NSW Health authorities should withdraw advertisements urging people to cover their coughs and sneezes with their hands and instead tell people to use their inner elbow, according to a letter to the editor published in the ...
Apr 1, 2013
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(HealthDay)—The flu has reached epidemic levels in the United States, with 15 children dead so far this season, the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Tuesday.
Dec 30, 2014
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There's a strong chance this flu season has peaked, but health officials are watching a recent wave of illnesses from a nastier flu strain.
Mar 8, 2019
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Infectious disease experts at Columbia's Mailman School of Public Health have launched a website that reports weekly predictions for rates of season influenza in 94 cities in the United States based on a scientifically validated ...
Jan 13, 2014
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Flu season comes around like clockwork every year, and sooner or later everyone gets infected. The annual flu shot is a key part of public health efforts to control the flu, but the vaccine's effectiveness is notoriously ...
Aug 31, 2020
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This season's flu shot offered virtually no protection against infection, a new government report shows.
Mar 11, 2022
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Doctors have a message for vaccine-weary Americans: Don't skip your flu shot this fall—and seniors, ask for a special extra-strength kind.
Oct 3, 2022
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(HealthDay)—The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) plans to advise families to vaccinate children against influenza with either the flu shot or nasal spray vaccine during the 2019 to 2020 flu season, in contrast to the ...
Mar 15, 2019
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Just in time for flu season, a new Michigan State University study of "the mother of all pandemics" could offer insight into infection control measures for the flu and other epidemic diseases.
Oct 22, 2014
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COVID-19 may be the most prominent virus of concern in the U.S. now, but public health officials also are preparing for seasonal influenza. And indications are it could be a different season than what the U.S. experienced ...
Aug 25, 2022
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