntersville resident Ken Chelcun will be featured on CBS's "The Early Show" series called "What's In Your Genes?" The series began Wednesday, and the Chelcun segment will air during the 8 a.m. hour Friday. In February, the Observer wrote about Chelcun, who had his stomach removed to protect against getting cancer...