The race against the flu
It’s that time of year again – influenza season has hit the Northern Hemisphere. Many people are rushing to the doctor for a shot of the flu vaccine, hoping to… Read more »
Tag: flu
How long haul flights can affect your holiday health
Taking a long haul flight often involves treading a fine line between travel stress and holiday happiness, which getting ill can easily tip you the wrong side of. There are… Read more »
Increase in seasonal flu across Europe
The activity of seasonal influenza continues to rise in some countries of Europe, especially western Europe. Experts advise there is still time to protect yourself and those around you by… Read more »
Google Flu Trends more useful than government data
Move over, government health agencies. It turns out Google does a pretty good job tracking the flu. So good, in fact, that researchers at Johns Hopkins University say hospitals may… Read more »
Don’t let the flu ruin your holiday
‘Tis the season not only to be jolly, but also catch the flu. And rest assured, nothing replaces Christmas cheer (or travel plans) with utter misery faster than high fever,… Read more »
Rare flu infection could cause deadly pandemic
For years people have been writing about the potential for an apocalyptic flu outbreak. In fact, just this year we got a new apocalyptic flu movie: Contagion. One of the reasons… Read more »
Obesity limits effectiveness of flu vaccines
While expats have known for a long time that obesity increases their chances of developing conditions such as diabetes and heart disease, it may also limit the effectiveness of flu… Read more »
DNA “priming” may be key to universal flu vaccine
New research has shown that “priming” a person with flu DNA improves his response to a flu vaccine. Scientists from the US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)… Read more »
Drug resistant flu more likely to result from mutation than overprescription
With the release of Contagion (the apocalyptic bird flu movie), attention is back on the flu’s ability to end life as we know it. In the movie, a strain of drug-resistant influenza… Read more »