Swine Flu Vaccine Found To Give Broader Flu Protection

Connie K. Ho for RedOrbit.com With temperatures rising and summer rapidly approaching, flu season may seem long gone. However, this is not so for a group of researchers who have discovered that the pandemic 2009 H1N1 vaccination, otherwise known as the swine flu vaccine, can produce antibodies against a variety of flu strains like H5N1 and H3N2. This new finding highlights a new dimension to the ...

Officials unsure why flu season was mild in Okla.

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 ...

'Sports Flu' Season Ready to Sweep the Office

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.

Canada's first Flu Report Card launched by the Quebec and BC Lung Associations

THE RESULTS ARE IN: CANADA FAILS THE FLU TEST!MONTREAL, May 10, 2012 /CNW Telbec/ - As the flu season comes to an end, the Quebec and BC Lung Associations reveal discouraging results from Canada's first ...

Late breaking flu season spurs warnings from doctors

Payson is experiencing local outbreaks of influenza causing more people to seek care or call in ill to work and school. Several of the cases in Payson have been laboratory confirmed and are strains that were covered in this year’s seasonal flu vaccine.