News tagged with flu activity


Doubling up on cold, flu remedies may harm liver

(HealthDay)—Taking too much acetaminophen, an active ingredient in many commonly used drugs for fever and pain relief, including Tylenol, can cause liver damage, experts at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration ...

Medications created Jan 30, 2013 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Researchers suggest boosting body's natural flu killers

A known difficulty in fighting influenza (flu) is the ability of the flu viruses to mutate and thus evade various medications that were previously found to be effective. Researchers at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem have ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created 21 hours ago | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

3Qs: What to know about this year's flu season

Health offi­cials say this year's flu out­break is the worst in a decade, and Boston on Wednesday declared a public health emer­gency as the flu epi­demic wors­ened. Forty-​​one states are cur­rently ...

Health created Jan 14, 2013 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Flu levels starting to fall, CDC says

(HealthDay)—The flu seems to be easing its grip on the United States, federal health officials reported Friday.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Feb 09, 2013 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast