Even if you don't have the iPhone app "Outbreaks Near Me," you're probably concerned about the H1N1 flu pandemic sweeping the planet. A variant of the influenza-A virus, swine flu has already infected over 209,000 people worldwide.
Columbia's President has come down with H1N1. And more than 2,000 people have died from this new flu strain.
Public health officials advise flu shots this fall. But H1N1 vaccines won't be ready until November or December, if then.
People with egg allergies are unable to take flu shots, since these vaccines are generated in eggs… Continue reading Categories
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Fall Fuels Flu Fears
September 4th, 2009
D-fend Yourself Now.
Even if you don't have the iPhone app "Outbreaks Near Me," you're probably concerned about the H1N1 flu pandemic sweeping the planet. A variant of the influenza-A virus, swine flu has already infected over 209,000 people worldwide.
Columbia's President has come down with H1N1. And more than 2,000 people have died from this new flu strain.
Public health officials advise flu shots this fall. But H1N1 vaccines won't be ready until November or December, if then.
People with egg allergies are unable to take flu shots, since these vaccines are generated in eggs… Continue reading
Even if you don't have the iPhone app "Outbreaks Near Me," you're probably concerned about the H1N1 flu pandemic sweeping the planet. A variant of the influenza-A virus, swine flu has already infected over 209,000 people worldwide.
Columbia's President has come down with H1N1. And more than 2,000 people have died from this new flu strain.
Public health officials advise flu shots this fall. But H1N1 vaccines won't be ready until November or December, if then.
People with egg allergies are unable to take flu shots, since these vaccines are generated in eggs… Continue reading My Monday Morning Memo
May 4th, 2009
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
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