How To Protect Yourself When Visiting The Hospital
You go to the hospital when you are sick, or to visit a friend or family member when they are sick or getting surgery. Maybe you go to the doctor’s office, rather than the ER, but either way, you risk getting More...
California flu deaths in people under sixty-five rises to 278
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported yesterday that the 2013-2014 influenza season has been particularly hard on younger- and middle-age adults and the Golden State certainly backs up that More...
Flu hospitalizations and deaths in younger people are up this season: CDC
PRESS RELEASE This influenza season was particularly hard on younger- and middle-age adults, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported in today’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. People age More...
Misperceptions about flu vaccine concern health advocates
PRESS RELEASE The flu is now widespread in 35 states, according to the latest reports from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), and a new Gallup-Healthways poll indicates that nearly 3 percent of Americans have More...
Global flu activity remains low, influenza A(H3N2) is predominant
The latest influenza data published by the World Health Organization (WHO) shows that influenza activity is on the low end as of the most recent reporting week ending Oct. 12. Influenza in the US mapImage/CDC During More...
Influenza activity is increasing in many European countries: ECDC
Influenza activity is increasing in many European countries, although the epidemic may have passed its peak in some countries, mostly in north-western Europe, according to a European Centres for Disease Control More...
Flu activity remains high overall in the U.S., seniors hit the hardest: CDC
While some areas of the United States are showing some decreased activity of influenza, other areas are showing that flu is on the rise and overall influenza activity remains elevated in most of the country, according More...
CDC: Flu season shaping up to be ‘worse than average’
CDC Director, Dr. Thomas FriedenImage/New York City Department of Health Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director, Dr. Thomas Frieden, talked about the current influenza season and the flu vaccine effectiveness More...
Flu activity up in the United States, influenza A (H3N2) most common
Image/CDC Influenza activity continues to increase across most parts of the country, with nine out of 10 surveillance regions in the US seeing elevated activity, according to data from the Centers for Disease More...
Hillary Clinton hospitalized after doctors discover a blood clot
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was admitted to a New York City hospital on Sunday after doctors discovered that a blood clot had formed, the State Department said in a statement. Philippe Reines, a deputy assistant More...
Public health chiefs, Drs. Frieden and Fauci, discuss flu season and vaccines on C-SPAN
CDC Director Thomas R. Frieden, MD, MPH Image credit/New York City Department of Health With flu season upon us already, and most state health departments issuing advisories warning about influenza, Americans More...
