Flu Shots for Toddlers Not Backed By Evidence
U.S. health authorities should have waited for more evidence before recommending routine flu shots for healthy toddlers.
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Avian Flu Transmission To Humans May Be Higher Than Thought
The symptoms of bird flu often are relatively mild and close contact with dead or sick poultry is needed for transmission of the avian flu to humans.
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Staying Healthy During Flu and Cold Season
The incidence of colds rise sharply in fall, the flu typically arrives later, in November.
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Socioeconomic Status Doesn't Explain Racial Gap in Vaccine Rates
The flu vaccination rate for blacks is 15 percent lower than for whites and for Hispanics is 18 percent lower.
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Getting To The Heart of The High-risk Flu Population
To improve flu immunization rates for cardiac patients, heart doctors and clinics need to stress need for vaccination and have vaccine available on site.
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Widespread Use of Intranasal Flu Vaccine Doesn't Show Unexpected Serious Risks
Approximately 2.5 million people received the intranasal flu vaccine the last 2 flu seasons and no serious risks were identified.
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A Common-sense Approach To a Flu-free Season
To impede the spread of the flu use a tissue to cover the mouth when coughing or sneezing. Getting a flu vaccination each fall is a great way to prevent influenza.
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Giving Babies and Toddlers Flu Vaccinations: Would a Painless Nasal Spray Work Better?
This flu study will determine whether this nasal vaccine or a combination of vaccines should be available in the future for infants and toddlers.
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Economic Cost to Hospitals from an Avian Flu Pandemic Likely to Be Huge
If avian flu occurred, a large financial loss would probably be borne by the treating institution unless the government offsets losses not covered by insurance.
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How Should Businesses Prepare For an Avian Flu Outbreak?
Private businesses need to act sooner rather than later in preparing for a possible avian flu outbreak.
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Concerned About Bird Flu? Doctors Offer "Vegetarian Starter Kit"
Meatless vegetarian diets could help stop the bird flu at its source.
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Early Awareness Might Prevent Bird Flu Pandemic
Prevention of bird flu pandemic is the key to avoiding a massive public health crisis.
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European Scientists Develop Human Vaccine Against H7N1 Avian Flu Virus
The vaccine, called FLUPAN, is funded by the EU to demonstrate European capacity to produce a safe and effective vaccine against highly pathogenic avian influenza viruses.
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Risk of Bird Flu Transmitting To Humans Very Low
People at risk of seasonal flu should make sure that they get their routine vaccination.
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Treating Viruses: Scientists Act Together To Advance Information in The Field
Coxsackievirus, influenza, rhinovirus and SARS coronavirus all present themselves in the same way, the problem is to know which virus you've been infected with to treat you properly.
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Can't Kick a Common Cold: Inappropriate Use of Antibiotics May Be Harmful
The inappropriate use of antibiotics, for example prescribing them for colds or the flu, contributes to the problem.
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Children with Neurological and Neuromuscular Disease at Increased Risk for Flu-Related Respiratory Failure
Children with neurological and neuromuscular diseases should receive an annual influenza vaccination.
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With or Without Pandemic, Flu Is a Serious Health Threat
The flu is not just an aggressive form of the common cold. Millions get infected with the flu and many more die of flu.
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Gargling May Prevent Colds
An expert is skeptic of a study results that daily gargling with water appears to ward off colds among healthy people.
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Protecting Yourself From the Flu
While it's still too early to predict the severity of this year's flu season, there are several ways to protect yourself and your family from the flu.
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Early Detection, Rapid Response Key to Containing Global Flu Pandemic
Speedy response may be able to nip a threatened global pandemic of avian flu in the bud.
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This Fall Protect Yourself and Your Family: Get a Flu Shot
One of the best ways to prevent flu is to get a flu shot each fall.
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The Common Cold, No Cure in Sight
There is no cure for the common cold, but that has not stopped people from hawking one thing or another as a sure fire treatment.
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Ready, Set, Cough: Flu Season Is Coming
The issue for most people is how to prepare for the flu season, while not overreacting to the more distant threat of a avian flu pandemic.
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Influenza 2005, Now A Bird Flu Too?
For now, the avian flu is not the immediate concern, but those in high risk groups should begin getting their flu shots now.
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Preventing A Global Pandemic of Avian Flu is Feasible
Containing the spread of the flu virus is increasingly difficult once more than 40 cases have occurred or the outbreak has reached major cities.
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Doctors Should Stop Prescribing Antibiotics for the Common Cold
Antibiotics should not be prescribed to patients with the common cold because there is scant evidence they stop other infections.
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Flu Pandemic: Are We Ready?
We don't take the flu seriously but it's the number one infectious disease killer of Canadians every year.
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Researchers Model Avian Flu Outbreak, Impact of Interventions
A carefully chosen combination of public health measures could stop the spread of an avian flu outbreak at its source.
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Steroid Nasal Sprays Seem to Speed Sinusitis Recovery
Patients with sinus infections recover faster and manifest symptoms for a shorter period of time when using fluticasone, a steroid nasal spray, in addition to treatment with antibiotics and decongestants.
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Taking Flu Season Seriously
Despite several years of mild flu seasons, complications from flu still kill more than 30,000 people each year.
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Guard Yourself Against Flu Germs By Maintaining Your Oral Hygiene Equipment
While it is especially important to wash your hands often, avoid close contact, and cover your mouth and nose with a tissue, maintaining and protecting oral hygiene equipment is also important this flu season.
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Gezundheit and God Bless You: Now, please take your cold home
The person with a cold, cough or the flu like illness is most likely to be releasing viruses into the surrounding environment during the first few days of the illness, when the symptoms are at their worst.
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Yale-New Haven Hospital Offers Advice on Avoiding The Flu Without The Vaccine
Flu season is up again. You Remember the basics, especially when it comes to washing your hands. We pick up viruses and germs just from touching a doorknob or shaking hands with a friend.
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Flu: Key Facts
Flu symptoms include fever, headache, extreme tiredness, dry cough, sore throat, runny or stuffy nose, and muscle aches.
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Spring-Fall Flu Shots Safe, Protect Children
Giving flu vaccine to toddlers in the spring and fall guards against infection and is easier on parents than the fall schedule of two doses administered a month apart.
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What to Do if You Get the Flu
If you get sick with the flu this year, it's important to remember that most healthy people recover from the flu without complications. Many people treat their flu infections by resting in bed, drinking plenty of fluids, using a humidifier and taking over the counter medicine such as aspirin or acetaminophen.
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Key Facts About the Flu
Flu is a common highly contagious viral infection of the nose, throat, and lungs. Easily confused with its milder cousin, the cold, influenza viruses can cause life-threatening complications.
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