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ALBERTA, CANADA — Despite the warm weather most are enjoying, health officials are warning that flu season is not yet over.

LATHAM, NY — Today is the day for the Infection Control Online Seminar, which will be held at 2 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT).

WESTERVILLE, OH — Washing your hands with soap and water and keeping your home or building clean may be among the best ways to prevent colds.

SHEFFIELD, UK — A ban on visitors at the Chesterfield Royal Hospital, hit by an outbreak of norovirus, is starting to show results.

LATHAM, NY — The first installment of the 2012 Critical Issues Online Seminar Series, an event centered around infection control and prevention, will be held at 2 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) on March 22.

LONDON — Health chiefs fear the fact hundreds of thousands of people from around the world will all be in one place this summer would increase the likelihood of contagious bugs or even new strains spreading.

ANNAPOLIS, MD — The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has confirmed that a recent cluster of severe influenza cases involving a seasonal H3N2 strain, were complicated in at least two cases by drug-resistant bacterial infections.

HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA — A few years ago, Cedars-Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles took to shaming their least compliant employees: Doctors.

LATHAM, NY — Be sure to register for the first installment of the 2012 Critical Issues Online Seminar Series, to be held next Thursday, March 22 at 2 p.m. Eastern.

WITCHITA, KS — Flu season took its time in arriving, but health officials say cases of the seasonal sickness are on the rise.