Cold season tips: How to avoid catching COVID and flu during the holidays
Updated vaccines, proper hygiene and staying home when you're sick can help prevent the spread of respiratory illnesses this ...
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A bad equation: cold weather plus flu season equals more viral infections
While the latest state report shows the first significant decrease in statewide flu cases since the peak, the numbers are ...
Flu Symptoms to Watch Out For as Winter Illnesses Surge
Symptoms usually come on suddenly, according to the CDC, and can include fevers above 100.4 degrees F, dry cough, sore throat ...
Health First Fitness: Cold and flu season is here. When should I see a doctor?
As we navigate cold and flu season, there are many options to help you get better - faster, whether through virtual visits or ...
Virus outbreak in China sparks pandemic concerns: What to know about HMPV
Cases of human metapneumovirus, or HMPV, a contagious virus that can lead to respiratory disease, is reportedly spiking in northern China. Infectious disease experts say risk to the U.S. is low.
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Winter stroke alert: Why cold weather spikes your risk of a brain attack, prevention tips
Preventing winter stroke: Tips to stay safe this cold season and keep brain attack at bay.(Photo by Yashoda Hospitals) In an interview with HT Lifestyle, Dr Neeraj Singh, Consultant Endovascular N ...
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Are you contagious? Check when you're most likely to spread COVID, the flu, norovirus and other common illnesses
Dr. Carla Garcia Carreno, Children's Medical Center Plano director of infection prevention ... tell you if that's a cold, if it's walking pneumonia, if it's COVID or the flu.
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Bird flu virus likely mutated within a Louisiana patient, CDC says
FILE - This undated electron microscopic image provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows two Influenza A (H5N1) virions, a type of bird flu virus. (Cynthia Goldsmith ...
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Bird flu virus in Louisiana patient likely mutated to be more transmissible, CDC says
A genetic analysis of viral samples from a patient in Louisiana hospitalized with the first severe case of bird flu showed mutations ... for Disease Control and Prevention. The agency in its ...
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'Tis the season for the flu. Protect yourself by hand washing, scheduling an updated vaccine
More Americans are being infected with seasonal influenza and seeking care, according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ... show up later than a cold or the flu, according to the ...
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Bird flu mutations raise fears of a broader outbreak
Scientists with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have identified mutations in H5N1 bird flu infections — in hospitalized patients in Louisiana and British Columbia — that may ...
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Bird flu confirmed in Vermont, backyard flock put down. What to know about the virus
A backyard flock of birds in Vermont tested positive for bird flu last week, state officials announced Thursday. The Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets said the flock of 24 birds ...