Infectious diseases A-Z: Roll up your sleeve, it's time for your flu shot
When is the best time to get your flu shot? Ideally, it's before flu season becomes active in your community.
Oct 2, 2019
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When is the best time to get your flu shot? Ideally, it's before flu season becomes active in your community.
Oct 2, 2019
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In the United States, the 2018 to 2019 influenza season was of moderate severity and lasted 21 weeks, according to research published in the June 21 issue of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Morbidity and ...
Jun 21, 2019
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(HealthDay)—Weakened hearts grow weaker and fail when influenza rages throughout the land, a new study reports.
Mar 27, 2019
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This year's flu shot is already outperforming the vaccine issued during the tough 2017-2018 influenza season, federal health officials reported Thursday.
Feb 14, 2019
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While millions of Americans return to work and school after the weekend, others will still be at home.
Jan 25, 2019
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Influenza is highly contagious and easily spreads as people move about and travel, making tracking and forecasting flu activity a challenge. While the CDC continuously monitors patient visits for flu-like illness in the U.S., ...
Jan 11, 2019
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(HealthDay)—Flu season is getting off to a slow but steady start, a U.S. health official said Friday.
Dec 14, 2018
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Getting the flu may not only make you feel crummy, it also might land you in the hospital for heart problems.
Nov 9, 2018
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During my second year of graduate school, I moved in with my sister's family to save money. "You must get the flu shot if you are going to live here," my sister declared. Both of my nieces were under the age of 5, putting ...
Oct 24, 2018
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The flu descended on Connie Gabaldon like a fog, she recalled, clouding her mind and compromising her judgment. It progressed to chest and back pain, the aches perhaps made worse by a fall the 66-year-old had while riding ...
Mar 9, 2018
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