Though influenza cases are down compared to this time last year, the flu vaccine of 2014 is not as effective, warns a Breaking News report by CNN, because of a mutation in the influenza virus. CNN got its information from an advisory that U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention sent out to doctors across […]
While Ebola fosters fear and fascination, many in the U.S. ignore a potentially killer disease until they catch it – influenza. In fact, the flu shot rate in the U.S. is below 50 percent, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), in a “glass half empty” presentation by CDC Director Dr. […]
The flu epidemic seems to have risen recently, especially in states such as California where the death toll due to severe influenza was confirmed at 318. Doctors have been persuading people to get the flu shot in order to prevent the sickness from spreading, but ironically, not many have asked what ingredients are actually put […]
