CDC Foundation Offers Flu Updates Via E-mail

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CDC Foundation Offers Flu Updates Via E-mail

MFH is always interested in passing along helpful information to its grantees to help them better serve the people in our communities.

The Center for Disease Control Foundation (CDC Foundation) has recently released updates concerning the H1N1 influenza. Highlighting common myths, the CDC Foundation offers guidance during the flu season.

If you would like to have Flu Updates e-mailed to you, visit the CDC Foundation at https://www.logiforms.com/formdata/user_forms/9580_18629/74869/, or you can contact Shannon Easley at 404.523.3510 or seasley@cdcfoundation.org . The most recent updates are included below.

Please feel free to pass this information along to anyone who would find it helpful.

Links to archived E-mails:

Flu Update: H1N1 Vaccine (10/08/2009)
http://www.cdcfoundation.org/h1n1/H1N1_10082009.html

Flu Update: Guidance for Small Businesses, Travel and Seasonal Flu (09/16/2009)
http://www.cdcfoundation.org/h1n1/H1N1_09162009.html

Flu Update: Supporting Parents and Families (09/04/2009)
http://www.cdcfoundation.org/h1n1/H1N1_09042009.html

Flu Update: Communications Tools and FAQs (08/27/2009)
http://www.cdcfoundation.org/h1n1/H1N1_08272009.html

HUGE shipment of Baby Food~ (FREE)

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The St. Louis Food Bank has received a
HUGE shipment of Gerber baby food!

Much does not expire until January - February 2010,
and even more have expiration dates of 2011.

If interested call Kate Sapp at 314.292.6262 X 135 or
email her at ksapp@stlfoodbank.org

Planning Meeting for World AIDS Day - NOV 11th

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October 27, 2009

EVENT DATE- November 11th @ MCC of Greater St. Louis

Metropolitan Community Church of Greater St. Louis (MCCGSL) is holding a World AIDS’ Day worship service on Tuesday, December 1st, 7pm at 1919 S. Broadway.

We plan for this to be an interfaith and interagency worship remembering the lives that we have lost to HIV/AIDS; honoring the lives of those who live with this life-threatening illness; and raising awareness in the greater St. Louis region about HIV/AIDS.

If you are interested in participating, please join the clergy of MCCGSL on Wednesday, November 11th, 1pm at 1919 S. Broadway for a planning meeting. If you are interested, but unable to attend on that day, please contact me as listed below.

Also, please forward this email on to anyone you know who would wish to participate. I did not have an email address for Dr. Lynne Cooper of Doorways, Kim Donica from Project Ark, or Greg Lukeman from Food Outreach. I hope that someone can share this information with them.

Any group or organization that serves the St. Louis HIV/AIDS community is welcome to participate in the service and/or host an informational table at the event.

Blessings and peace,

Rev. Dr. Carol A. Trissell
Metropolitan Community Church of Greater St. Louis

1919 S. Broadway
St. Louis MO 63104
314-361-3221 ext. 101

Skype: revcarolt


http://www.mccgsl.org/

Are Seasonal Flu & H1N1 Vaccines Safe for HIV-Positive Persons?

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Are Thimerosal Vaccines Safe for the HIV-Positive Person?
Saturday October 3, 2009

For HIV-positive people, the influenza vaccine is an important part of preventive health care. As someone whose immune system is compromised, it's important to take all the steps you can to stay healthy, since your body is now less able to fight off illness.

Still, it may be hard to ignore the talk about thimerosal -- the vaccine preservative -- and just roll up your sleeve for your shot. Many people have raised concern over its safety. Is it safe? Are there any particular risks to you because of your HIV status?

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Immunization Guidelines for HIV+ People
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Columbia University Publishes Free HIV Handbook

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October 13, 2009
Columbia University Publishes Free HIV Handbook Online

Columbia University in New York City has published a revised edition of its comprehensive HIV/AIDS handbook, intended for those at risk of HIV infection and people currently living with the virus. You can download the 116-page document for free using the link here.

The Columbia Handbook on HIV and AIDS combines and updates two previous works originally published by Simon & Schuster (Pocket Books): The Essential AIDS Fact Book and The Essential HIV Treatment Fact Book.

The new handbook, which some have called an AIDS bible, offers key information on HIV transmission and prevention methods plus the basics of HIV treatment.

The handbook was written by Laura Pinsky, MSW, founder and director of Columbia’s Gay Health Advocacy Project (GHAP) and a contributing AIDSmeds writer, along with Paul Harding Douglas, the former codirector of GHAP who died in 1995. “This is an important book, up-to-date, extraordinarily comprehensive,” writes Jeffrey Laurence, the director of the New York Hospital AIDS Virus Research Laboratory.

Search: Columbia Handbook on HIV and AIDS, Laura Pinsky

Open House of the new Children's Developmental Center facility at Grace Hill's Soulard-Benton Health Center~ Oct 8

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You are cordially invited to the Open House of the new Children's Developmental Center facility at Grace Hill's Soulard-Benton Health Center on October 8, 2009, from 3 pm - 5 pm. The center is located at 2220 Lemp, St. Louis, MO 63104. No RSVP required. Refreshments will be served.

Grace Hill's Children Developmental Center (CDC) provides a team of specialists to evaluate and treat the medical, psychological, and social needs of the child. Because each child's world involves home and school, the CDC works with both parents and the school system to help manage developmental, behavioral or emotional problems that may be affecting the child. The CDC provides individualized assessments and treatment, which may include individual, family, and/or group therapy.