Archives: 2008 May

The avian flu is a particularly deadly strain of the influenza virus which many scientists fear will cause a large impact on the world very soon. In this article, we’ll work towards explaining the virus by answering some questions that many have about the strain.
Question: What animals can catch the bird flu?
Answer: Unfortunately, this strain […]

The flu can be of major annoyance and can even be life-threatening in certain cases. Preventing the flu can be very difficult, considering the fact that it’s a very flexible respiratory illness that tends to mutate from year to year. Every year there is a new type of flu strain that is dominant, and it […]

The flu is a problem that we are all familiar with. Most of us experience bouts with the flu from time to time, and we may find that the pesky symptoms of the illness can keep us out of work and school for extended periods of time. However, there is a grave threat that influenza […]

Although the flu is a rather common disease, its treatment and prevention are extremely hard, for two reasons. Firstly, because its symptoms are relatively close to the ones of a common cold, people tend to treat it with superficiality, thus allowing the virus to work its way through the entire body and cause its share […]

The influenza virus causes illness in humans that is usually pretty well contained. However, sometimes, particularly deadly strains of the illness become dominant, and spread throughout the world. When this occurs, a global pandemic commences, with people struggling to keep themselves safe from the deadly virus. We may currently be facing the threat of a […]

We all know the problems that coming down with influenza can have on your health. Most of the time, influenza provides to be quite the nuisance when it comes to going about your every day life, and many hours of worker productivity are lost due to employees being out with the flu. The body aches, […]

When many people think about the flu, they think about a passing sickness. For the most part, those thoughts are correct. Many different seasonal influenza viruses come and go over the years, but sometimes, particularly deadly strains may pop up. When certain influenza strains mutate, they can quickly become a global threat. As of recently, […]

For much of human history, influenza has been feared for its lethal and often far-reaching effects. Millions of people have died from the flu, and hundreds of thousands more worldwide die each year. As bad as human influenza may seem, however, there is another type of flu that looms large on the horizon, and this […]

Oh, no, you’ve got the flu! You are going to have to miss days of work or classes, and there’s nothing you can do about it. This is a worst case scenario for many busy people, whether they are college students, busy executives, or just caught in the nine to five world of making ends […]

The flu is one of the diseases that have the most known symptoms overall, almost all of them being easiIf this is the case, you might ask why the flu is still considered one of the most dangerous maladies of our times. The answer is simple: oftentimes, the flu’s symptoms are similar to those of […]