Experts: Flu spreading faster than usual
If you haven't received your flu shot yet, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says now is the time to make sure you're protected. The agency says flu season is ramping up early this year -...
View ArticleReindeer noses: Really red?
Ho ho ho, here's some Christmas-themed science! The British Medical Journal's Christmas issue this month features a study about reindeer that treats a fantastical idea with some medical reality. The...
View ArticleBird flu research resumes - but not in U.S.
Drama surrounding research on the deadly H5N1 avian flu continues, as 40 scientists urge work on the virus to continue in countries that have established guidelines on the safety and aims of the...
View ArticleCDC back at work to track the flu
Update 10/18 3:30 p.m.: The CDC has released an abbreviated FluView report for the week ending in October 12. See it here Published 10/17: Now that the U.S. government shutdown is over, federal workers...
View ArticleFlu activity increasing; CDC urges vaccinations
Last year's flu season was one of the worst in recent memory, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Tom Frieden said Thursday, and although this season is off to a slower start,...
View ArticleFlu vaccine may work better in women, study suggests
While some may consider women “the fairer sex,” science says otherwise. It’s been known that women, in general, have stronger immune systems. Researchers say males have more bacterial, viral, fungal...
View ArticleBest ways to prevent and treat the common cold
Although the world of medicine has made incredible progress when it comes to tackling certain illnesses, scientists still have not been able to find the cure for the common cold. But there are ways to...
View ArticleFlu drugs may not be worth stockpiling
Tamiflu, commonly used to reduce flu symptoms, may not work as well as the federal government believed when it spent more than $1.3 billion stockpiling it. The Cochrane Collaboration, a nonprofit...
View ArticleDespite dangers, docs continue to prescribe kids codeine
Every year, there are up to 870,000 prescriptions of codeine written for children in emergency rooms in the United States. And that's a huge danger, because the narcotic can have particularly powerful...
View ArticleHand sanitizer doesn't help in schools
School children get low marks when it comes to spreading germs, often sharing bugs with their classmates. So scientists wondered if putting hand sanitizers into elementary school classrooms would lead...
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