Most women who have a common cold or even the flu during pregnancy never have any negative consequences on themselves or their unborn children. But the flu can also have brutal outcomes for both the mother and the fetus. That is why doctors highly recommend that pregnant women get vaccinated against the flu.
Seasonal influenza is a highly contagious virus that usually strikes in the winter months. A yearly vaccine is available that greatly lowers the odds of contracting influenza. Also called the flu, the symptoms of this virus var...
The avian flu virus, or "bird flu" as it is also referred to, has gained notoriety in recent years as a result of fears it could lead to a global pandemic, according to experts in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...
The Spanish flu was an H1N1 virus related to the 2009 swine flu, but the 1918 pandemic was caused by a much more lethal form. One-fifth of the world's population became infected and 50 to 100 million people died, more than fro...
population is infected with influenza each year. The spectrum of disease associated with influenza ranges from mild, self-limited respiratory infection to fatal pneumonia. In addition to the classic symptoms, influenza infectio...
The physical effects of Spanish flu have recently reemerged as a topic of interest because Spanish flu, like the current pandemic swine flu virus, is classified as an H1N1 virus.
More than 200,000 people are hospitalized and about 36,000 people die from the flu in the United States each year. After the acute illness has resolved, flu is often associated with lingering after-effects.
According to the National Institutes of Health (NIH), between five and 20 percent of the U.S. population gets influenza each year. While most people with influenza complain of fever, fatigue and lethargy, in very rare cases, in...
For many, the flu season simply means some sniffles, a few days of missed work and general inconvenience. But for the elderly, young and immune compromised, flu season can be very dangerous. Each season five to 20 percent of th...
