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Over 160,000 people this season have landed in the hospital from flu complications, CDC estimates. More than 6,600 have died. Here's the symptoms.
Bird flu is a scary illness with a high mortality rate. But so far, infections in the U.S. have been relatively mild—until now. A patient in Louisiana has been hospitalized with a severe case of ...
English: "Spanish influenza," "three-day fever," "the flu.". Washington, D.C. : G.P.O., 1918. Page: page 1 (seq. 1). From the Collection Development Department ...
Despite the high morbidity and mortality rates that resulted from the epidemic, the Spanish flu began to fade from public awareness over the decades until the arrival of news about bird flu and other pandemics in the 1990s and 2000s. [320] [321] This has led some historians to label the Spanish flu a "forgotten pandemic". [177]
Every year when cold weather starts up, health experts start talking about how important it is to get a flu shot. And every year, some people say that the flu isn’t so bad—until they get it ...
A/H7N9 virus is shed in the saliva, mucus, and feces of infected birds; other infected animals may shed bird flu viruses in respiratory secretions and other body fluids. [2] Symptoms of A/H7N9 influenza vary according to both the strain of virus underlying the infection and on the species of bird or mammal affected.
An open vial of Oscillococcinum tablets. Oscillococcinum / ˌ ɒ s ə l ə ˈ k ɒ k s ɪ n ə m / (or Oscillo) [1] [2] is a homeopathic preparation marketed to relieve flu-like symptoms, although it does not provide any benefit beyond that of a placebo.
CHICAGO -- The dog flu epidemic in the Chicago area that has sickened over 1,000 dogs and is responsible for the death of at least six is caused by a strain of the virus never seen before in North ...