...studied. Several government careers have been made out of this effort since, but we are still waiting for the answers! Meanwhile, it doesn’t appear the [...]
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Taming of the flu?
...een overhyped by the government for years. Now it appears that the popular flu treatment Tamiflu also suffers from over-promotion [...]
The shocking source spreading cold and flu viruses
...high dose of bacteria or viruses to get infected with the typical cold or flu. And usually, you also have to touch a contaminated surface and then [...]
The bird-flu side effect no one saw coming
...of avian flu. Two years ago, migrating water fowl imported a new strain of flu from Asia into Alaska. It then spread east and [...]
Ask the Insider: Another natural flu-fighter worth considering
...isonous, however, and the berries should not be eaten raw. Of course, the latest call from the CDC is still to use fewer antibiotics and more antiviral drugs to [...]
Two medical disasters collide — and you could be the casualty
...e really didn’t work. In fact, that vaccine only covered about half of the flu viruses circulating last flu season. And it [...]
Sometimes, the best medicine is to do nothing at all
...n Med. 2013;173(11):1014-1016 2. “Vaccines for preventing influenza in health adults,” Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2010;(7):CD001269 3. “Mistaken [...]
Common vaccine proves deadly to this vulnerable group of people
...vaccine results in deaths among older people Sanofi Pasteur, the maker of Fluzone® (a brand of the influenza vaccine) funded the two of the most [...]
A shot in the dark
..., urging you to run out to your nearest clinic or pharmacy for your annual flu shot. During the 1918-19 Influenza Pandemic a popular nursery rhyme [...]
History suggests the coronavirus will fizzle out on its own
...l. It afflicted the very young and the very old…as you would expect from a flu virus. But it also attacked 20–to 45–year-olds in [...]