The Flu Season News

 
'Sports Flu' Season Ready to Sweep the Office
Fox Business
By Chad Brooks, BusinessNewsDaily contributor With the NBA and NHL gearing up for their championship series, a new poll shows employers should be readying for an influx of "sports flu" going around the office. A survey by The Workforce Institute at ...

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As flu activity tails off, attention turns to Southern Hemisphere
CIDRAP
New York was the only state that reported wide geographic flu activity. Alabama was the lone state to report low flu activity, with the rest reporting minimal activity. Flu season is also nearing its end in Europe, with all countries except for ...
Experts warn public of complacency vs fluInquirer.net (blog)

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Officials unsure why flu season was mild in Okla.
BusinessWeek
By KEN MILLER The 2012 flu season is ending in Oklahoma with fewer than one-half the number of confirmed cases and nearly two-thirds fewer deaths than in 2011. State health officials say the reasons for the decline from 872 hospitalizations and 26 ...

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Flu season is scarcely a sniffle
Chicago Tribune
Flu season officially ended Tuesday, leaving some people who remained healthy throughout it wondering if that immunization last fall was worth it. This past flu season, monitored statistically from October through April, was relatively quiet, ...


 
Flu shot beneficial to pregnant women and fetuses: study
South Asia Mail
They also note that findings from one flu season – especially a pandemic year – cannot foretell what might happen in other years. Flu seasons differ year to year, they say. The risk for pregnant women might be higher in some years than others.

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New York Daily News
Flu season proves mild
Watauga Democrat
by Kellen Moore As the “flu season” enters its final month in North Carolina, the health-care community is breathing a sigh of relief. “We had a really mild season,” said Nicole Lee, an epidemiologist for the NC Division of Public Health.
Clues to a universal flu vaccine foundNew York Daily News
Universal flu shot imminent?Toronto Star
Survey: At pandemic's peak, people worried more about seasonal fluCIDRAP

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Is Chinese medicine safe?
Herald Sun
ADVOCATES say Chinese herbal medicine can keep you healthy this flu season - but critics are calling for better regulation of this centuries-old industry. You want to avoid colds and flu and you read somewhere that Chinese herbs can help.

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