http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. (HealthDay)—This past flu season started earlier, peaked earlier and led to more adult hospitalizations and child deaths than most flu seasons, U.S. health officials reported Thursday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-06-early-severe-flu-season-big.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Fri, 14 Jun 2013 14:00:01 EST news290435878 (HealthDay)—The flu season may not be over, but the worst of it seems to be. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-flu-infections-decline.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Sat, 09 Mar 2013 05:30:01 EST news282025715 (HealthDay)—The flu seems to be easing its grip on the United States, federal health officials reported Friday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-flu-fall-cdc.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Sat, 09 Feb 2013 08:40:01 EST news279613353 (HealthDay)—In the fourth week of 2013, influenza activity remained elevated in the United States, with the proportion of pneumonia and influenza-linked deaths above the epidemic threshold, according to FluView, a weekly influenza surveillance report prepared by the Influenza Division of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-cdc-flu-fourth-week.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Mon, 04 Feb 2013 12:43:47 EST news279204219 (HealthDay)—While flu activity remains high across the United States, there are signs that the number of infections may be leveling off, federal health officials reported Friday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-flu-epidemic-cdc.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Fri, 25 Jan 2013 14:00:01 EST news278341753 New government figures show that flu cases seem to be leveling off nationwide. Flu activity is declining in most regions although still rising in the West. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-cdc-flu-west.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Fri, 25 Jan 2013 12:45:41 EST news278340333 Egg allergic children, including those with a history of anaphylaxis to egg, can safely receive a single dose of the seasonal influenza vaccine, according to a new study from the University of Michigan. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-children-egg-allergies-safely-flu.html Immunology Tue, 22 Jan 2013 10:11:42 EST news278071893 (HealthDay)—Flu remains at epidemic proportions across the United States, but flu activity decreased in some areas during the second week of January, according to FluView, a weekly influenza surveillance report prepared by the Influenza Division of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-cdc-flu-high-states.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Sat, 19 Jan 2013 13:00:02 EST news277800900 (Medical Xpress)—Serious errors administering drugs to children are occurring frequently due to workload, distraction and ineffective communication, according to a new study exploring the relationship between the nursing work environment and the administering of pediatric medication. The study showed negligence was rarely to blame in these incidents. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-medication-errors-child-fatalities.html Pediatrics Fri, 18 Jan 2013 06:48:14 EST news277714088 (HealthDay)—Flu season descended on the United States early and hard this winter, with significant increases in flu activity observed over the past month, according to an update issued Jan. 4 by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-cdc-influenza.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Sat, 05 Jan 2013 11:20:01 EST news276604892 (HealthDay)—The only thing predictable about the flu is its unpredictability, U.S. health officials said Thursday, as they urged virtually all Americans to get vaccinated for the coming season. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-flu-season-approaching-sleeve.html Health Thu, 27 Sep 2012 20:00:02 EST news267987538 Fewer children required hospitalization following a drowning incident over the last two decades, according to a new study from the Johns Hopkins Center for Injury Research and Policy. According to the study, pediatric hospitalizations from drowning-related incidents declined 51 percent from 1993 to 2008. The rates declined significantly for all ages and for both genders, although drowning-related hospitalizations remained higher for boys at every age. Hospitalization rates also decreased significantly across the U.S., with the greatest decline in the South. Despite the steep decline, the South still experienced the highest rate of pediatric hospitalizations for drowning. The study will be published in the February issue of Pediatrics, and available on the journal's website January 16. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-01-children-require-hospitalization-drowning-related-incidents.html Health Mon, 16 Jan 2012 02:42:21 EST news245904130