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A month-and-a-half ago Jimmy Fraser went from a healthy husband and father to a man on his death-bed from pneumonia in just two weeks. KXLY4's Sally Showman reports.

Nurses at Sacred Heart Medical Center are calling for a press conference Thursday to publicize their claims the hospital isn’t doing its part to protect its workers from the swine flu. KXLY4's McKay Allen reports.

Reactions continue to pour in over a contentious recommendation from a government task force which recommended that women don't need to get mammograms until they’re 50-years-old. KXLY4's Tori Brunetti reports.

Breast Cancer survivors are having a hard time accepting advice from a government task force that suggested women should cut back on how many mammograms they get. KXLY4's Sally Showman reports.

The medical marijuana dispensary that police raided in September is back open with a new name, new owners and a new philosophy. KXLY4's McKay Allen reports.

Over the last several weeks there's been an ongoing shortage of the H1N1 vaccine, but that’s not the only shortage going on right now. Supplies of Tamilfu, which is being used to treat children with H1N1 is also running low. KXLY4's Sally Showman reports.

A Spokane videographer has spent years helping tell the stories of the people of the Inland Northwest. Now Sean Stanelun and his family are sharing his story as he fights a flesh eating bacteria and faces a long road to recovery.

The government has declared the swine flu to be a national emergency, pushing for people to get vaccinated no matter how long it takes, and allowing hospitals and clinics to get around some federal regulations, leading Kootenai Medical Center to make some serious changes in visitation policies.

The Spokane Regional Health District is preparing for its first swine flu vaccine clinic on Saturday when they will have 4,300 vaccines to give out to people at high risk. KXLY4's Tori Brunetti reports.

It's a gift to those who are battling breast cancer from someone who knows that fight all too well. KXLY4's Sally Showman reports from Shear Attitude Salon.

The swine flu outbreak is putting local hospitals to the test as Spokane County is coming to grips with having the highest number of flu cases anywhere in Washington State. KXLY4's Tania Dall reports.

The seasonal flu season hasn't begun yet the CDC says 41 states are already reporting widespread flu activity. In Spokane doctors are so busy handling flu calls  people are now turning to emergency rooms for care. KXLY4's Tori Brunetti reports.

If kids aren't in schools many of them are in daycare and that means a whole other set of challenges for child care workers trying to keep everyone healthy. KXLY4's Tori Brunetti reports.

Kids across North Idaho began receiving doses of the H1N1 vaccine at schools on Monday. KXLY4's Tania Dall reports.

Health officials on both sides of the stateline confirm that four area residents - three in Spokane County and one in Kootenai County - have died from the swine flu within the last week. KXLY4's Annie Bishop and McKay Allen report.

The Panhandle Health District will start offering H1N1 vaccines to the public in two weeks but not everyone qualifies.  KXLY4's Tania Dall reports.

Dr. Debra Gore joins us in the KXLY newsroom to answer your questions about the swine flu.

Four people have died in the Eastern Washington area this week from the H1N1 virus, but the CDC recently announced that they will be providing a drastically smaller number of swine flu vaccines than originally expected.

The first doses of the H1N1 vaccine have started going out to health care workers in five North Idaho counties as part of a plan to protect priority vaccination groups first against the virus. KXLY4's Tania Dall reports.

Swine flu continues to sweep university campuses across our area thanks to a large number of people living in close quarters, forcing campus officials in some cases to segregate sick students from the healthy ones. KXLY4's Sally Showman reports.