For people with heart failure, getting a seasonal influenza (flu) vaccine in a given year was associated with a 50 percent drop in the risk of death during flu season and a 20 percent drop in the risk of death during the ...
Feb 28, 2018
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(HealthDay)—If you're unlucky enough to come down with the flu, you can blame your own body for your fever, cough, muscle aches and head-to-toe distress, experts say.
Feb 27, 2018
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Scientists at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health developed a system to accurately predict the geographic spread of seasonal influenza in the United States, as reported in a paper published in the journal ...
Feb 26, 2018
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Could this nasty flu season finally be winding down?
Feb 23, 2018
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(HealthDay)—Even though it's the end of February, it's still not too late to get a flu shot, doctors say.
Feb 23, 2018
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It's OK for doctors to start using a kid-friendly nasal spray flu vaccine again, a federal panel said Wednesday.
Feb 21, 2018
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In their first assessment of this season's influenza vaccine, federal health officials said last week that the current vaccine is 36 percent effective overall.
Feb 21, 2018
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This nasty flu season, which has been worsening for months, may finally be leveling off.
Feb 16, 2018
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The current 2017-18 flu season is a bad one. Hospitalization rates are now higher than in recent years at the same point, and infection rates are still rising. The best line of defense is the seasonal influenza vaccine. But ...
Feb 16, 2018
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The flu has further tightened its grip on the U.S. This season is now as bad as the swine flu epidemic nine years ago.
Feb 9, 2018
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