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IEHA and The Housekeeping Channel provide preventative steps to help you stay healthy at the tail end of the influenza season.

WASHINGTON — The Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC) and the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) are partnering with the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish the 2012 Partnership in Prevention Award.

OCEAN CITY, MD — A Virginia man who contracted Legionnaires'' disease while staying at the Plim Plaza Hotel is filing a lawsuit worth $6 million.

ATLANTA — The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is tracking a new strain of the influenza virus that could seriously impact children under the age of 10.

DUBLIN, IRELAND — A new pillow, specially designed for use in hospital settings, has won a prestigious prize for innovation.

ROCKY HILL, CT — A late-season influenza outbreak at the Connecticut State Veterans Home sent at least 18 previously inoculated persons to the hospital.

TOWSON, MD — Karen Mackie, infection control manager at the Greater Baltimore Medical Center (GBMC), explains five must-have characteristics of top-tier infection preventionists.

CROYDON, UNITED KINGDOM — Although no MRSA cases were recorded, Croydon Health Services NHS Trust did see 27 cases of Clostridium difficile (C. diff).

GERMANTOWN, OH — Valley View Local Schools will be closed until Monday because of an outbreak of a highly contagious virus.