If your favorite small store or other small business is short-handed this winter, you might have to blame a worse-than-average flu season. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, flu cases nationwide and in 35 out of 50 states are moderate to high, and absences are hitting businesses hard. [More]
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Health Officials: This Season’s Flu Vaccine Only 23% Effective
By 1.15.15
We were warned, and thus it has come to pass: After the Centers for Disease Control announced at the end of last year that this season’s flu vaccine might not do much to prevent people from getting sick, the agency released results today that show shots have only been about 23% effective. [More]
Flu Spreads By Who Kids Play With, Not Sit Near
By 2.8.11
A new study debunks some commonly held believes about how kids pass on the flu to other kids, and to their parents, NYT reports. [More]
Resume Licking Pigs: FDA Approves Swine Flu Vaccines
By 9.16.09
Line up, Americans! The FDA has approved swine flu (H1N1) vaccines from four different manufacturers. Like seasonal flu vaccines, they’re available to anyone who visits their doctor and asks for a shot. Who should make sure they get the shot ASAP, though?
Reminder: Ingesting Silver Does Not Cure Anthrax Or Swine Flu
By 9.11.09
Sure, there are plenty of websites out there touting colloidal silver as a miracle cure for every disease in existence. This would be great if it actually worked. Now that flu season looms and H1N1/swine flu panic has returned to the nation, Consumer Reports Health would like to remind you that no, you can’t cure chronic or communicable diseases with colloidal silver. Plus, it might turn your skin blue.
