While the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advises Americans to get the flu shot, several alternative methods can be used to prevent the flu. More than 200,000 people are hospitalized each year for the flu and complications. Children,...
Influenza is a highly contagious respiratory infection. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), more than 200,000 Americans are hospitalized with the flu each year, and at least 36,000 Americans die from it. The flu...
Influenza is a highly contagious respiratory disease that is caused by influenza viruses. Infection usually lasts for about a week and symptoms include high fever, muscle ache, headache, cough and sore throat, according to the World Health...
In its "Take Three Actions to Fight Flu" campaign, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) outlines its strategy for the prevention and control of influenza. Widely regarded as a nuisance more than a life-threatening illness,...
Influenza B is one of two types of the influenza virus implicated in the seasonal flu epidemics that occur each year between October and March and sometimes during other times of the year. According to the Centers for Disease Control and...
Approximately 200,000 people in the United States find themselves in the hospital due to complications from influenza, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Vaccinations are available for the young and old alike;...
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention remind Americans that "flu is a serious contagious disease." More than 36,000 people in the U.S. die each year from the flu and an additional 2000,000 are hospitalized, according to the CDC. The...
Pandemics refer to infectious diseases that spread easily between people, regardless of their location. The Centers for Disease Control has created specific precautionary policies in schools and in the workplace to prevent such an influenza...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) name type A and B influenza viruses as the reason for flu epidemics around the world. The CDC recommends getting a flu vaccine, covering your sneeze or cough with your elbow or sleeve and...
According to FluFacts.com, the first strain of influenza was discovered in the 1930s. Since then, it has been categorized as three types: A, B and C. Type A is considered to be the most common of the three types, as well as the most dangerous and...
Influenza is an upper respiratory infection that can produce symptoms such as dry cough, sore throat, fever, chills, nausea, vomiting and loss of appetite. Because this illness is spread by airborne virus cells, it is highly contagious. Although...
Influenza, or the flu, is a viral illness that passes through the Northern Hemisphere in the winter months of December through March. Its symptoms include a fever, coughing, body aches, chills, loss of appetite and, in some cases, vomiting or...
The very young and the very old are not the only ones susceptible to viruses that can cause breathing problems. Over 200 known viruses cause respiratory illnesses, says Dartmouth College Health Services. Coughing, sneezing, wheezing and difficulty...
Viruses are microorganisms that can cause conditions such as influenza, AIDS, the common cold and chickenpox. These microorganisms are smaller than bacteria, and require a living host to survive, according to MayoClinic.com. Virus cells also...
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 5 percent to 20 percent of Americans contract influenza each year. Although it is commonly considered a benign disease, influenza also accounts for 200,000 hospitalizations and...
Influenza is an upper respiratory infection that can produce symptoms such as dry cough, sore throat, fever, chills, nausea, vomiting and loss of appetite. Because this illness is spread by airborne virus cells, it is highly contagious. Although...
The flu is a respiratory viral infection that produces symptoms such as fever, coughing, congestion, aching, chills and fatigue. According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the flu affects five to 20 percent of the U.S....
Per World Health Organization (WHO) statistics, there were 12,270 U.S. deaths confirmed from swine flu through April 2009. WHO declared swine flu as a global pandemic and raised a worldwide alert in June 2009. Worldwide, the U.S. topped the list...
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), approximately 36,000 people die each year from flu-related diseases. The figure is based on an average of influenza deaths reported in the 1990s, which ranged between 17,000 and...
Influenza (flu) is a contagious disease that causes a myriad of symptoms and health problems in humans. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than 200,000 people are hospitalized each year from the flu, and about ....
Catching the flu can be miserable. When more than one member of the family catches the flu at the same time, it seems to last forever. You could still catch the flu even if you get the flu shot, because the shot is not 100 percent effective in...
As another flu season begins, you might be wondering what you can do to avoid getting sick. Whether or not you choose to get a flu shot, you may opt to take supplements that are promoted for both prevention and treatment of flu. Although there...
When people are feeling ill, they often mistake cold symptoms for flu symptoms. But influenza is a category of viral respiratory illnesses characterized by much more severe symptoms than the common cold causes. Swine flu is a type of influenza...
Flu season is an annual occurrence. The flu, or influenza, is a contagious virus that attacks the immune system. Common symptoms of the flu include fever, vomiting, diarrhea, nausea and fatigue. These symptoms are not pleasant and, should you...
Swine influenza is the common name for the novel strain of influenza virus first identified by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in April 2009. On June 11, 2009, the World Health Organization declared a swine influenza pandemic after...
Living in a northern climate may put you at risk of being low in levels of vitamin D. If you couple that with not getting outdoors everyday, being overweight, having dark skin or being older, Harvard School of Public Health estimates you may be...
Influenza--the flu--is a contagious viral infection that affects the respiratory system and causes chills, headaches, aching muscles, fatigue, congestion, and a fever, usually over 100 degrees. Although influenza normally goes away by itself...
Influenza is a virus that is spread person to person by respiratory droplets or secretions, such as in a sneeze or cough. The flu is a very contagious virus which can affect one-fifth of the world's population each year.
The influenza virus causes a communicable disease that affects the upper respiratory system, notes MedlinePlus, a service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health. Type A influenza, type B influenza and type C...
Bird flu has led to the deaths of hundreds of millions of wild and domestic birds and to a small number of human deaths. Bird flu remains difficult for humans to contract. Learn about the different causes, symptoms, and treatments of bird flu in...
