You’ve gotten your flu vaccine and you wash your hands regularly. But you still need protection from those flu-ridden friends on your social network.
Kids don’t cough or sneeze into their hands anymore, so why haven’t American adults caught on? Read more on our companion blog Ideas.
Based on early data from flu sufferers, health officials say the current influenza vaccine is 62% effective in reducing symptoms of the disease.
Expectant moms have one more reason to get a flu shot.
Here’s something to consider if you haven’t gotten your flu shot: people who are vaccinated may have a lower risk of heart disease.
And the hunt for the cure to the common cold continues
Two new studies confirm that the benefits of getting a flu shot outweigh the very small risks
The H1N1 flu pandemic of 2009-10 killed an estimated 284,500 people, according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) scientists — an estimate that is 15 times higher than the previously recorded official death toll.
It may take as few as five mutations for H5N1 to go from being a bird-only problem to a potentially deadly human pandemic flu, researchers report.