Why the Flu Makes You Feel So Awful
Every year, from 5 to 20 percent of the people in the United States will become infected with influenza virus. An average of 200,000 of these people will require hospitalization and up to 50,000 will die.
What To Do About An Almost Unprecedented Flu Season
This year is a nasty one, but it's not (yet) unprecedented. It's easy to forget as a young, healthy person that thousands—often the elderly—die from...
A Bad Omen: Severe Flu Season Exhausting Hospital Resources
A tsunami of sick people has swamped hospitals in many part of the country in recent weeks as a severe flu season has taken hold. In Rhode Island, hospitals diverted ambulances for a period because they were overcome with patients. In San Diego, a hospital erected a tent outside its emergency room to manage an influx…
Does influenza make men more miserable than women?
Gut Check looks at health claims made by studies, newsmakers, or conventional wisdom. We ask: Should you believe this? The claim: Men's flu symptoms are...
5 Things You Need To Know About The Influenza Vaccine
The flu, short for influenza, is a respiratory disease caused by the influenza virus. Some common symptoms are fever, cough, sore throat, runny nose, muscle...
Deadly Chicago Canine Flu Epidemic-How To Protect Your Dog
The Cook County Department of Animal and Rabies Control is reporting that there have been more than 1,000 cases of canine influenza in the Chicago...
What the CDC Claims Will Kill More Young Folks Than Car Wrecks in 2015
Only in America will guns kill more young people than cars. How is that even possible? The NRA made it possible, along with their brainwashed...
Scientists: Waking Up Early For Work Sucks and Here’s Why
Sleep. What is that? I know it's something most people can do, and do well, when it gets dark, but I'm not always one of...
7-Year Old Girl Walks Away From Deadly Plane Crash
Life is a fragile thing indeed, and no can say who lives and who dies under any given circumstance. A young girl found out, under...
Why Men Suffer More Than Women
I'm in trouble before I start with that title aren't I chaps? You may have noticed - possibly with some relief - a short absence...
Critter Talk: Canine Influenza
The virus that causes dog flu, Influenza Type A (H3N8), was first identified in Florida in 2004. It primarily infects the respiratory system and is extremely contagious.
Special interest groups force Delta to pull in-flight ad
Delta Airlines has announced that it will change its approval process for in-flight ads, after a PSA from the National Vaccine Information Center, a group that is often critical of vaccines, caused an uproar.
America’s 7 sickest cities
No matter where you are keep yourself healthy but it might be a good idea to stay away from some parts of the country.
Fever cured by “Our Lord Jesus Christ?” Not!!
A medical journal has retracted an article about a miracle attributed to Jesus and apologized for publishing it. The paper in Virology Journal, titled ''Influenza...