Flu Has Arrived for the Holidays, CDC Head Says
FRIDAY, Dec. 21, 2018 (HealthDay News) — The flu has ramped up in time for Christmas, the head of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Friday. Just last week,Read More…
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Have Heart Failure? Flu Shot May Save Your Life
MONDAY, Dec. 10, 2018 (HealthDay News) — If you have heart failure, a flu shot can truly be a lifesaver, researchers report. A study of patients in Denmark who were recently diagnosedRead More…
FDA Gives OK to First New Flu Drug in 20 Years
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 24, 2018 (HealthDay News) — For the first time in two decades, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved a new type of antiviral flu drug. The single oralRead More…
Flu Shot in Pregnancy Lowers Risk of Flu Hospitalization
THURSDAY, Oct. 11, 2018 (HealthDay News) — The flu shot reduces a pregnant woman’s risk of hospitalization for flu by 40 percent, new research shows. “Expecting mothers face a number of threatsRead More…
New Version of Nasal Flu Vaccine to Return for Next Season
THURSDAY, Feb. 22, 2018 (HealthDay News) — Doctors can offer patients a new version of the nasal spray flu vaccine FluMist next winter, a U.S. government advisory panel says. Two years ago,Read More…
Shining a Deadly New Light on Airborne Flu Virus
MONDAY, Feb. 12, 2018 (HealthDay News) — As a particularly nasty flu season rages across the United States, scientists have found a powerful new disinfectant that makes “light” work of the virus.Read More…
A Bad Flu Season Keeps Getting Worse
FRIDAY, Feb. 9, 2018 (HealthDay News) — This year’s dangerous flu season shows no sign of waning, and “may be on track to break some recent records.” That was the sobering assessmentRead More…
Weak Vaccine Making Flu Season Even Tougher, CDC Says
FRIDAY, Feb. 2, 2018 (HealthDay News) — This flu season continues to be one of the nastiest in years. And it isn’t helping that the flu vaccine may be less than 20Read More…
Flu Season One of the Worst in a Decade: CDC
FRIDAY, Jan. 26, 2018 (HealthDay News) — This flu season is shaping up as one of the nastiest in years, and it isn’t showing any signs of easing, U.S. health officials saidRead More…
How to Fight the Flu This Season
FRIDAY, Jan. 19, 2018 (HealthDay News) — The flu is causing widespread misery across the United States this winter, but the American Lung Association says there are things you can do toRead More…
Severe Flu Season Tightens Its Grip on U.S.
TUESDAY, Jan. 9, 2018 (HealthDay News) — Americans are being hit with one of the worst flu seasons in years, with misery now widespread across 46 states, health officials say. In theRead More…
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Most Seniors Think Flu Shot a Must for Nursing Home Staff
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 3, 2018 (HealthDay News) — With the flu season in full swing, a new poll shows that almost three-quarters of Americans over the age of 50 think all nursing homeRead More…