Influenza (commonly called the "flu") is a contagious respiratory illness caused by influenza viruses. On the average, more than 200, 000 people are hospitalized and 36,000 people die from seasonal flu complications.
Flu-like symptoms include fever, headache, extreme tiredness, cough, sore throat, runny or stuffy nose, body aches, diarrhea and vomiting (more common among children than adults).
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends you to take 3 action steps to protect against the flu.
#1 Take time to get vaccinated
The CDC recommends flu vaccination each year. Two kinds of flu vaccine are available, the flu shot (approved for use in people older than 6 months, including healthy people and people with chronic ...
As the kids go back to school at the end of this month, many of us are dreading exposing them to the H1N1 virus. In Clark County alone, there are more than 210 confirmed cases of H1N1 as of July 24, 2009. As we and the kids go back to school this month, here are more information about the H1N1 virus.
What is H1N1?
Novel influenza A H1N1 (swine flu) is a new flu virus of swine origin that was first detected in April, 2009. On June 11, 2009, the World Health Organization (WHO) raised the worldwide pandemic alert level to Phase 6 ...
