Healthy You: Beat flu blues with shots and mists

Stephanie Meadowcroft, Lifestyles Editor
December 14, 2011
Filed under Healthy You!, Lifestyles

Cough, sneeze, take medicine, sleep, repeat. It’s flu season and while some might be lucky enough to avoid this miserable routine of the flu, others have to suffer through it. That’s why it’s important to get your annual flu vaccination, but which is better: the flu shot or flu mist? The... Read more »

Top News of 2009

Collin Hoofnagle, News Editor
January 3, 2010
Filed under News

Another year bites the dust…and with it goes all the people, events, and places that made the headlines. So, to bid 2009 farewell, “The Patriot” has compiled and ranked its picks for the top news topics of the year. 1. Barack Obama – It’s probably no surprise that Barack Obama made the... Read more »

Students receive H1N1 vaccine as activity drops

Collin Hoofnagle, News Editor
December 23, 2009
Filed under News

Despite figures from the World Health Organization (WHO) that suggest H1N1 transmission levels in North America are “declining substantially,” vaccines for the disease were given at JC on December 17. The Harford County Health Department visited campus as part of a plan to offer vaccinations... Read more »

Hospitals stop the swine with visiting restrictions

Alex Bahr, Copy Editor
November 17, 2009
Filed under News

On Tuesday, October 13, secretary of the Guidance Department Ricki Malone waited anxiously in the waiting room of Upper Chesapeake Hospital with three of her grandchildren. In the next room, Malone’s daughter was in labor. As Malone heard the first cries of her sixth grandchild, Evan, as he came... Read more »

News Snapshots 10/27 – 11/02

Collin Hoofnagle, News Editor
November 2, 2009
Filed under News Snapshots

Every week, “The Patriot” scours the web to bring you headlines from around the world. Please note that no original reporting is involved. Feel free to discuss these stories at the bottom of the page. Angola, Louisiana – Prisons in Louisiana and Oklahoma have found a way to make money and create... Read more »