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.
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Sneezing Etiquette: Why Don’t Adults Sneeze the Proper Way?
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.
Flu Vaccine is 62% Effective, Say Health Officials
Based on early data from flu sufferers, health officials say the current influenza vaccine is 62% effective in reducing symptoms of the disease.
Rising Number of Flu Cases Raises Public-Health Concern
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— The number of states reporting high flu activity in the U.S.
Pregnant Moms’ Flu Linked to Higher Risk of Autism Among Children
Expectant moms have one more reason to get a flu shot.
Does The Flu Shot Curb Heart Disease?
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.
Trying to Avoid a Cold? Skip the Vitamin D Supplements
And the hunt for the cure to the common cold continues
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A Bird Flu Spreads in Seals. Could Humans Be Next?
Last fall, 162 harbor seal pups mysteriously washed up dead on the shores of New Hampshire and Massachusetts. Puzzled, scientists conducted autopsies on five of the animals, which suggested that a respiratory infection had killed …
H1N1 Vaccines Linked to Guillain-Barre Syndrome but Not Birth Defects
Two new studies confirm that the benefits of getting a flu shot outweigh the very small risks
H1N1’s Death Toll: 15 Times Higher than Previously Thought
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.
H5N1: Bird Flu Pandemic May Be Closer than Thought, Study Finds
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.