Archives: 2008 May

Influenza is a type of illnesses that has a profound effect on the public at-large. It’s a seasonal virus which can result in a high level of productivity loss and health care costs, and in this article, we’ll examine some statistics regarding the flu to increase your knowledge of the influenza virus.
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The flu usually starts showing itself in late October in most regions and carries on until the Spring. In fact, some strains will show themselves again in early Spring. There are many ways you can protect yourself from the risks of the flu. Some people believe in getting a flu shot while others use more […]

If you were to look in the dictionary under the word “pandemic” you will see that a pandemic is an epidemic of global proportions, occurring over a very large area, affecting a large number of people and spreading uncontrollably among the population. Flu pandemics occur on a predictable basis, of roughly 3 times each century. […]

In the first part of this article, we covered the symptoms that come with flu, the disease’s symptoms and the difference between the flu and common cold and other diseases. For the second part, we’ll take a look at how the flu spreads and what a flu pandemic is. In addition, we’ll cover the way […]

What is the flu?
The flu is the popular name given to the influenza disease, an infectious condition that can afflict humans, birds and mammals alike. Actually, flu is not caused by a single virus, as is the case with most other diseases. Behind it, there is an entire family of influenza viruses, called the Orthomyxoviridae […]

Flu FAQ
The flu remains a constant thorn in our modern civilization’s back as the medicine and science have struggled for centuries to put an end to it for good, but have yet to be successful in that goal. Since the last big flu pandemic in 1968 (the Hong Kong Flu that killed almost 1 million […]