Swine Flu Found in Some Hawaii Medical Staff

Mary Adamski Honolulu Star - Bulletin (Hawaii) Register Now Nov. 13 - 3 pm (ET) Select Your State and Click: Laboratory tests have confirmed swine flu in several employees at The Queen's Medical Center. The hospital made the announcement yesterday but declined to say how many cases have occurred within the staff of 3,000 people. "There is no evidence of transmission from these infected staff to patients who were under their care," according to the brief written statement. The state earlier announced that the novel H1N1 flu strain has shown up on Molokai. But it's not the public-safety issue that original reports indicated. State Department of Health laboratory tests this week confirmed the strain in two people, a firefighter and a person in contact with a firefighter. Department spokeswoman Janice Okubo said yesterday that... [read full story]                    

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