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[ad_1] Health officials in Florida have identified the deadly strain as influenza B, which is less common and generally less serious than influenza A, although both strains infect humans. The child, who …

[ad_1] Seasonal flu is a major concern for global health. Around the world, annual influenza epidemics result in three to five million serious illnesses and about 250,000 to 500,000 deaths. In industrialized …

[ad_1] The rise of April 1918 is the first wave of the flu pandemic, less deadly. The second wave, in which the flu virus became a much more deadly strain, hit Michigan …

[ad_1] A new survey of parents' attitudes toward influenza vaccine may explain why some continue to resist influenza vaccine, even though it could put their children at risk. A nationwide survey of …

[ad_1] It's again this time of year – the flu season. The health care industry is aware of its arrival and is beginning to prepare for it well before the first reported …

[ad_1] After a national survey revealed that some parents were skeptical about getting their children's flu shots, Dr. Jean Moorjani, a pediatrician with the Orlando Health Hospital's Arnold Palmer board in Florida, …

[ad_1] Thousands of people may be at risk after new statistics reveal that less than half of health care workers contract the influenza virus. The figures obtained by The Press and Journal …

[ad_1] If you're just going to be wet, there are 20 second-graders at Forest Hills school who can tell you're doing it wrong. The students participated in Essline, the Barton plant that …

[ad_1] Updated 22 minutes ago Latasha Haynes was 34 when she nearly died of the flu last year. What started with a little cough and tiredness ended with two blood transfusions and …

[ad_1] TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Florida health officials have declared that a child was the first to die during this year's flu season. The Florida Department of Health Epidemiology Office reported that the …