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Flu basics can keep you from getting sick

Simple steps can help you avoid getting the flu and spreading it around this year. That's the message Navy medicine officials want to convey as they prepare for an influx of patients with symptoms from seasonal flu and the much-talked-about H1N1 strain, also known as swine flu.
"The thing we want people to do is take sort of a collective breath," said Capt. Dan Frederick, a regional public health emergency officer at Naval Hospital Bremerton.
He shared a handout being distributed at the hospital that lists four Cs to remember:
 

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Deployments, housing, health care among military families' top concerns, study says

A survey by Blue Star Families released last week indicates that most military families feel the general public doesn't understand their sacrifices.

Conducted in March, the survey of 2,796 military family members was presented to members of Congress on May 5. Blue Star Families also released an executive summary of the results on its Web site.

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