Archives: 2008 April

If you are pregnant or are planning on becoming pregnant during the flu season, you should talk to your doctor about getting vaccinated with the influenza vaccine. The flu can cause serious complications and affects ten to twenty percent of the population of the United States every year. However, pregnant women are especially at risk […]

What is Avian Flu?
Avian Influenza, also known as the Bird Flu, is an infection caused the family of flu viruses occurring naturally in birds. Wild birds worldwide carry bird flu viruses in their intestines, but they do not get sick from them. It is only domesticated birds that have little resistance to the bird flu. […]

The flu is something that many people fear, but know very little about. In fact, most people have no idea what hit them when they finally get to the doctor and are diagnosed with the flu. You can avoid all of the problems with the flu if you get educated on this virus. In fact, […]

When it comes to getting the flu, the symptoms can be such an annoyance that you want to get better as quickly as possible. To that end, there are many methods that you can use in order to dumb down the severity of the illness. In this article, we’ll focus on the usage of antiviral […]

Influenza is a type of virus that many of us don’t consider to be a threat. Indeed, the common flu tends to manifest itself in most of the population, and for the most part, it is harmless, with pesky symptoms that are easily overcome. However, influenza is a serious respiratory infection which can lead to […]

We all know the troubles that the flu can bring to your household. The symptoms that the virus brings about, from coughing and wheezing to a runny nose and fever, can really diminish your quality of life, and influenza can quickly spread around the household. Few realize that the flu can actually be a very […]

Flu pandemics occur on a relatively predictable ratio of 3 per century, as the flu virus has “pattern cycles” which last around 40 years. For that period of 40 years, the virus will slowly evolve into newer strains, however when the pattern cycle is over, it will form an almost radically different strain of the […]

What is flu?
Flu is a disease which has the following symptoms. They are fever with temperature above 38 degree centigrade or 100 degree Fahrenheit. You may also suffer from chills, muscular pain, severe headaches, tiredness, and a loss in your appetite, soreness of the throat, cough and chest pain. The symptoms may last […]

Introduction: Equine influenza (’flu’) is probably the main respiratory infection affecting horses. It has a worldwide distribution, and can cause a severe illness in some cases. Fortunately, prevention is possible with current vaccinations. This is a very current topic, with a recent outbreak in Australia in August to October 2007. This continent had previously been […]

Winter seems to be the time of year when many people catch a cold or the flu. Although you can take precautions to minimize your risk of getting ill, it does still happen. Finding a way to get better quicker is always welcomed. Many people have their own family stomach flu remedies and concoctions for […]