Edge on Health Blog

Happy May to All of You: I still have the H1N1 flu virus on my mind. Although I don't think it will rise to the levels of the global pandemic of the Spanish Flu in 1918 at this time, if it resurfaces in the fall, that may be a different story. I can remember the Asian flu epidemic in 1957 in which some 45 million Americans were infected. And then there was the Hong Kong flu that caused 50 million Americans to become sick. So, how do you know the difference between the more virulent flu strains and the "regular" seaonal flu… Continue reading