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- Best Way to Prevent Flu Is to Wash Hands
Commonly, healthy people acquire a cold by hand-to-hand contact. Whether anti-viral tissues can prevent spread of the infection is not clear. By Medical College of Wisconsin.
http://healthlink.mcw.edu/article/1031002500.html
- CDC Addresses Flu Vaccine Shortage
One of the companies that makes the annual flu vaccine has had its license to manufacture the vaccine suspended. This means the US will have available only about half the expected supply of flu shots for the 2004-05 influenza season. By the Medical College of Wisconsin.
http://healthlink.mcw.edu/article/1031002425.html
- Flu Facts
Influenza, commonly known as the flu, is an infection of the respiratory tract caused by the influenza virus. By HealthLink, the Medical College of Wisconsin.
http://healthlink.mcw.edu/article/979240373.html
- Flu Season Begins in the Southwest
Wisconsin residents who still want to be vaccinated should first check to make sure their health care provider has flu vaccine on hand - shortages have been reported, and many clinics have already been stopped for the year. By Medical College of Wisconsin.
http://healthlink.mcw.edu/article/1031002586.html
- Flu Season Begins: Did You Get That Shot Yet?
Influenza is associated with more than 100,000 hospitalizations and 20,000 deaths nationwide each year. The simplest and surest way to avoid becoming a flu sufferer is to be vaccinated against it. By Eileen Early, RN, BSN, HealthLink Editor.
http://healthlink.mcw.edu/article/1031002185.html
- Flu Season Is Upon Us
Have you gotten your flu shot yet? It is not too late. Go now.
http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/microbiology/29921
- Flu Season Winding Down, But Not Over
This year, the predominant flu virus is slightly different than what was predicted and the shot may be less effective. Nevertheless, the vaccine remains the best way to prevent the flu, particularly in people at risk for complications. By Medical College of Wisconsin.
http://healthlink.mcw.edu/article/1031002343.html
- Flu Time Again, with a Twist: Vaccine by Nasal Spray
You can catch influenza just by breathing the same air or touching the same objects as someone who has already been infected. The simplest and surest way to avoid the flu is to be vaccinated against it, and now many people can be vaccinated without getting a shot. By the Medical College of Wisconsin.
http://healthlink.mcw.edu/article/1031002298.html
- Flu Vaccine Delayed for 2001-2002
Again this year the flu vaccine will be in short supply. This year one manufacturer of the vaccine has decided not to produce the vaccine anymore. Click to find out who should get the vaccine.
http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/microbiology/74653
- How Do I Know It’s the Flu?
When someone tells you they have the flu, what symptoms come to mind? Aches and pains? Nausea, fever, vomiting? By Eileen Early, RN, BSN, HealthLink Editor.
http://healthlink.mcw.edu/article/1005768688.html
- International Database To Keep Tabs On 'Flu
A new database heralds a new age of international co-operation for fighting deadly diseases... By Science a Go Go.
http://www.scienceagogo.com/news/19980616034616data_trunc_sys.shtml
- It is Time to Get Your Flu Shot Again
In the Northern Hemisphere we are closing in on flu season. Every year in October people are encouraged to get their flu shot. So get your flu shot within the next three weeks!
http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/microbiology/10896
- Low Tech Means to Protect Yourself From Flu
In our age of high tech and costly solutions to fighting disease it is the simple and effective solutions we seem to forget. We want to purchase high priced pills to cure our ills. By Neal Rolfe Chamberlain.
http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/microbiology/118545
- New Flu Virus in Hong Kong
Things change rapidly in the world of infectious diseases. The bird flu story is no exception.
http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/microbiology/4807
- New Treatment for the Flu
This new drug will kill more influenza viruses than current drugs.
http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/microbiology/25138
- Practical Tips to Use to Avoid the Flu
The flu vaccine is delayed and only certain high-risk patients are being vaccinated. What should the rest of us do to avoid getting the flu this year?
http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/microbiology/11765
- The Asthma-Influenza Connection
For the approximately 11% of Americans with asthma, the flu can lead to serious complications. By the Medical College of Wisconsin.
http://healthlink.mcw.edu/article/1031002437.html
- The Deadly Potential of Influenza
In a world where dangerous diseases such as AIDS and Ebola infect and victimize millions, the thought of catching the common "flu" seems only a mild concern to people of today. While it is most often
a mild viral infection, influenza--more commonly called the "flu"--has been the cause of 31 pandemics throughout the course of history, including the Spanish Flu of 1918 which killed more than 20 million people.
http://www.bact.wisc.edu/Microtextbook/modules.php?op=modload&name=Sections&file=index&req=viewarticle&artid=192&page=1
- Unwelcome Early Arrival of the Flu
The flu season is arriving a bit earlier than usual and is more severe than normal. See what you can do to protect yourself and your loved ones.
http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/251/105283
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